Newcastle Courant advertisement 14 April 1798:
"Wanted at Shilbottle Colliery, near Alnwick, against May day or Whitsuntide next:
A number of hewers and putters who will meet with constant employment and great wages.
Also, at Acklington Colliery, near Warkworth, some men to hew and put their own coals-Shilbottle coal is near three feet, and Acklington about six feet high, and the putting will be very good at both collieries, as the coal will be wrought out of pits lately sunk.
Apply to J. Wales, Shilbottle; or to G Forster, Newburn Hall, near Newcastle upon Tyne.
NB Men with families, and having putters of their own, will meet with extraordinary encouragement at Shilbottle.
Shilbottle April 12 1798"
Could this chap Wales at Shilbottle be the John Wailes named on the map?
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