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2 unusual facts about Cheadle Coalfield


Cheadle Coalfield

Until the end of deep Coal Mining in Staffordshire during the 1990s, Cheadle was still very much a mining town with a lot of men working at Florence and Hem Heath Collieries and, regular Buses were laid on by British Coal to transport the Cheadle Miners to work in the Potteries Coalfield.

The area has been mined for many years, with documentary evidence from Croxden Abbey citing coal mining in the 13th century.



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