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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.

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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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