epw019029 ENGLAND (1927). Snowdown Colliery, Aylesham, 1927
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| Title | [EPW019029] Snowdown Colliery, Aylesham, 1927 |
| Reference | EPW019029 |
| Date | 3-August-1927 |
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| Place name | AYLESHAM |
| Parish | AYLESHAM |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 624730, 151130 |
| Longitude / Latitude | 1.2182031758841, 51.214557313026 |
| National Grid Reference | TR247511 |
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 Steam locomotive. A shunting engine, probably |
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| Railway to Dover |
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| Railway line to Canterbury |
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| Aylesham village |
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| The Crescent |
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| Snowdown Halt |
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| South Avenue |
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| Pithead winding gear |
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| Pithead winding gear |
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| Excavator |
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User Comment Contributions
This colliery was developed on a greenfield site. Nothing but farmland here in 1909 |
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Aylesham village was built in the mid 1920s to house the miners working in the newly-established Snowdown Colliery. An unusual community developed, with workers from Scotland, the North East and South Wales |
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Wednesday 10th of October 2012 11:04:34 AM |