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Description: | Bewicke Main Village was situated south-west of Birtley. There is little trace of what was once a thriving mining community. The main shaft at Bewicke Main Colliery was sunk in 1868. 'Back-to-back' houses sprang up around the colliery and the village consisted of five groups of dwellings - Cross Row, Short Row, Long Row, High Row and The Square. The colliery employed upwards of 250 men and the village included a school and church to service the pitmen and their families. Bewicke Main Colliery closed in 1932 as the seams had all been worked out by this date. As occupants of the village began to look for work elsewhere the population gradually dwindled and the dwellings collapsed one by one. By 1938 the population was reduced to 5. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.asaplive.com/Lco/Lco.cfm?ccs=629&cs=2674&Preview=1 | Publisher: | Gateshead Council | Rights holder: | Gateshead Council | Subjects: | Schools | Source: | iSee Gateshead | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://isee.gateshead.gov.uk/detail.php?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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