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This red commemorative plaque records: The High Main Coal Seam. Surface coal was discovered here in medieval times. In the 18th and 19th Centuries, deep mining of this high quality household coal for sale to London drove the industrial development of the area. Recorded plaque organisation: Heaton History Group, Heritage Lottery Fund.
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