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From: "Mike" <>
Subject: Re: [CHS] Coal mines in Stockport?
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 14:57:10 -0000
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There is a list of Cheshire coal mines at:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cmhrc/lom08ches.htm

There are also coal seams in the Offerton, Marple and Mellor areas. There
were mines associated with these areas but on a small scale.

Regards,
Mike Brierley, Stockport



----- Original Message -----
From: "Antony Lambert Certificates" <>
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Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 1:52 PM
Subject: Re: [CHS] Coal mines in Stockport?


> There were certainly coal mines at Poynton which isn't that far away.
>
> When I worked in Stockport, many of the houses in the Turncroft Lane/New
> Zealand Road area all suffered from underground subsidence and had to be
> underpinned or similar.
>
> Underground workings were the cause.
>
> There were definitely coal mines at Ashton & Denton ,a ll much nearer than
> Wigan !
>
> Antony
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