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Description: Kent was almost entirely an agricultural county when coal was discovered in 1890. With projections of up to 50,000 miners
Url: /Exhibitions/Coal-Mining-in-Kent/History/Housing.aspx

Description: Kent coal was some of the most difficult coal to extract and hence some of the most expensive in Britain. The
Url: /Exhibitions/Coal-Mining-in-Kent/History/The-end-of-Kent-Coal.aspx

Description: When the coalfield closed in the 1980's it left behind acres of land ravaged by tips and industrial sprawl, and poverty
Url: /Exhibitions/Coal-Mining-in-Kent/History/The-future-of-the-former-Kent-coalfield.aspx

Description: Philomena Kennedy biographical notes for HPAC
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Description: There were initial predictions of at least 20 pits in Kent but the claims for the Kent coalfield turned out to
Url: /Exhibitions/Coal-Mining-in-Kent/History/The-Failed-Collieries.aspx

Description: The work of opening up the Kent coalfields created interest from German Industrialists. They decided to explore the Canterbury area, and
Url: /Exhibitions/Coal-Mining-in-Kent/History/Chislet-Colliery.aspx

Description: Also known as the East Kent Colliery, Tilmanstone was begun near the village of Eythorne in 1906 by Arthur Burr by
Url: /Exhibitions/Coal-Mining-in-Kent/History/Tilmanstone-Colliery.aspx

Description: The Colliery, situated alongside the main Dover to Canterbury railway line, near to Ackolt which lies between Womenswold and Nonninton, was
Url: /Exhibitions/Coal-Mining-in-Kent/History/Snowdown-Colliery.aspx

Description: Arthur Burr was a speculator who, virtually single-handed, kept the Kent coalfield going for almost twenty years despite the constant
Url: /Exhibitions/Coal-Mining-in-Kent/History/Arthur-Burr-and-the-Development-of-the-Kent-Coalfield.aspx

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