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''Birchmoor''' is a former coal mining village one mile southwest of [[Polesworth]] and two miles east of [[Tamworth]].<ref>[https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/birchmoor-north-warwickshire Ordnance  Survey]</ref>
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'''Birchmoor''' is a former coal mining village one mile southwest of [[Polesworth]] and two miles east of [[Tamworth]].<ref>[https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/birchmoor-north-warwickshire Ordnance  Survey]</ref> Birchmoor Colliery, also known as Cockspur Colliery, was opened in 1860 and closed in 1927.<ref>[ https://web.archive.org/web/20081120020113/http://www.polesworthparish.co.uk/history/industry2.php Polesworth Parish]</ref>
  
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Latest revision as of 12:23, 13 October 2019

Birchmoor
Warwickshire
Location
Grid reference: 2523&y=3 0155&z=120 SK 2523 0155
Location: 52°36’40"N, 1°37’44"W
Data
Post town: Tamworth
Postcode: B78
Local Government
Council: Polesworth West
Parliamentary
constituency:
North Warwickshire

Birchmoor is a former coal mining village one mile southwest of Polesworth and two miles east of Tamworth.[1] Birchmoor Colliery, also known as Cockspur Colliery, was opened in 1860 and closed in 1927.[2]

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