Bebside

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Bebside
Northumberland
File:Bus stop and Blyth town sign at Bebside - geograph-4717328.jpg
Bus stop and Blyth town sign at Bebside
Location
Grid reference: NZ269811
Location: 55°7’25"N, 1°34’47"W
Data
Post town: Blyth
Postcode: NE24
Local Government

Bebside is a former coal mining village in Northumberland. It is to be found inland form the coast, to the west of Blyth.

The mine associated with the village operated between 1858 and 1926.[1] The village was once served by a railway station, which has long since closed however.

File:Bebside railway station 1775295 52c672df.jpg
At one time it had a railway station seen here in 1965
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References

  1. "Bebside Colliery". Durham Mining Museum. http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/b029.htm. Retrieved 2012-07-26. 
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