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New housing under construction at “The Views” (ex-Bispham Hall brickworks and colliery site), Smethurst Rd, Billinge, 3.10.16
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Bispham Hall Colliery Co founder James Marsden (1841-1927) and extract from London Gazette, 20 February 1900
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Wigan Fire Brigade and Steam Engine, 1902
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“Skill in Brick-Making”, The Manchester Courier, 7 December 1901
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1909 OS Map Sheet 103 SW (extract): Bispham Hall Colliery & Brick, Tile & Terra Cotta Works, Billinge
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“Inquest”, The Electrician, 24 April 1908
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“Dispute Over A Colliery Cableway”, Wigan Observer & District Advertiser, 4 December 1909
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Mineral Resources of Great Britain: Bispham Hall Colliery Co, 1920
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Bispham Hall Colliery Co founder James Marsden and family, 14 June 1914
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“The Bispham Colliery”, Manchester Guardian 28 January 1925
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Gauntley Pit section record, 1928
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Bispham Hall Brick & Terracotta Co railway
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Bispham Hall Brick & Terra Cotta Co Ltd advertisement, 1935
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Bispham Hall Colliery and Brickworks, c.1940
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Bispham Hall Colliery and Brickworks, c.1955
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Bispham Hall Colliery and Brickworks, c.1970
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Former Bispham Hall Colliery and Brickworks Site, Billinge, c.1975
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Bispham Hall Colliery and Brickworks site, 1989
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Bispham Hall Colliery and Brickworks site, 1989
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Ex-Entrance Lodge/Gatehouse, Bispham Hall Colliery and Brickworks site, various dates 2005-7
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Bispham Hall Colliery and Brickworks site, 2008
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Ex-Lamp Room/Generator House, Bispham Hall Colliery and Brickworks site, various dates 2005-7
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Former Bispham Hall Brick & Terra Cotta Co kiln off Smethurst Rd, Billinge, 1989
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Bats hibernating in former Bispham Hall Brick & Terra Cotta Co kiln off Smethurst Rd, Billinge , 13.1.15
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Capped Gauntley No. 1 shaft, Bispham Hall Colliery and Brickworks site, various dates 2005-8
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Gauntley No. 1 shaft interior, Bispham Hall Colliery and Brickworks site, 6 August 2007
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New housing at “The Views”, Smethurst Rd, Billinge, 3.10.16
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Former workshops interior (2007) and exterior (2013), with -right- “Heather” development at The Views, Smethurst Rd, Billinge, 3.10.16
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Bat hibernaculum on the former Bispham Hall Brick & Terra Cotta Co site off Smethurst Rd, Billinge, 12.1.21
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Bispham Hall Brick & Terra Cotta Co sign at Gauntley Farm, Billinge, 3.10.16