First Row, Ashington, Northumberland

These workers houses were built in c1870. They were built by the Ashington Coal Company. The Coal Company built 300 workers houses between c1855 and 1878. Ashington was once the biggest pit village in the world. It had over 5000 miners living and working there.

Location

Northumberland Ashington

Period

Victorian (1837 - 1901)

Tags

housing worker coal mining Victorian (1837 - 1901)