You'll notice there was marginally change, as the village was very much stagnant after the closure of the pit in the 1850s, and ceased to have its underpinning industry Closed shortly after flooding in 1857 Rather, the community stuck it out and likely commuted to work in wallsend, benton or heaton
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As more modern housing became available in areas like wallsend and heaton during the later part of the 19 th century the outdated properties in bigges main became less desirable and tended to be occupied by workmen in lower paid occupations.
Bigges main was a village in northumberland, located where centurion park in wallsend is today
The village grew around bigges main colliery, which was established in 1784, but this closed, following flooding in 1857. Regardless of which local authority it belonged to bigges main was situated geographically about 50 yards behind where wallsend sports centre is now If you take a diagonal line from benfield school to the top of west street wallsend it was about half way along that line. The fort lay at the eastern end of hadrian's wall near the banks of the river tyne.
Masons arms, wallsend thomas hedley, master stone mason at stable row, in bigges main About 1855 his daughter, sarah, married septimus widdrington They converted the house into a pub some time. The riverside terminus of the line at wallsend is shown on the 1803 map, with just one line running to the staith
A plan of 1811 shows a fan of three, each serving different collieries
Bigges main wagonway served bigges main c pit and bigges main colliery (her refs It may once have extended beyond its northern end, at nz 2835 6779 to billy pit It was part of a line which originally went from bigges main to wallsend as part of the original willington wagonway, opened in 1785 by gibson, bell & brown Closed after bigges main colliery flooded in 1857
In 1910, bigges main with its population of 690 was incorporated into the borough of wallsend Bigges main colliery, served by bigges main wagonway (smr 1128) Not shown on 2nd edn os mapping, 1894/5 survey Opened in 1784 by messrs bells & brown
Abandoned in 1809 when the high main seam was exhausted
