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There are 'Hot Spot' maps on the DMM site. The maps are for 1898, 1928 & 1951 and they show the active pits at that time. If you visited the Bedlington Colliery page on that site you can select each 'Hot Spot' map by selecting the Go to... links on that page. This is a direct link to the Bedlington Colliery page :- http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/b022.htm You can explore/play for ages on the DMM site This is a copy (without the built in links) of the 1951 'Hot Spot' map - Netherton Colliery not on this one :-

@Sloopy .Dog the following map-sites are free to use and should be useful to you: https://maps.nls.uk/ https://www.oldmapsonline.org/ https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps Those I posted above are edited screen dumps from these sites. Re the Land Registry, I believe they do older searches as well but I don't have any personal experience of that facility. You could contact them and ask, before you order anything. Thanks for the photo of the church. I see that it says "Spiritualist Church" above the door but I can't read the first word. Have you been able to read it? I looked it up on Internet and it seems to still be in use as a spiritualist church at that address, although I can also see that the Ashington Spiritual community is now called "Ashington and Bedlington" Spiritualist Church - formerly it was just "Ashington". https://bedlington.cylex-uk.co.uk/company/bedlington-station-spiritualists'-church-19320980.html

Thanks for that information. I do use the Land Registry, only to find out recent information. Do they do older searches? I am a bit of a novice. I did my family history and I enjoyed that. I am trying to get maps of Bedlington, It's a bit hard to find good clear maps. I am grateful for the maps you sent. I talked to an old resident who knew some history and he told me the garages were used by a haulage company. He said he thought their name was James. He said there was a garage straight across the road from my house. Now demolished. I have attached a picture of the spiritualist church. Now used as a workshop. Joe.