and would have settled in this deep wooded valley near Sheepwash. The "de" in the early orthographies more strongly suggests dene, so ash dene - these trees would have lined it. In the 1700s all that existed of Ashington was a small farm with a few dwellings around it.

Coal mining

The first evidence of mining is from bell-shaped pits and monastic mine workings discovered in the 20th Century during tunnelling.

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