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This web site is maintained by ds.webuild@ntlworld.com  Last updated 08/03/2007
About Silksworth
In 1871, there were 396 people living in Silksworth Township and 192 in Tunstall.  It was principally farmland until the new colliery opened in 1869.  Ten years later, Silksworth had 401 and Tunstall had leapt to 4,306 - mainly due to the influx of miners.  The Census Returns show that they came from all parts - Cornwall, Ireland, Scotland and even as far afield as Prussia and the United States of America.
The census studies showed that families had moved around colliery areas - some children had been born in these areas as families moved to new collieries, hence to Silksworth where Lord Londonderry provided new colliery housing as well as jobs.  He built a wall around the modern colliery housing, and part of this wall still remains.
When the pit closed in 1971, everyone faced changes.
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Tunstall Village Green
Mr Craggs Black-smiths shop was in the left hand corner