the 1860s to 1930 coal was worked in the area. In 1914 the Coanwood Coal Company employed 63 people. Transport: railways Coanwood was served by Coanwood Railway Station on the Alston Line from Haltwhistle to Alston. The line opened in 1852 and closed in 1976. Education The Herdley Bank Church of England Aided First School provides primary school education. By a [Statutory Instrument] no. 3301 in 2005 the school was designated as a school having a religious character. Prior to 1928, when the Local Education Authority took over responsibility for the school, Herdley Bank was a Church of England School, with the Vicar of Lambley as its chairman. In 2016 Herdley Bank First School was closed and is now reopening as a school for people with varying different needs. Religious sites Quaker Meetings were first held in 1659 after a licence was obtained by Cuthbert Wigham from the Quarter Sessions. This licence was for his home, Burn House, to be used for Quaker Meetings. Coanwood Friends Meeting House was built in 1760 by Cuthbert Wigham to hold the "silent" Quaker meetings. Coanwood Reading Society at the Quaker Meeting House was closed on 17 October 1909 after 59 years. and the meeting house is now in the care of the Historic Chapels Trust References External links Coanwod Coal Co. Villages in Northumberland