found. It was served by a half mile branch off the East Kent Light Railway. The site was subsequently used by the Hammill Brickworks. Some buildings survive. Maydensole This colliery was to have been located near East Langdon. Some boreholes were drilled but work was abandoned without any shafts being sunk. Shakespeare Shakespeare was located in West Hougham on the site of the original Channel Tunnel workings. Coal had been discovered at a depth of below Shakespeare Cliff on 15 February 1890. The first shaft was stated on 21 August 1891. A mining accident on 6 March 1897 killed eight men. The cause was a sudden inrush of water at a depth of . This problem was solved by lining the shaft with cast iron tubes as the shaft was sunk. During the sinking a seam of iron ore was discovered. By February 1905, just 12 tons of coal had been brought to the surface. Only 1,000 tons had been raised by 1912 and the colliery closed in December 1915 due to geological problems. Shakespeare Cliff Halt opened in 1913 to serve the miners. The site was obliterated by workings in connection with building the Channel Tunnel in the 1980s. Shafts sunk X Y Z Stonehall This colliery was near Lydden. It was abandoned in 1914 without coal being found. It lay derelict until 1919 when work recommenced, only to be abandoned and most of the buildings demolished in 1921. A couple of buildings remain. Shafts sunk North East West Wingham Work at Wingham was abandoned in 1914, without coal being found. Water had been hit, and there was no finance to buy pumps. The buildings were mothballed and sold in 1924, being used for a milling business. The colliery was to be served by the East Kent Light Railway. Shafts sunk East West Associated development The village of Aylesham was built in the 1920s to provide accommodation to service the Kent coal mines. It was planned to provide for around 30,000 residents, with plans for hospitals, schools, shops etc., but in reality only 1,000 houses were built due to the economic decline the country faced in the early 1930s, which made the original plans unviable at the time. Working conditions The Kent coalfields were deep under the chalk; consequently miners worked under extremely hot and humid conditions. A medical investigation into an epidemic that affected workers at the coalface