Norton Canes is a village and civil parish on the southern periphery of Cannock Chase District, in Staffordshire, England. It is situated 3 miles out of the centre of Cannock. At the 2001 census it had a population of 6,394, and an area of 3,746 acres of which 86% is green open space. The population had increased to 7,470 at the 2011 Census.The Cannock Chase Coalfield once had 45 collieries within 2 miles of Norton Canes, employing over 5,800 men, as well as 2 large surface mines; the last pit in the area closed in 1993. Grove Pit was one of these pits, and on 1 October 1930 was the scene of a major tragedy when 14 miners were killed in an explosion th...
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