Betteshanger yaiva mugodhi mukuru wemarasha muKent Coalfield, yaishandira zviuru zvevashandi vemumigodhi vaishanda mugomba raiva pasi pevhu. Mugodhi wacho waizivikanwa nokuda kwokurwisana sezvo vakawanda vevashandi vomumugodhi vakawana mabasa imomo pashure pokuvhurwa kwawo muna 1927 vakanga vaiswa pamutsetse wakashata kubva kumigodhi iri mune dzimwe nzvimbo dzenyika nokuda kwezviito zvavo mukati mokuramwa basa kukuru kwa1926
. Vashandi vomumugodhi vakanga varamwa basa muna 1938 pamusoro pokubatwa kwavashandi vaduku mumugodhi.