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Durham Collieries Item

Opened/Sunk: 1834, as referenced: Durham County Record Office, ref. NCB 24/117

Closed: 1968, as referenced: Durham County Record Office, ref. NCB 24/98

Location: 11.5 miles [19 km] SSW of Durham

Map Reference: 42SW

OS Edition: 1st: x, 2nd: x, 3rd: 1924(d), 4th: 1939
(d) Shown as old or disused on this edition

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Company/Proprieter

Bolckow, Vaughan & Co.
  • "Reid's Handy Colliery Guide and Directory for the Counties of Northumberland & Durham", Newcastle,1906 (Newcastle City Library)
  • "Reid's Handy Colliery Guide and Directory for the Counties of Northumberland, Durham, & Yorkshire", Newcastle,1911(Newcastle City Library)
Brusselton Colliery Co.
  • "Reid's Handy Colliery Guide and Directory for the Counties of Northumberland, Durham, & Yorkshire", Newcastle,1928 (Newcastle City Library)
  • "Reid's Handy Colliery Guide and Directory for the Counties of Northumberland, Durham, & Yorkshire", Newcastle,1936 (Newcastle City Library)
Johnson, J. W.
  • Ministry of Fuel & Power, "List of Mines in Great Britain & the Isle of Man, 1945", London, 1947 (Durham County Record Office Library)

Other Notes

called Ladysmith Colliery in 1939

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