Coxhoe Colliery
Opened/Sunk: 1750, as referenced: Durham County Record Office, ref. NCB 24/117
Closed: 1880-1919, as referenced: Durham County Record Office, ref. NCB 24/117
Location: -
Map Reference: 35NE
OS Edition: 1st: 1857, 2nd: 1898(d), 3rd: 1923(d), 4th: 1939(d)
(d) Shown as old or disused on this edition
Details
Company/Proprieter
Durham Coal Co. before 1844,- M. Ross, essay in T.H. Hair, "A Series of Views of the Collieries in the Counties of Northumberland and Durham", London,1844 (Tyne & Wear Archives Service Library)
- T.Y. Hall, 'Abstract of the Alphabetical List of Pits in Mr. T.Y. Hall's paper on the Great Northern Coal Field... 1854', published in "North of England Institute of Mining Engineers Transactions", Vol. 3, Newcastle, 1855 (Newcastle City Library)
- T.Y. Hall, 'Alphabetical List of Pits in Durham and Northumberland', published in 'North of England Institute of Mining Engineers Transactions', Vol. 2, 1855 (Newcastle City Library)
- W. Whellan, "Directory of the County of Durham", London,1856 (Durham County Record Office Library)
- T. Whellan, "Directory and Topography of the County of Durham with newcastle-upon-Tyne", Preston,1865 (Durham County Record Office Library)
- W. Fordyce, "A History of Coal, Coke, Coal Fields..." London, 1860 (main text of book) (Durham County Record Office Library)
- "Reports of the Inspector of Mines for the Year 1873", London, 1874 (Durham County Record Office, ref. D/DMA 255)
Other Notes
called Coxhoe or Kelloe by Hall in 1854.Area Map
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