Farnacres Colliery
Opened/Sunk: 1700, as referenced: Durham County Record Office, ref. NCB 24/117
Closed: 1880-1919, as referenced: Durham County Record Office, ref. NCB 24/117
Location: 2 miles [3 km] SW of Newcastle
Map Reference: 6NE
OS Edition: 1st: 1857, 2nd: x, 3rd: x, 4th: x
Details
Company/Proprieter
Bowes & Co.- W. Fordyce, "A History of Coal, Coke, Coal Fields..." London, 1860 (main text of book) (Durham County Record Office Library)
- "Mines and Minerals and Mineral Statistics 1883", H.M. Inspector of Mines, London, 1884 (Mining Institute, Newcastle)
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