Howden Colliery
Opened/Sunk: -
Closed: 1880-1919, as referenced: Durham County Record Office, ref. NCB 24/117
Location: -
Map Reference: 34SW
OS Edition: 1st: 1857, 2nd: 1898, 3rd: 1924, 4th: 1939(d)
(d) Shown as old or disused on this edition
Details
Company/Proprieter
Howden Coal and Fire-brick Co.- "Mines and Minerals and Mineral Statistics 1883", H.M. Inspector of Mines, London, 1884 (Mining Institute, Newcastle)
- F. Whellan, "History, Topography and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham", London,1894 (Durham County Record Office Library)
- "Potts' Mining Register and Directory for the Coal and Ironstone Trades of Great Britain & Ireland", North Shields 1895 (Tyne & Wear Archives Service Library)
- Home Office, "List of Mines 1900", H.M. Inspector of Mines, London, 1901 (Mining Institute, Newcastle)
- "Reid's Handy Colliery Guide and Directory for the Counties of Northumberland & Durham", Newcastle,1906 (Newcastle City Library)
Other Notes
unnamed shaft in 1857Area Map
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