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Woodland Colliery

Opened/Sunk: 1881, as referenced: Durham County Record Office, ref. NCB 24/117

Closed: 1934-38, as referenced: Durham County Record Office, ref. NCB 24/117

Location: 16.5 miles [26 km] SW of Durham

Map Reference: 41SW

OS Edition: 1st: x, 2nd: 1898, 3rd: 1924

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Company/Proprieter

Thomas May
  • T. Whellan, "Directory and Topography of the County of Durham with newcastle-upon-Tyne", Preston,1865 (Durham County Record Office Library)
Woodland Collieries Co.
  • "Reports of the Inspector of Mines for the Year 1873", London, 1874 (Durham County Record Office, ref. D/DMA 255)
  • "Mines and Minerals and Mineral Statistics 1883", H.M. Inspector of Mines, London, 1884 (Mining Institute, Newcastle)
  • "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)
  • "Reid's Handy Colliery Guide and Directory for the Counties of Northumberland, Durham, & Yorkshire", Newcastle,1911(Newcastle City Library)
Cargo Fleet Iron Co.
  • "Reid's Handy Colliery Guide and Directory for the Counties of Northumberland, Durham, & Yorkshire", Newcastle,1919 (Newcastle City Library)

Other Notes

drift there in 1924

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