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Margaret Pit

Opened/Sunk: 1857, as referenced: Durham County Record Office, ref. NCB 24/117

Closed: 1986, as referenced: Durham County Record Office, ref. NCB 24/40

Location:  -

Map Reference: 13SE

OS Edition: 1st: 1857, 2nd: 1898, 3rd: 1921, 4th: 1940

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Details

Company/Proprieter

Durham, Earl of
  • "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)
  • 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)
Lambton Collieries Ltd.
  • "Reid's Handy Colliery Guide and Directory for the Counties of Northumberland & Durham", Newcastle,1906 (Newcastle City Library)
Joicey, James & Co.
  • "Reid's Handy Colliery Guide and Directory for the Counties of Northumberland, Durham, & Yorkshire", Newcastle,1911(Newcastle City Library)
Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Ltd.
  • "Reid's Handy Colliery Guide and Directory for the Counties of Northumberland, Durham, & Yorkshire", Newcastle,1928 (Newcastle City Library)

Other Notes

also called Newbottle Margaret Pit
  • "Potts' Mining Register and Directory for the Coal and Ironstone Trades of Great Britain & Ireland", North Shields 1895 (Tyne & Wear Archives Service Library)
linked to Herrington Colliery
  • Durham County Record Office, ref. NCB 24/117

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