Grange Colliery
Opened/Sunk: 1836, as referenced: Durham County Record Office, ref. NCB 24/117
Closed: 1934-38, as referenced: Durham County Record Office, ref. NCB 24/117
Location: 2 miles [4 km] NE of Durham
Map Reference: 20SW
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
Grange Coal Co.- T. Whellan, "Directory and Topography of the County of Durham with newcastle-upon-Tyne", Preston,1865 (Durham County Record Office Library)
- "Reid's Handy Colliery Guide and Directory for the Counties of Northumberland, Durham, & Yorkshire", Newcastle,1928 (Newcastle City Library)
- "Reid's Handy Colliery Guide and Directory for the Counties of Northumberland, Durham, & Yorkshire", Newcastle,1936 (Newcastle City Library)
- Ministry of Fuel & Power, "List of Mines in Great Britain & the Isle of Man, 1945", London, 1947 (Durham County Record Office Library)
Other Notes
unnamed shaft in 1898, described as Grange (Belmont)- Durham County Record Office, ref. NCB24/117
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