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Evenwood Colliery

Opened/Sunk: 1836, as referenced: Durham County Record Office, ref. NCB 24/117

Closed:  -

Location: 13 miles [21 km] SW of Durham

Map Reference: 41SE

OS Edition: 1st: 1857, 2nd: 1898(d), 3rd: 1924(d), 4th: x
(d) Shown as old or disused on this edition

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Details

Company/Proprieter

Durham Coal Co. before 1844
  • M. Ross, essay in T.H. Hair, "A Series of Views of the Collieries in the Counties of Northumberland and Durham", London,1844 (Tyne & Wear Archives Service Library)
Armstrong & Co.
  • T.Y. Hall, 'Abstract of the Alphabetical List of Pits in Mr. T.Y. Hall's paper on the Great Northern Coal Field... 1854', published in "North of England Institute of Mining Engineers Transactions", Vol. 3, Newcastle, 1855 (Newcastle City Library)
  • T.Y. Hall, 'Alphabetical List of Pits in Durham and Northumberland', published in 'North of England Institute of Mining Engineers Transactions', Vol. 2, 1855 (Newcastle City Library)
  • W. Whellan, "Directory of the County of Durham", London,1856 (Durham County Record Office Library)
  • W. Fordyce, "A History of Coal, Coke, Coal Fields..." London, 1860 (main text of book) (Durham County Record Office Library)
Charlton, T.
  • "Reports of the Inspector of Mines for the Year 1873", London, 1874 (Durham County Record Office, ref. D/DMA 255)
Tees Hetton Coal Co.
  • "Mines and Minerals and Mineral Statistics 1883", H.M. Inspector of Mines, London, 1884 (Mining Institute, Newcastle)
North Bitchburn Coal Co.
  • F. Whellan, "History, Topography and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham", London,1894 (Durham County Record Office Library)
  • Home Office, "List of Mines 1900", H.M. Inspector of Mines, London, 1901 (Mining Institute, Newcastle)

Other Notes

drift on site in 1898, standing in 1883 and 1900
  • "Mines and Minerals and Mineral Statistics 1883", H.M. Inspector of Mines, London, 1884 (Mining Institute, Newcastle)
  • Home Office, "List of Mines 1900", H.M. Inspector of Mines, London, 1901 (Mining Institute, Newcastle)

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