Cassop Colliery
Opened/Sunk: -
Closed: -
Location: 5 miles [8 km] ESE of Durham
Map Reference: 27SE
OS Edition: 1st: 1857, 2nd: 1898, 3rd: 1923, 4th: 1939(d)
(d) Shown as old or disused on this edition
Details
Company/Proprieter
originally Thornley Coal Co., sold to Phillipson,- W. Fordyce, "A History of Coal, Coke, Coal Fields..." London, 1860 (main text of book) (Durham County Record Office Library)
- 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. Fordyce, "A History of Coal, Coke, Coal Fields..." London, 1860 (main text of book) (Durham County Record Office Library)
- "Reports of the Inspector of Mines for the Year 1873", London, 1874 (Durham County Record Office, ref. D/DMA 255)
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