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Lily Drift

Opened/Sunk: 1877, as referenced: Durham County Record Office, ref. NCB 24/117

Closed: 1956, as referenced: Listing from the Economic Development and Planning Department, Durham County Council, 2000 (Durham County Record Office Library)

Location:  -

Map Reference: 6SW

OS Edition: 1st: x, 2nd: 1898, 3rd: 1921, 4th: 1939

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Details

Company/Proprieter

Cowan, Joseph
  • F. Whellan, "History, Topography and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham", London,1894 (Durham County Record Office Library)
Priestman Collieries Ltd.
  • "Reid's Handy Colliery Guide and Directory for the Counties of Northumberland, Durham, & Yorkshire", Newcastle,1936 (Newcastle City Library)

Other Notes

called Lilley Drift 1921, 1939

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