Delight Colliery
Opened/Sunk: 1854, as referenced: F. Whellan, "History, Topography and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham", London,1894 (Durham County Record Office Library)
Closed: -
Location: 9 miles [14 km] SW of Newcastle
Map Reference: 11NE
OS Edition: 1st: 1857, 2nd: 1898, 3rd: 1923, 4th: 1939(d)
(d) Shown as old or disused on this edition
Details
Company/Proprieter
Bowes, John & Partners Ltd.- 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)
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