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Coxhoe Colliery

Opened/Sunk: 1750, as referenced: Durham County Record Office, ref. NCB 24/117

Closed: 1880-1919, as referenced: Durham County Record Office, ref. NCB 24/117

Location:  -

Map Reference: 35NE

OS Edition: 1st: 1857, 2nd: 1898(d), 3rd: 1923(d), 4th: 1939(d)
(d) Shown as old or disused on this edition

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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)
Robson & Jackson
  • 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)
South Kellow Coal Co.
  • W. Whellan, "Directory of the County of Durham", London,1856 (Durham County Record Office Library)
  • T. Whellan, "Directory and Topography of the County of Durham with newcastle-upon-Tyne", Preston,1865 (Durham County Record Office Library)
Jackson, Ralph Ward,
  • W. Fordyce, "A History of Coal, Coke, Coal Fields..." London, 1860 (main text of book) (Durham County Record Office Library)
Rosedale & Ferry Hill Iron Co.
  • "Reports of the Inspector of Mines for the Year 1873", London, 1874 (Durham County Record Office, ref. D/DMA 255)

Other Notes

called Coxhoe or Kelloe by Hall in 1854.

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