South Hetton Colliery
Opened/Sunk: 1831-33, as referenced: Durham County Record Office, ref. NCB 24/117
Closed: 1983, as referenced: Durham County Record Office, ref. NCB 24/66
Location: 7 miles [11 km] ENE of Durham
Map Reference: 21SW
OS Edition: 1st: 1856, 2nd: 1898, 3rd: 1922, 4th: 1939
Details
Company/Proprieter
South Hetton Coal Co.- 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)
- "Reports of the Inspector of Mines for the Year 1873", London, 1874 (Durham County Record Office, ref. D/DMA 255)
- "Mines and Minerals and Mineral Statistics 1883", H.M. Inspector of Mines, London, 1884 (Mining Institute, Newcastle)
- "Potts' Mining Register and Directory for the Coal and Ironstone Trades of Great Britain & Ireland", North Shields 1895 (Tyne & Wear Archives Service Library)
- Home Office, "List of Mines 1900", H.M. Inspector of Mines, London, 1901 (Mining Institute, Newcastle)
- "Reid's Handy Colliery Guide and Directory for the Counties of Northumberland & Durham", Newcastle,1906 (Newcastle City Library)
- "Reid's Handy Colliery Guide and Directory for the Counties of Northumberland, Durham, & Yorkshire", Newcastle,1919 (Newcastle City Library)
- "Reid's Handy Colliery Guide and Directory for the Counties of Northumberland, Durham, & Yorkshire", Newcastle,1928 (Newcastle City Library)
- "Reid's Handy Colliery Guide and Directory for the Counties of Northumberland, Durham, & Yorkshire", Newcastle,1936 (Newcastle City Library)
- Ministry of Fuel & Power, "List of Mines in Great Britain & the Isle of Man, 1945", London, 1947 (Durham County Record Office Library)
Other Notes
called South Hetton Colliery North and South Pit in 1856 (OS), merged with Murton Colliery in 1983- Durham County Record Office, ref. NCB 24/66
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