Chopwell Colliery (Pit No. 1)
Opened/Sunk: 1781, as referenced: Durham County Record Office, ref. NCB 24/117
Closed: 1966, as referenced: Durham County Record Office, ref. NCB 24/117
Location: 9.5 miles [15 km] WSW of Newcastle
Map Reference: 5SE
OS Edition: 1st: x, 2nd: 1898, 3rd: 1921, 4th: 1940
Related Information
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Company/Proprieter
Silvertop, George, in late 18th C. to 1800,- W. Fordyce, "A History of Coal, Coke, Coal Fields..." London, 1860 (main text of book) (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)
- 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,1911(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)
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