Pittington Colliery
Opened/Sunk: 1835, as referenced: Durham County Record Office, ref. NCB 24/117
Closed: 1891, as referenced: F. Whellan, "History, Topography and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham", London,1894 (Durham County Record Office Library)
Location: 4 miles [6 km] ENE of Durham
Map Reference: 20SE
OS Edition: 1st: 1857, 2nd: 1898(d), 3rd: 1923(d), 4th: 1939(d)
(d) Shown as old or disused on this edition
Details
Company/Proprieter
Londonderry, Lord,- W. Fordyce, "A History of Coal, Coke, Coal Fields..." London, 1860 (page 45, list of collieries in 1843) (Durham County Record Office Library)
- 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. 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)
- T. Whellan, "Directory and Topography of the County of Durham with newcastle-upon-Tyne", Preston,1865 (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)
Other Notes
called Pittington Colliery Adolphus Pit and Londonderry Pit 1857Area Map
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