Shotton Colliery
Opened/Sunk: 1840, as referenced: Durham County Record Office, ref. NCB 24/117
Closed: 1972, as referenced: Durham County Record Office, ref. NCB 24/77
Location: 8 miles [13 km] E of Durham
Map Reference: 28NW
OS Edition: 1st: 1857, 2nd: 1898(d), 3rd: 1923, 4th: 1939
(d) Shown as old or disused on this edition
Details
Company/Proprieter
Clark, William & partners- 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)
- 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)
Other Notes
called Shotton Colliery (Engine Pit and South pit) in 1857, re-opening in 1900- Home Office, "List of Mines 1900", H.M. Inspector of Mines, London, 1901 (Mining Institute, Newcastle)
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