Oakenshaw Colliery
Opened/Sunk: 1855, as referenced: Durham County Record Office, ref. NCB 24/117
Closed: -
Location: -
Map Reference: 26SW
OS Edition: 1st: 1857, 2nd: 1898, 3rd: 1923
Related Information
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Company/Proprieter
Strakers & Love- "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)
- F. Whellan, "History, Topography and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham", London,1894 (Durham County Record Office Library)
- "Potts' Mining Register and Directory for the Coal and Ironstone Trades of Great Britain & Ireland", North Shields 1895 (Tyne & Wear Archives Service Library)
- "Reid's Handy Colliery Guide and Directory for the Counties of Northumberland & Durham", Newcastle,1906 (Newcastle City Library)
Other Notes
situated Willington- Durham County Record Office, ref. NCB 24/117
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