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  Abandoned Mines Abandoned Mines  

1930 Supplement to the Catalogue of Plans of Abandoned Mines for County Durham

Plan
No.		    
10,068    BEARPARK; Hollinside
 
Parishes: Witton Gilbert; Bearpark. COAL: Hutton. (Abandoned: 21st December 1929).
 
10,159    BILDERSHAW
 
Parish: St. Helen Auckland. COAL: Marshall Green. (Abandoned: 3rd July 1930).
 
   BIRTLEY (DISTRICT); Goodluck; Hedge; Prosperous; Toft Hill; Well
 
Parish: Birtley. COAL: Low Main, Hutton, Seam unnamed. Plans held at: North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Date of workings: 1760
 
   BIRTLEY BANK
 
Parish: Probably Birtley. IRONSTONE (1834). Plans held at: North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
 
   BIRTLEY; OUSTON AND PELAW
 
Parishes: Ouston; Pelton; Birtley; Harraton. COAL: Seam unnamed. Plans held at: North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Date of workings:1820
 
10,162    BLACKHOUSE; H (WASH HOUSES)
 
Parish: Birtley. COAL: Towneley. (Abandoned: 17th July 1930).
 
10,004    BOWES HILL
 
Parish: Lynesack & Softley. COAL: Hutton. (Abandoned: 30th November 1929).
 
10,005    COPLEY GRANGE
 
Parish: Lynesack & Softley. COAL: Hutton. (Abandoned: 23rd November 1929).
 
10,033    COPLEY OLD
 
Parish: Lynesack & Softley. COAL: Five Quarter. (Abandoned: 21st December 1929).
 
10,209    COPLEY ROAD
 
Parish: Lynesack & Softley. COAL: Brockwell or Main. (Abandoned: 7th July 1930).
 
   COUNDON (DISTRICT); Dixon's; Manner's
 
Parish: Coundon. COAL: Five Quarter (1816). Plans held at: North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
 
   ELVET; Hazard; Henry
 
Parishes: Durham; Neville's Cross; St. Oswald's. COAL: Seam unnamed (1816). Plans held at: North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
 
10,236    ESH
 
Parish: Esh. COAL: Yard. (Abandoned: 21st October 1930).
 
   FELLING; Venture
 
Parishes: Gateshead; Heworth. COAL: High Main. Plans held at: North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
 
10,258    FRIENDS FARM
 
Parish: North Bedburn. COAL: Main. (Abandoned: 7th June 1930).
 
   GATESHEAD PARK; Adventure; Betty
 
Parish: Gateshead. COAL: High Main (1794). Plans held at: North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
 
10,070    GILL BANK
 
Parish: Lynesack & Softley. COAL: Main. (Abandoned: 12th March 1930).
 
10,259    HARPERLEY WITTON
 
Parish: North Bedburn. COAL: Marshall Green. (Abandoned: 18th July 1930).
 
10,022    HAZELWELL
 
Parish: Lynesack & Softley. COAL: Brockwell. (Abandoned: 9th March 1929).
 
10,078    HEDLEY HILL; Pickerings
 
Parishes: Hedley Hope; Cornsay; Brandon & Byshottles. COAL: Main. (Abandoned: 9th January 1930).
 
10,110    HOUSE NEW
 
Parish: South Bedburn. COAL: Marshall Green. (Abandoned: 5th April 1930).
 
10,001    LOW GREWBURN LANE
 
Parish: Lynesack & Softley. COAL: Hutton. (Abandoned: 7th December 1929).
 
10,067    MORLEY NEW
 
Parish: Evenwood & Barony. COAL: Hutton. (Abandoned: 14th March 1930).
 
10,199    MORLEY NEW; Lands
 
Parish: Evenwood & Barony. COAL: Harvey. (Abandoned: 5th July 1930).
 
   OUSTON; A; B; C; E
 
Parishes: Birtley; Ouston; Harraton. COAL: Hutton (1816). Plans held at: North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
 
10,163    OUSTON; E
 
Parishes: Ouston; Urpeth. COAL: Brockwell. (Abandoned: 17th July 1930).
 
   PELTON
 
Parishes: Pelton; Chester-le-Street. COAL: Seam unnamed. Plans held at: North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
 
10,146    PONTOP EAST; Bog Old; Lily; Loud Old
 
Parishes: Kyo; Collierley & Pontop. COAL: Five Quarter, Brass Thill. (Abandoned: 28th June 1930).
 
9,981    PONTOP; Greencroft
 
Parish: Greencroft. COAL: Five Quarter, Brass Thill, Top Hutton, Bottom Hutton, Main. (Abandoned: 5th July 1929).
 
10,111    RACKWOOD HILL
 
Parish: South Bedburn. COAL: Marshall Green. (Abandoned: 31st March 1930).
 
10,164    RAVENSWORTH (TEAM); Amity; Ann; Betty; Centre; Corn; Moss; Stubble
 
Parish: Lamesley. COAL: High Main. (Abandoned: 11th July 1930).
 
10,164    RAVENSWORTH SHOP (ALLERDENE)
 
Parish: Lamesley. COAL: Yard. (Abandoned: 11th July 1930).
 
10,220    ROWNTREE WEST
 
Parish: Lynesack & Softley. COAL: Brockwell or Main. (Abandoned: 13th September 1930).
 
10,221    SEDLING (HIGH)
 
Parish: Stanhope. FLUORSPAR. (Abandoned: Sep 1930, Received: 23rd October 1930).
 
10,117    TWIZELL; Gate; Hill (Including portion of East Stanley)
 
Parishes: Edmondsley; Urpeth. COAL: Main. (Abandoned: 16th June 1930).
 
   TYNE (DISTRICT)
 
Plans held at: North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Newcastle-on-Tyne. General plan showing collieries working the High Main Coal in 1811
 
   URPETH
 
Parish: Urpeth. COAL: Main, Hutton. Plans held at: North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
 
10,237    USHAW MOOR
 
Parishes: Esh; Brandon & Byshottles. COAL: Harvey. (Abandoned: 21st October 1930).
 
10,222    WARREN
 
Parish: Throston. ANHYDRITE. (Abandoned: 21st June 1930, Received: 23rd October 1930).
 
   WASHINGTON; A; B; C; D; E
 
Parish: Washington. COAL: Upper Main, Low Main (about 1770). Plans held at: North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
 
   WESTERTON (Formerly Binchester) North; South
 
Parishes: Westerton; Pollard's Lands; Middlestone; Merrington Lane; Binchester. COAL: Brockwell. (Abandoned: 30th June 1930).
 
10,079    WOODHOUSE NEW (Including portion of old workings from Etherley Dene)
 
Parish: Pollard's Lands. COAL: Hutton. (Abandoned: 28th March 1930).
 

The plans of abandoned mines are held by the Coal Authority (http://www.coal.gov.uk/) at the following address: The Coal Authority, 200 Lichfield Lane, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 4RG

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