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  Abandoned Mines Abandoned Mines  

1931 Supplement to the Catalogue of Plans of Abandoned Mines for County Durham

Plan
No.		    
10,392    ARNGHYLL (ARN GILL) AND COWLEY
 
Parish: Langleydale & Shotton. COAL: Main. (Abandoned: 10th January 1931).
 
10,561    BARCUS CLOSE
 
Parish: Tanfield. COAL: Five Quarter. (Abandoned: 16th October 1931).
 
10,538    BARRACK MAIN
 
Parishes: Wolsingham; Tow Law. COAL: Five Quarter. (Abandoned: 6th June 1931).
 
10,403    BEWICKE MAIN
 
Parishes: Lamesley; Urpeth; Ouston. COAL: Six Quarter. (Abandoned: 26th January 1931).
 
10,520    BRANCEPETH SOUTH or PAGEBANK
 
Parishes: Stockley; Brancepeth; Byers Green; Willington; Whitworth. COAL: Brockwell, Busty. (Abandoned: 27th June 1931).
 
10,333    BUTTERKNOWLE MAIN SOUTH
 
Parish: Lynesack & Softley. COAL: Hutton, Main. (Abandoned: 30th January 1931).
 
   BUTTERKNOWLE; New
 
Parish: Evenwood & Barony. COAL: probably High Main (1726). Plans held at: Public Reference Library, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
 
   CASSOP
 
Parishes: Cassop cum Quarrington; Shadforth. COAL: Five Quarter (1839). Plans held at: North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
 
10,433    CHILTON
 
Parish: Chilton. COAL: Main. (Abandoned: 16th May 1931).
 
   CORNSAY AND THORNLEY; Black Prince; Hedley Hill; Thornley West
 
Parishes: Cornsay; South Cornsay. COAL: Main, Five Quarter (1882). Plans held at: North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
 
10,300    EMMERSON HOUSE
 
Parish: Lynesack & Softley. COAL: Main or Brockwell. (Abandoned: 30th October 1930).
 
10,540    FELLING; Fold Old; John; Venture; William or Cube (Including old workings from Fryars Goose)
 
Parishes: Heworth; Gateshead (Durham); Newcastle-on-Tyne (Northumberland). COAL: Maudlin or Bensham. (Abandoned: 14th October 1931).
 
10,456    FELLING; John; William or Cube
 
Parishes: Gateshead; Heworth. COAL: Six Quarter. (Abandoned: 28th March 1931). Includes old workings from Shipcote Colliery
 
10,393    GALASHIELS (Formerly Woodland)
 
Parish: Woodland. COAL: Cowley. (Abandoned: 23rd February 1931).
 
10,331    HAZEL GROVE
 
Parish: Lynesack & Softley. COAL: Cowley. (Abandoned: 23rd October 1930).
 
10,395    HEBBURN; A; C
 
Parish: Hebburn. COAL: Beaumount. (Abandoned: 10th September 1930).
 
10,409    HEBBURN; A; C
 
Parish: Hebburn. COAL: Bottom Busty. (Abandoned: 18th February 1931).
 
10,519    HEBBURN; A; C
 
Parishes: Hebburn; Jarrow. COAL: Five Quarter, Six Quarter. (Abandoned: 24th September 1931).
 
10,301    KELLETTS
 
Parish: Lynesack & Softley. COAL: Five Quarter or Busty. (Abandoned: 1st November 1930).
 
10,332    KNAVESMIRE
 
Parish: Hamsterley. COAL: Brockwell or Main. (Abandoned: 17th January 1931).
 
10,547    LANGLEYDALE
 
Parish: Langleydale & Shotton. COAL: Cowley. (Abandoned: 26th September 1931).
 
10,476    LEAD MILL DRIFT
 
Parish: Langleydale & Shotton. COAL: Cowley. (Abandoned: 8th May 1931).
 
10,483    LEEFIELD
 
Parish: Birtley. COAL: Hutton, Low Main (ancient undated plans).
 
10,557    LEVELGATE
 
Parish: Stanhope. LEAD ORE. (Abandoned: 13th November 1931, Received: 2nd December 1931).
 
10,530    LITTLEBURN; Broompark
 
Parishes: Brandon & Byshottles; Bearpark; St. Oswalds; Nevilles Cross; Broom. COAL: Harvey (Bottom Section), Brockwell. (Abandoned: 3rd September 1931).
 
   LITTLETOWN; Lady Alice; Lord Lambton
 
Parish: Pittington. COAL: Hutton (Prior to 1843). Plans held at: North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
 
10,375    LOW BEECHBURN, Nos. 1, 2; Greenwells; Wheat Bottom
 
Parishes: North Bedburn; Crook & Billy Row; Helmington Row; Hunwick & Helmington. COAL: Main, Hutton, Yard, Ballarat, Busty, Five Quarter. (Abandoned: 9th December 1930).
 
10,309    MAY'S (THINFORD)
 
Parish: Cornforth. COAL: Probably Low Main.
 
10,506    MEDOMSLEY SOUTH; Annie; Mary
 
Parish: Collierley & Pontop. COAL: Tilley. (Abandoned: 29th July 1931).
 
10,477    MORLEY NEW HOUSE
 
Parish: Evenwood & Barony. COAL: Brockwell. (Abandoned: 24th July 1931).
 
10,562    OSMONDCROFT
 
Parish: Winston. COAL: Yoredale. (Abandoned: 16th October 1931).
 
10,404    RAVENSWORTH; Ann; Engine; Lane; Shop
 
Parish: Lamesley. COAL: Beaumont. (Abandoned: 26th January 1931). The following pits are shown :- Amity; Betty; Centre; Chance; Corn; Corner; Dene; Flat; George; Green; Hall; Letch; Meadow; Moss; North; Quarry; Spring; Stubble and Wood
 
10,507    ROWNTREE SOUTH
 
Parish: Lynesack & Softley. COAL: Main. (Abandoned: 29th August 1931).
 
10,508    SHIELD ROW WEST; Dyke; Fan; Fox; Lamp; Margaret
 
Parish: Stanley. COAL: Tilley, Top Busty, Bottom Busty, Three Quarter. (Abandoned: 30th June 1931).
 
10,508    SHIELD ROW WEST; Dyke; Fan; Fox; Lamp; Margaret
 
Parish: Stanley. COAL: Shield Row. (Abandoned: 1890).
 
10,485    SILKSWORTH
 
Parish: Silksworth. COAL: Harvey. (Abandoned: 7th August 1931).
 
9,559    SILKSWORTH
 
Parish: Silksworth. COAL: Five Quarter. (Abandoned: 8th October 1928).
 
   THORNLEY WEST
 
Parishes: Wolsingham; Tow Law. COAL: Main. Plans held at: North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
 
10,516    TUDHOE AND CROXDALE; Tudhoe Grange
 
Parishes: St. Oswalds; Tudhoe; Sunderland Bridge; Brandon & Byshottles; Hett. COAL: Brockwell. (Abandoned: 1st July 1931).
 
10,394    WEST PITS (Formerly Woodland)
 
Parish: Woodland. COAL: Busty. (Abandoned: 28th February 1931).
 
10,302    WESTGARTH LOWER
 
Parish: Lynesack & Softley. COAL: Cowley. (Abandoned: 11th October 1931).
 
10,548    WHAM
 
Parish: Lynesack & Softley. COAL: Main. (Abandoned: 29th August 1931).
 
10,501    WOODLAND WEST
 
Parish: Woodland. COAL: Ballarat, Busty. (Abandoned: 1st September 1931).
 
10,478    WOOLEY
 
Parishes: Brancepeth; Crook & Billy Row; Willington. COAL: "B". (Abandoned: 1st July 1931).
 

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