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  Felling Colliery   Felling Colliery  

Catalogue of Plans of Abandoned Mines for Felling Colliery

Srce
Year
  Plan
No.
  Date
Received
   
1930          FELLING; Venture
 
Parishes: Gateshead; Heworth. COAL: High Main. Plans held at: North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
 
1928        *  BRANDLING MAIN
 
Parish: Probably Heworth. COAL.
 
1928          FELLING, Discovery, Ford Old or Hall, Goodsport, Heddle, Holly Hill, Nightingale, Shearlegs, Venture, William
 
Parishes: Gateshead; Heworth; Newcastle-on-Tyne. COAL: High Main. Plans held at: John Bowes & Partners Ltd., Felling Colliery, Gateshead.
 
1958    D.343       Felling
 
COAL: High Main. Mining Record Office Reference: R.16/5
 
1958    D.497       Felling & Heworth
 
COAL: Hutton. Mining Record Office Reference: R.19/6
 
1958    D.162       Felling & St. Anthonys
 
COAL: High Main. (Abandoned: 1800). Mining Record Office Reference: F.29/24
 
1928    R.325A       FELLING, John, Nightingale, Restoration, Venture
 
Parishes: Gateshead; Heworth; Newcastle-on-Tyne. COAL: Low Main, Seam unnamed. Date of workings: 1841 Mining Record Office Reference: R.2/1
 
1888          Felling
 
Parish: Felling. Post Town: Gateshead. COAL: Low Main. Still working, 1888.
 
1931    10,456    1931    FELLING; John; William or Cube
 
Parishes: Gateshead; Heworth. COAL: Six Quarter. (Abandoned: 28 Mar 1931). Includes old workings from Shipcote Colliery Mining Record Office Reference: F.13/10
 
1931    10,540    1931    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: 14 Oct 1931). Mining Record Office Reference: F.13/15
 
1934    11,125    1934    FELLING; Fold Old; John; William (Including old workings from Fryars Goose; Tyne Main; and Venture)
 
Parishes: Gateshead; Heworth (Durham); Newcastle-on-Tyne (Northumberland). COAL: Beaumont, Low Main, Hutton and Busty (or more probably Brockwell). (Abandoned: 14 Dec 1933). Mining Record Office Reference: F.15/10
 
1934    11,336    1934    ST. ANTHONY'S AND FELLING; Nightingale; Restoration; Venture
 
Parishes: Heworth (Durham); Newcastle-on-Tyne (Northumberland). COAL: High Main, Low Main.
 
   *  denotes that the map reference given is to the location of the Mine Entrance only

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

Sources:

  • 1888 List of the Plans of Abandoned Mines
  • 1930 Supplement to the Catalogue of Plans of Abandoned Mines (41-44-14), published June, 1931
  • 1931 Supplement to the Catalogue of Plans of Abandoned Mines (41-44-15), published April, 1932
  • 1934 Supplement to the Catalogue of Plans of Abandoned Mines (41-44-15-34), published April, 1935
  • Catalogue of Plans of Abandoned Coal Mines and Worked-out Opencast Coal Sites, N.C.B. Durham Division Mining Office, August 1958, with updates to 1977
  • Catalogue of Plans of Abandoned Coal Mines published in 1928

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