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  Ouston Colliery   Ouston Colliery  

Catalogue of Plans of Abandoned Mines for Ouston Colliery

Srce
Year
  Plan
No.
  Date
Received
   
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.
 
1928    3,352       OUSTON, A
 
Parishes: Harraton; Pelton; Ouston; Birtley. COAL: Hutton. (Abandoned: 04 Jul 1895).
 
1928          OUSTON, A
 
Parishes: Harraton; Pelton. COAL: Maudlin. (Abandoned: 31 Jul 1915).
 
1928    8,943       OUSTON, A, B, Greenland
 
Parishes: Harraton; Ouston; Birtley; Pelton. COAL: Maudlin, Low Main, Hutton. (Abandoned: 24 Feb 1927).
 
1928    8,944       OUSTON, Winning
 
Parishes: Harraton; Chester-le-Street; Ouston; Pelton. COAL: Five Quarter, Main. (Abandoned: 24 Feb 1927).
 
1930    10,163    1930    OUSTON; E
 
Parishes: Ouston; Urpeth. COAL: Brockwell. (Abandoned: 17 Jul 1930).
 
1934    11,302    1934    OUSTON AND LEEFIELD; A; B; C; D; E; Corner; Gill; Pasture; Pea; Stack Garth; Thistle; Venture; Well; Wood
 
Parishes: Ouston; Harraton; Birtley; Pelton. COAL: Hutton, Five Quarter.
 
1948       1948    OUSTON, E
 
Post Town: Birtley. COAL: Three Quarter, Brockwell. (Abandoned: 1948).
 
1958    D.706       URPETH "E", "C" and Ouston "E"
 
COAL: Tilley ('P'). (Abandoned: 1954). Mining Record Office Reference: R.23/4
 
1958    D.703       OUSTON, E
 
COAL: Busty ('Q'). (Abandoned: 1960). Mining Record Office Reference: S.1/16
 

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:

  • 1930 Supplement to the Catalogue of Plans of Abandoned Mines (41-44-14), published June, 1931
  • 1934 Supplement to the Catalogue of Plans of Abandoned Mines (41-44-15-34), published April, 1935
  • 1948 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 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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