Byron Colliery	Index	Byron Colliery

Location:	Edmondsley 5 miles [8 km] NNW of Durham
Map Ref:	(Sheet 88) NZ238496, 54° 50' 26" N, 1° 37' 46" W
Maps:	1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey
	1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
	1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
Opened:	bef. 1857
Closed:
Owners:	1860's - Sowerby, Phillips & Co.
Output:	1873 - Coal.

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Atkinson, Thomas, 10 Nov 1866, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone
						Paxton, Thomas, 06 Dec 1866, aged 22, Labourer, crushed by surface waggon
						2 names found

If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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