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Forrestburn Colliery |
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Forrestburn Colliery |
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Forrestburn Colliery
| Location: |
Forrestburn
12½ miles [20 km] SSW of Alnwick
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 81) NZ079968, 55° 15' 55" N, 1° 52' 32" W |
| Maps: |
 1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
1923 |
| Pits: |
Foxton Hill Pit, locn: (Sheet 81) NZ083977 |
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Shaft details for Foxton Hill Pit |
| Owners: |
1910's - Kirkheaton Colliery Co. Ltd. |
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1920's - Northumberland Quarries Ltd. |
| Output: |
1921 - Coal: Household. |
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1923 - Coal: Household. |
| Employment: |
1921 - 0 [Standing] |
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1923 - 4 [Abandoned] |
| Seams Worked: |
1921 - Shilbottle [Standing] |
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1923 - Shilbottle [Abandoned] |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Forrestburn Colliery |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
Names of those killed at this colliery
No names found.
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Forrestburn Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Forrestburn Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume F-K, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1885
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