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Lanchester Colliery
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| Location: | Lanchester 8 miles [13 km] WNW of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ155480, 54° 49' 38" N, 1° 45' 30" W |
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| Pits: | Hannah Pit |
 Shaft details for Hannah Pit |
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| Owners: | 1880's - Ferens & Love |
| 1900's - S. A. Sadler Ltd. | |
| 1930's - Lanchester & Iveston Coal Co. Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1873 - Coal. |
| 1902 - Coal: Coking. | |
| 1929 - Coal: Manufacturing. | |
| 1930 - Coal: Coking. | |
| 1934 - No. 2 - Coal: Manufacturing. Fireclay. | |
| 1935 - No. 2 - Coal: Coking. Fireclay. | |
| 1948 - Brockwell Drift - Coal: Gas, Household. | |
| 1949 - Brockwell Drift - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing. | |
| 1950 - Brockwell Drift - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing. | |
| 1950 - Harvey & Tilley Drifts - Coal: Gas, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1882 - 0 [Standing] |
| 1902 - 16 (15 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1929 - 44 (35 below, 9 surface) | |
| 1930 - 44 (40 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1934 - No. 2 - 43 (35 below, 8 surface) | |
| 1935 - No. 2 - 40 (31 below, 9 surface) | |
| 1940 - 33 (28 below, 5 surface) | |
| 1945 - Brockwell Drift - 44 (36 below, 8 surface) | |
| 1948 - Brockwell Drift - 36 (29 below, 7 surface) | |
| 1950 - Brockwell Drift - 0 [Abandoned] | |
| 1950 - Harvey & Tilley Drifts - 17 (12 below, 5 surface) | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: | 1929 - Brockwell |
| 1930 - Brockwell | |
| 1934 - No. 2 - Busty | |
| 1935 - No. 2 - Busty | |
| 1948 - Brockwell Drift - Brockwell | |
| 1949 - Brockwell Drift - Brockwell | |
| 1950 - Brockwell Drift - Brockwell [Abandoned] | |
| 1950 - Harvey & Tilley Drifts - Harvey, Tilley | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Lanchester Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1905 - Busty seam abandoned - coal exhausted |
1933, 14 Oct - Brockwell seam abandoned |
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1950 - Brockwell seam abandoned |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
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Names of those killed at this colliery
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Lanchester Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Lanchester Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1873-4 List of Mines
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1908 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1929 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1934 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1935 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
- 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1948 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1949 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1950 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 L-R, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1887
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Further Research:
Research Notes for Lanchester Colliery
