Old Durham Colliery

1801 - Boring operations were in progress on the Old Durham estate, proving the Hutton Seam.

1848 - Sunk the Old Durham Colliery, near to Shincliffe Mill, from the surface to the Hutton Seam.

1849 - A new colliery was opened on the Old Durham estate by the marquis of Londonderry.

1875 - Boring operations were in progress in the upcast shaft at Old Durham Colliery below the Hutton Seam, proving the Brockwell Seam.

1876 - Hutton seam abandoned

1883 - Low Main seam abandoned

1935, 07 Oct - Low Main, Busty seams abandoned

Ayre, John, 26 Jan 1857, aged 13, Driver, he was found lying dead under the front tub of a set of four, it was thought he had been trying to get on the limmers and had fallen between the tub and his pony

Connelly, John, 17 Jun 1878, aged 22, Collier, fall of stone while he was getting coal in a broken jud

Coxon, George, 01 Sep 1869, aged 64, Driver, crushed between horse and waggon, Buried: Shincliffe, St. Mary the Virgin on 03 Sep 1869 {NBI}

Defty, John, 07 Oct 1868, aged 13, Pony Driver, crushed by empty tubs on engine plane

Grey, George, 24 May 1865, aged 44, Deputy, killed by a fall of stone

Jones, John, 10 Jul 1859, aged 16, Pony Putter, kicked by his pony

Pratt, Michael, 09 Sep 1867, aged 34, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Taylor, Richard, 15 May 1858, aged 11, He was oiling sheaves up the incline and жwhen he got to the top, he oiled the horizontal wheel and then sat down on the framework with his legs dangling between the spokes.Ж The wheel was suddenly set in motion and he was drawn in. His head and shoulders were severely crushed and his right arm broken. He died immediately on his removal from the pit

Thompson, Hugh, 17 Feb 1873, aged 41, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Todd, Robert, 19 Feb 1870, aged 66, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Wandless, Richard, 16 Jan 1871, aged 16, Putter, got entangled with hauling ropes