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Templetown Colliery
also known as Chapter Main Colliery , Manor Wallsend Colliery
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| Location: | South Shields 5½ miles [9 km] NNW of Sunderland |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ355655, 54° 58' 58" N, 1° 26' 43" W |
| Opened: | 1805 |
| Closed: | 1825 |
| Pits: | Church Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ361667, opened: 1825, sinking: Jun 1825 (See also St. Hilda's Colliery) |
 Shaft details for Church Pit |
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| Engine Pit | |
| Shaft details for Engine Pit |
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| Shaft details for Templetown Colliery |
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| Owners: | 1805 - Simon Temple, jnr. |
| 1800's - Mr. Brown | |
| 1813 - Mr. Devey | |
| 1819 - Robert & John William Brandling | |
| Employment: | 1843 - 452 |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Templetown Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1934 - Bensham 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
No names found.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Templetown Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Templetown Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- A History of Coal, Coke, Coalfields and Iron Manufacture in Northern England by William Fordyce published in 1860
- 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
- Westoe - The Last Pit on the Tyne, Final report of the Westoe Colliery Campaign Group, March 1994
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Related Links:
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