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  Whinnetly Colliery  Index  Whinnetly Colliery  

Whinnetly Colliery


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Location: Haydon Bridge
7½ miles [12 km] W of Hexham
Map Ref: (Sheet 86, 87, OL43) NY816663, 54° 59' 27" N, 2° 17' 15" W
Opened:
Closed: 1893
Owners: 1880's - Bewick & Partners
Output: 1888 - Coal (Landsale).
1890 - Coal (Landsale).
    Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Whinnetly Colliery
Notes:

1894 - Thin seam, not named, abandoned - worked in connection with and to supply lead mine, which is now closed



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Description


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Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.


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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 Whinnetly Colliery

  list of collieries/pits etc. near to Whinnetly Colliery


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Credits

Sources:

  • 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian

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Related Links:

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Further Reading:

  • In the Bewick Vein - The Story of a Northumberland Lead Mine by Susan Harley, Published by Honeycrook Press, 1999, ISBN 0-9534512-0-8

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