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Law Pit


  Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Location: Lanchester
9 miles [15 km] SW of Newcastle
Map Ref: (Sheet 88) NZ156530, 54° 52' 20" N, 1° 45' 21" W
Opened: 1800
Closed:
Sinking Started: 18 Aug 1800
Pits: Law Pit
  Shaft details for Law Pit
  Shaft details for Law Pit
    Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Law Pit


  Summary Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

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 Law Pit

  list of collieries/pits etc. near to Law Pit


  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries  

Credits

Sources:

  • 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
  • Catalogue of Plans of Abandoned Mines

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