1713, Hylton Colliery

1713

Hylton Colliery

Hylton, Sunderland

54.91834,-1.43140

Castletown Colliery

Opened:

Closed:

Redeveloped

Condition:

http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/h013.htm

Last Updated:

14 Sept 2021

Owners:

HER Info (unless otherwise noted)

Opened 1900, closed 13 July 1979. Sinking started in 1897. There were three pits - East Pit, South Pit and West Pit. The owners were Wearmouth Coal Company LTD until the National Coal Board took over in 1947.

Ordnance Survey 1898

'Sketches of The Coal Mines in Northumberland and Durham' T.H.Hair, published in 1844

Hylton Colliery, date unknown. Source: Searlecanada.org

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