Oxclose Colliery. This was served by Oxclose Wagonway. Opened before 1805 by George Elliot and Johasshon. Shown on a map of 1807 by D. Akenhead & Sons "The Picture of Newcastle upon Tyne". On 29 November 1805, an explosion killed 38 miners.

NEHL - The Oxclose Colliery was a fairly sizeable working in the standards of the early 19th century. The complex was served by a number of sidings and ancillary buildings, including an engine house at the B Pit which was adjoined by the A Pit. There were at least 7 pit ponds to drain water from the workings, as well as pit rows to provide accommodation for workers. Much of the site was still extant in the 1890s though disused. An inn was still situated at the pit rows as well as the shafts and heaps. This is still the case in the 1910s, though all of the area was redeveloped for the New Town. Part of the cutting for the Oxclose Waggonway still exists, though is severed in parts.

The pit was part of the North Biddick Hall estate in the 1850s. (https://www.northeastheritagelibrary.co.uk/features/north-biddick-hall)