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Fawdon Colliery
Fawdon, Newcastle
55.014333,-1.646089
Old Pit
Engine Pit
Opened:
Closed:
Entry Created:
3 Sept 2021
Last Updated:
30 Dec 2022
Reclaimed
Condition:
Owners:
Newmarch, Sons & Co. (1840s)
Description (or HER record listing)
Fawdon Old Pit shown on the 1st edition OS mapping, despite the name. The colliery and Engine Pit opened in 1810. There were several pits - A Pit, B Pit (opened in 1813), E Pit (opened in 1823) and F Pit (opened in 1836 for draining water). Fawdon Colliery was owned by Newmarch Sons & Co. On 5 September 1827, an explosion killed 2 miners and injured 3.
Ordnance Survey, 1864
The old pit can be seen on this aerial shot from 1946. The shaft is also visible. Source: Historic England Photograph_ raf_106g_uk_1193_rp_3190 flown 27_02_1946
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The site of the shaft - it can be seen in the discolouration of the ground.
Historic Environment Records
Durham/Northumberland: Keys to the Past
Tyne and Wear: Sitelines
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