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Coxlodge Colliery
Coxlodge, Newcastle
55.017999,-1.630310
Bower Pit
Opened:
Closed:
Entry Created:
3 Sept 2021
Last Updated:
8 Sept 2021
Reclaimed
Condition:
Owners:
Bell & Brandling (1850s), Joshua Bower (1860s), Owners of Burradon & Coxlodge Collieries (1880s), N.G Lambert & Co. (1880s)
Description (or HER record listing)
Opened before 1821, closed 1894. Coxlodge Colliery had three pits Bower Pit, Jubilee or North Pit and Regent or Engine Pit. Owners of the colliery in the 1850s were Bell and Brandling, then Joshua Bower, then Burradon and Coxlodge Colliers, and lastly NG Lambert & Co. An explosion on 6 March 1863 killed 19 people.
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