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Abbots Close Colliery
Crook
54.711679, -1.785341
Opened:
Closed:
Unknown
1928
Entry Created:
7 Jun 2022
Last Updated:
25 Aug 2023
Reclaimed
Condition:
Owners:
Thomas Wailes (1880s), Wailes Brothers (1890s), Steels House Coal Co. Ltd. (1920s), Steels House Colliery Co. Ltd. (1920s)
Description (or HER record listing)
NEHL - Abbot's Close Colliery was a timid affair, unconnected to any railway and fairly isolated between any of the more significant complexes. Previous to the site becoming a coal working it was a clay pit. The pit is shown on 1890s maps as two buildings surrounded by a drift and old shaft. There is also a waste heap shown on the west of the site.
Though the wood plantation is in situ, there are no clear remains of the working.
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Durham/Northumberland: Keys to the Past
Tyne and Wear: Sitelines
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