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Bells House Colliery
Cornsay
54.778449, -1.753585
Opened:
Closed:
1928
1935
Entry Created:
25 Apr 2023
Last Updated:
25 Apr 2023
Reclaimed
Condition:
Owners:
Bells House Coal Co. (1920s)
Description (or HER record listing)
NEHL - Bells House Colliery was a small working near Bell's House Farm, operating between 1928 and 1935. The pit only employed at most 10 people, which demonstrates the small scale working that had been initiated. It is possible the working used pre-existing shafts as tunnels will have been found everywhere in this area. To the east and west various disused drifts and old pits were still extant.
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