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Wooley Colliery
nr Crook
54.741001, -1.724649
Opened:
Closed:
19th c
1963
Entry Created:
27 Jun 2022
Last Updated:
27 Jun 2022
Reclaimed
Condition:
Owners:
Joseph Pease & Partners (1860s)
Description (or HER record listing)
Wooley Colliery, near Stanley Crook was recorded as being owned by Joseph Pease & Partners in the 1860s. In 1948 there were 685 people employed at the collier (581 working below ground and 104 on the surface). Wooley Colliery closed in 1963. - Co-Curate
Ordnance Survey, 1890s
Wooley Colliery, undated. Unknown Source
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