D16669B, Middridge Colliery

D16669B

Middridge Colliery

Middridge, nr Shildon

54.621868,-1.616662

Eden Pit

Opened:

1872

Closed:

Reclaimed

Condition:

http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/m032.htm

Last Updated:

9 Dec 2021

Owners:

Weardale Iron & Coal Co. (1880s), National Coal Board (1947), R. & A Young Mining Ltd. (1980s)

HER Info (unless otherwise noted)

Sunk in 1972 by Weardale Iron & Coal Co. Closed in 1921

Note - DMM indicates site lasted longer, though shows as disused on Ordnance Survey maps.

'Sketches of The Coal Mines in Northumberland and Durham' T.H.Hair, published in 1844

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