D1726A

Butterknowle Colliery

Butterknowle

54.623489,-1.828020

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Gordon Pit

Reclaimed

http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/b071.htm

Last Updated:

22 Oct 2021

Owners: 

Prattman's Trustees (1850s), Butterknowle Coal Co. (1880s), New Butterknowle Colliery Co. (1900s)

HER Info

Coal mines are recorded in this area as early as 1424. The remains of old slag heaps, shafts and opencast mining can be seen in the surrounding area. However, none of it appears to date back as far as the fifteenth century.

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