NEHL - Brusselton Colliery was first operational after the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1826. It was under the ownership of Sir P. Musgrave, Bart. who had sunk it in the August of that year alongside Messrs. Storey, Cummins, Sharp & Co who continued to operate it until around 1835, when it was put up for let. It was stated the pit featured two seams of coal between 6 and 7ft thick, at a moderate depth from the surface and won by a free watercourse or day level.

This is the point in which the pit appears to have been retired and closed. There is no onwards reference until a Brusselton Colliery was opened by Bolckow Vaughan close by, and by the 1850s seldom reference is made on Ordnance Survey maps. The only indicator to its location is several old coal shafts on the 1890s maps and earthworks indicating the presence of the shaft mound and various earthworks. These are recorded by Historic England (https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=1622943&resourceID=19191). The area gets quite convoluted given the sheer extent of coal workings here, especially those operating in the mid 20th century.