D2998
Cassop Vale Colliery
Cassop
54.745100, -1.486033
Opened:
Closed:
1840
1877
Entry Created:
22 Oct 2021
Last Updated:
4 Aug 2023
Reclaimed
Condition:
Owners:
R. P. Philipson, Edward Robinson & Co. (1870s)
Description (or HER record listing)
NEHL - Cassop Vale Colliery was for a stage the terminus of the Cassop Waggonway north westwards, but later was the central point of the link between the Old Durham Waggonway at Sherburnhouse and Cassop.
The pit was opened around 1840, and in 1857 featured a number of ancillary buildings. This was likely the pit at its greatest extent. There was a number of sidings to accomodate coal wagons which was transported to Hartlepool for first shipment.
There were two shafts, which are both illustrated as old on the 1890s maps. There was also a pit row on the north east of the site, which were extant some decades after closure. The track was lifted by this point.
In 2023, some pit heaps and earthworks are still extant. The line is entirely traversable.
Ordnance Survey, 1897
Site of Cassop Vale Colliery in 2023
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The waste heaps shown are at least 150 years old, lying in situ between the trees in 2023
Historic Environment Records
Durham/Northumberland: Keys to the Past
Tyne and Wear: Sitelines
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