D60119
Leasingthorne Colliery
Coundon
54.666492,-1.607991
No. 1 Pit
Opened:
Closed:
1836
1967
Entry Created:
29 Nov 2021
Last Updated:
29 Nov 2021
Reclaimed
Condition:
Owners:
Messrs. King, Mearse & Campion (1836), James Reid (1841), Andrew Spottiswoode (1845), Messrs. Backhouse & Co. (1840s), Nicholas Wood & Co. (1856), Black Boy Coal Co. (1860s), Bolckow Vaughan (1870s), Dorman Long (1929), National Coal Board (1947 -)
Description (or HER record listing)
Pit sunk in 1836 by Messrs. King, Mearse and Campion. Ownership changed several times throughout the nineteenth century before becoming part of the National Coal Board. The colliery worked several seams and merged with the Dean and Chapter Colliery in the 1950s before closing in 1967 (1-3).
Ordnance Survey, 1898
Leasingthorne Colliery after closure. Source: Chris Cleasby, Facebook
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