Shipley Colliery was a minor working a couple of miles east of Eglingham, and owned by John Baird who lived at Bannamoor on the main turnpike road. Here there was a central mothership shaft surrounded by smaller pits which were likely modest in depth. Attached was a limekiln, so coal was likely used for quicklime for profit alongside domestic use. One of these attached pits was the Bannamoor Pit, named after Baird's residence. It was immediately north west of the main working.

There were no above ground buildings - simply a series of paths between the pits and the limekiln. Therefore we can imagine this was incredibly tough and arduous work not just for the hewers but those involved in the logistics of moving the stuff also.

By the 1900s a limited company was formed, the Shipley Coal Co., but they put the pit to auction in the 1900s. It continued operated until around 1906, with no more than 27 people employed here.

Nowadays there is no trace except cropmarks and earthworks today. The Bannamoor pit appears to still be sitting on a heap.