"Coal was formerly worked in this township [Chilton], but is not worked at present. The Windlestone pit was laid in 1874 ; and the Little Chilton colliery has long since been exhausted.

Windlestone Colliery is a village at the southern extremity of the township, which has become almost deserted, owing to Messrs. Pease and Partners closing the pit in 1874. It is close to Chilton Buildings, and about two miles south of Ferryhill."

- Whellan's 1894 Directory of County Durham (via Durham Mining Museum)