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Linton Colliery
Ellington
55.215994, -1.590307
Opened:
Closed:
1894
1968
Entry Created:
29 Jul 2022
Last Updated:
29 Jul 2022
Redeveloped
Condition:
Owners:
Ashington Coal Co. (1894), National Coal Board (1947 -)
Description (or HER record listing)
"This colliery is just over a mile to the west of Ellington. The seams working are the High Main, the Yard, the Five Quarter and the Low Main. The Yard seam is encountered at a depth of 360 ft. in the shaft and is about 200 ft. below the High Main; while the Five Quarter seam is nearly 160 ft. below the Yard and approximately 25 ft. above the Low Main."
Colliery Engineering Magazine via Durham Mining Museum
NEHL - Linton Colliery was a large working west of Lynemouth. Typical of Northumberland Collieries, a substantial village of terraces formed around the colliery to accommodate workers and their families. Linton Colliery was connected by railway to Ashington and the Blyth & Tyne.
Ordnance Survey, 1897
Linton Colliery, undated. Unknown Source
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Linton Colliery, undated. Unknown Source.
Historic Environment Records
Durham/Northumberland: Keys to the Past
Tyne and Wear: Sitelines
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