New Hartley Colliery Hester Pit

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New Hartley Colliery

New Hartley, Seaton Valley

55.083521, -1.514195

Hartley Colliery

Hester Pit

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Closed:

http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/h018.htm

Entry Created:

3 Sept 2021

Last Updated:

20 Sept 2021

Redeveloped

Condition:

Owners:

Carr & Co. (1850s)

Description (or HER record listing)

This was the site of New Hartley Colliery. In 1862 an accident happened at the mine, killing over 200 miners. This led to a review of safety measures in mines and an Act of Parliament was passed saying that all mines should have at least two shafts for ventilation.

Ordnance Survey, 1865

Hester Pit, 1862. Source: Billy Embleton

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