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Tanfield Moor Colliery
Tantobie
54.883042, -1.740479
Conquest Pit
Opened:
Closed:
1768
19th c
Entry Created:
4 Oct 2022
Last Updated:
4 Oct 2022
Reclaimed
Condition:
Owners:
Earl of Kerry (1768), James Joicey (1850s), James Joicey & Co. Ltd. (1860s), Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Ltd. (1940s), National Coal Board (1947 -)
Description (or HER record listing)
NEHL - Conquest Pit was one of the first of the Tanfield Moor collieries to become defunct. It became an air shaft to the adjacent Willy Pit by the 1850s. Francis Thomas-Fitzmaurice, the 3rd Earl of Kelly, opened the pit in the 1760s as part of his economic portfolio.
Unfortunately maps don't go as far back as when the pit was operating, but it can be seen on the 1861 map a waggonway linking the air shaft to a wider network on the Tanfield Branch.
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Historic Environment Records
Durham/Northumberland: Keys to the Past
Tyne and Wear: Sitelines
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