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Widdrington Colliery

Widdrington

55.256439, -1.620219

Sisters Pit

Opened:

Closed:

1873

1900s

Entry Created:

9 Aug 2022

Last Updated:

9 Aug 2022

Reclaimed

Condition:

Owners: 

William Barkus (1860s), Widdrington Coal Co. (1880s)

Description (or HER record listing)

NEHL - Widdrington Colliery operated two collieries along a stretch of colliery railway from the East Coast Main Line. Sisters Pit was the younger of the two, and operated until around the 1900s or early 1910s. A community had been built round this pit which has since disappeared, including a Methodist Chapel and a school.

There was also a ropeway for carrying coal to the screens.

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Historic Environment Records

Durham/Northumberland: Keys to the Past

Tyne and Wear: Sitelines

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