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Brusselton Colliery [1], St Helen Auckland

Location:11.5 miles [19 km] SSW of Durham
Map or Reference:42SW
OS Edition:1st:x    2nd:x    3rd:1924(d)    4th:1939    
(d) Shown as old or disused on this edition
Date sunk or opened:1834
  • Durham County Record Office, ref. NCB 24/117
  • Date closed:1968
  • Durham County Record Office, ref. NCB 24/98

  • Proprietor/Company:

    Bolckow, Vaughan & Co.
  • "Reid's Handy Colliery Guide and Directory for the Counties of Northumberland & Durham", Newcastle,1906 (Newcastle City Library)
  • "Reid's Handy Colliery Guide and Directory for the Counties of Northumberland, Durham, & Yorkshire", Newcastle,1911(Newcastle City Library)

    Brusselton Colliery Co.
  • "Reid's Handy Colliery Guide and Directory for the Counties of Northumberland, Durham, & Yorkshire", Newcastle,1928 (Newcastle City Library)
  • "Reid's Handy Colliery Guide and Directory for the Counties of Northumberland, Durham, & Yorkshire", Newcastle,1936 (Newcastle City Library)

    Johnson, J. W.
  • Ministry of Fuel & Power, "List of Mines in Great Britain & the Isle of Man, 1945", London, 1947 (Durham County Record Office Library)

  • Notes:

    called Ladysmith Colliery in 1939


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