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Axwell Park Colliery, Whickham

Location:	3.5 miles [5 km] WSW of Newcastle
Date sunk or opened:	1841 flooded soon after re-opened 1889 F. Whellan, "History, Topography and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham", London,1894 (Durham County Record Office Library)
Date closed:	1955 Listing from the Economic Development and Planning Department, Durham County Council, 2000 (Durham County Record Office Library)

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