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Fawdon Colliery


The sinking of 'A' Pit of Fawdon Colliery begain in March 1810, reaching the High Main coal seam in May, 1811, at a depth of about 89 metres. 'B' Pit was sunk opened in 1813. The colliery was closed before the turn of the century.

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Fawdon Colliery
- "....High Fawdon, Fawdon Square, and Low Fawdon, ate pit villages, which owe their existence to the colliery. The A Pit was commenced in March 1810 ; and the High Main …
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Tyne and Wear HER(4002): Fawdon Colliery B Pit
- "Fawdon B Pit (Coal). Marked as Old on the 2nd edition OS mapping, so out of use by 1895. Part of Fawdon Colliery and Fawdon West Pit - both marked …
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Tyne and Wear HER(4011): Fawdon Colliery, Engine Pit
- "Fawdon Old Pit shown on the 1st edition OS mapping, despite the name. The colliery and Engine Pit opened in 1810. There were several pits - A Pit, B Pit …
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037038:Old Pit Cottages Fawdon Dept of Environmental Health c.1935
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Seaton Burn Wagonway
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Seaton Burn Wagonway
- Brunton & Shields Railway, opened in 1826 by the Grand Allies, and built by Benjamin Thompson, extended in 1837. From 1878 it was overlayed by the Seaton Burn Wagonway. Today …

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