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Leasingthorne Colliery (1836 - 1967)


Leasingthorne Colliery opened in 1836 under the ownership of Messrs. King, Mearse & Campion. In the 1870s the colliery came under the ownership of  the ironmaking company Bolckow, Vaughan & Co. and by the end of the 19th century was producing around 700 tons of coal per day. In 1929 the Colliery was owned by Dorman, Long & Co. Ltd. By 1930 there were 1,537 men and boys emploted at the colliery (1,280 working below ground and 257 working on the surface), producing around 1,000 tons of coal a day.[1] The colliery closed in October 1967.

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- Article by Herbert Harker. "Transportation of coal from and to Leasingthorne Colliery by rail was developed with the opening of mineral lines, in conjunction with the Darlington and Stockton Railway …
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- Overview Map Street View Leeholme is a village in County Durham, located about 2 miles north-east of Bishop Auckland. The village was originally developed to accommodate miners and their families, …

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