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Preston Colliery (closed 1929)
Preston Colliery was located in Preston township, North Shields, near Billy Mill. There had been small scale coal mining in the area for centuries. A Preston Colliery was recorded in the 1860s, possibly a different entity to the Preston Colliery recorded in the 1880s, at which time the colliery was owned by the Preston Coal Co. By the 1910s it was owned by U.A. Ritson & Sons Ltd. Its peak level of employment was in 1923, when there were 1,254 working at the colliery (1,037 below ground and 217 above ground).[1] The colliery was closed by 1929 and was demolished in the early 1930s. Preston Colliery War Memorial is located in Preston Cemetery.
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PLA 11.21.15 Queen Alexandra Road West, Preston Colliery pit heap
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Preston Colliery
- Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the location of Preston Colliery....
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Preston Colliery
- Preston Colliery, at Billy Mill, is not on the 1st edition ordnance Survey plan, so was built after 1858....
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Preston Colliery War Memorial
- There is a war memorial located in the south-west side of Preston Cemetery. The memorial was commissioned by the owners of Preston Colliery; G.A. Ritson and Sons. Of 900 men employed …
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PLA 11.21.15 Queen Alexandra Road West, Preston Colliery pit heap
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from https://www.twsitelines.info/…
Preston Colliery
- Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the location of Preston Colliery....
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from https://www.twsitelines.info/…
Preston Colliery
- Preston Colliery, at Billy Mill, is not on the 1st edition ordnance Survey plan, so was built after 1858....
Added by
Simon Cotterill
