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Roddymoor Colliery (1844 - 1963)


The first pit of Roddymoor Colliery was sunk in 1844, near Roddymoor, to the north of Crook in County Durham. It was also known as 'Pease's West Colliery' (in the 1850's the collier was owned by Joseph Pease, Joseph Whitwell Pease, & Joseph Pease & Co.) At its peak, in 1950 there were 1,675 people employed at Roddymoor Colliery (1,429 working below ground and 246 on the surface).[1] Roddymoor Colliery closed on the 10th of August, 1963.

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