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Brandon Colliery
Langley Moor, Durham
54.751667, -1.622028
C Pit
Opened:
Closed:
1856
1968
Entry Created:
9 Jun 2022
Last Updated:
9 Jun 2022
Redeveloped
Condition:
Owners:
Strakers & Love (1856), National Coal Board (1947 -)
Description (or HER record listing)
Brancepeth Colliery opened in 1840 near Willington in County Durham. The colliery was owned by Strakers & Love Ltd. up to nationalisation in 1947. There were 3 pits ('A', 'B', & 'C') plus a drift mine. There was also an associated coking plant. At it's peak, in terms of numbers employed, in 1921 there were 2,354 working at the colliery (1,601 working below ground and 753 working on the surface). Brancepeth Colliery closed on the 22nd of July 1967, with the loss of over 1,000 jobs. (Co-Curate)
Ordnance Survey, 1890s
Brandon Colliery C Pit, 1928. Unknown Source.
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Visit by Hugh Gaitskell, Minister of Fuel and Power, to Brandon Colliery in March 1949. Source Unknown.
Historic Environment Records
Durham/Northumberland: Keys to the Past
Tyne and Wear: Sitelines
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