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Hunwick Colliery
Bishop Auckland
54.689224, -1.691912
Opened:
Closed:
pre-1850s
1921
Entry Created:
20 Apr 2023
Last Updated:
20 Apr 2023
Reclaimed
Condition:
Owners:
Robson & Jackson (1850s), R. W. Jackson (1850s), West Hartlepool Harbour & Railway Co. (1860s), Hunwick Coal Co. (1860s), Bolckow Vaughan (1870s)
Description (or HER record listing)
NEHL - Hunwick Colliery was a fairly substantial complex neighbouring West Hunwick Colliery and the railway line from Durham to Bishop Auckland. The pit employed 419 people at its greatest extent in 1883, with workers likely commuting on the railway from Bishop Auckland to Hunwick Station. There was an internal tramway network leading to sizeable waste heaps. There was also a single track waggonway which led to Newfield Colliery across the Wear.
It was one of the mainly collieries involved in the Bolckow Vaughan supply chain.
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Historic Environment Records
Durham/Northumberland: Keys to the Past
Tyne and Wear: Sitelines
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