	New Shildon Colliery	Index	New Shildon Colliery

New Shildon Colliery

Location:

Shildon
11 miles [18 km] SSW of Durham

Map Ref:

(Sheet 93) NZ220256, 54° 37' 30" N, 1° 39' 33" W

Maps:

1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian)

Opened:

1949

Closed:

Aug 1965

Owners:

1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)

Output:

1894 - Coal: Manufacturing.

1950 - Coal.

1955 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing.

1960 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing.

1961 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing.

1964 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Industrial, Steam.

1965 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Industrial, Steam.

1974 - Coal: Household, Industrial.

1975 - Coal: Household, Industrial.

1976 - Coal: Household, Industrial.

1977 - Coal: Household, Industrial.

1979 - Coal: Household, Industrial.

1980 - Coal: Household, Industrial.

1981 - Coal: Household, Industrial.

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1894	242	205	37
1950	inc. in Princes St.
1955	247	189	58
1960	536	439	97
1961	530	460	70
1964	516	459	57
1965	407	355	52
1975	17	14	3
1976	13	10	3
1977	12	9	3
1979	14	10	4
1980	13	9	4
1981	13	9	4

NCB Employment Figures

Seams Worked:

1950 - Low Main

1955 - Hutton, Low Main

1960 - Hutton, Low Main

1961 - Hutton, Low Main

1964 - Hutton, Low Main

1965 - Hutton, Low Main

1974 - Brass Thill

1975 - Brass Thill

1976 - Brass Thill

1977 - Brass Thill

1979 - Brass Thill

1980 - Brass Thill

1981 - Brass Thill

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for New Shildon Colliery

Notes:

1885 - An upover staple was driven from the Busty to the Harvey Seam, New Shildon Colliery.

1889 - Brockwell seam abandoned - Worked out.

1892, May - Busty Seam abandoned for an indefinite period in consequence of the damage done to the mine by the late strike and the general depression of trade

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.

Names of those killed at this colliery

No names found.

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of New Shildon Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to New Shildon Colliery

Gallery Images:

Credits

Sources:

1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1960 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1961 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1964 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1965 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1974 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1975 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1976 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1977 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1979 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1980 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1981 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1985/6 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3
History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.

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Research Notes for New Shildon Colliery

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