Seaton Delaval Colliery
Name: Seaton Delaval Colliery
Opened: 1838
Closed: 27 May 1960
Pits: A Pit
B Pit
C Pit, (NZ298763)
D Pit, (NZ298763)
E Pit, (NZ298764), closed: 1932
Engine Pit, (NZ302764), sinking: 10 May 1838
F Pit, (NZ298764), closed: 1932
Forster Pit, (NZ291801), sinking: 11 May 1859
Hastings Pit, (NZ299764), opened: 1875
Relief Pit, (NZ299764), opened: 1884
Richard Pit, (NZ299764)
Owners: 1830s - Joseph Lamb & Co.
1850s - Lamb, Scott, Barnes, Burdon & Co.
1860s - Lamb, Burdon & Co.
1880s - Seaton Delaval Coal Co.
May 1929 - Hartley Main Collieries Ltd.
1943 - Bedlington Mains Coal Co.
1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Opened: 1838
Closed: 27 May 1960
Pits: A Pit
B Pit
C Pit, (NZ298763)
D Pit, (NZ298763)
E Pit, (NZ298764), closed: 1932
Engine Pit, (NZ302764), sinking: 10 May 1838
F Pit, (NZ298764), closed: 1932
Forster Pit, (NZ291801), sinking: 11 May 1859
Hastings Pit, (NZ299764), opened: 1875
Relief Pit, (NZ299764), opened: 1884
Richard Pit, (NZ299764)
Owners: 1830s - Joseph Lamb & Co.
1850s - Lamb, Scott, Barnes, Burdon & Co.
1860s - Lamb, Burdon & Co.
1880s - Seaton Delaval Coal Co.
May 1929 - Hartley Main Collieries Ltd.
1943 - Bedlington Mains Coal Co.
1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
This link gives a newspaper report of the New Delaval Colliery in 1873.
In 1929 Seaton Delaval Coal Company was amalgamated with Cramlington Coal Company to form Hartley Main Collieries limited. This link gives details of the improvements that were made at the collieries in this new group.
In 1929 Seaton Delaval Coal Company was amalgamated with Cramlington Coal Company to form Hartley Main Collieries limited. This link gives details of the improvements that were made at the collieries in this new group.