Hylton Colliery (Castletown Colliery)

HER Number:
1713

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Hylton Colliery (Castletown Colliery)

Place:
North Hylton

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Opened 1900, closed 13 July 1979. Sinking started in 1897. There were three pits - East Pit, South Pit and West Pit. The owners were Wearmouth Coal Company LTD until the National Coal Board took over in 1947.

Easting:
365

Northing:
583

Grid Reference:
NZ365583

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1713 >> Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sites of interest in River Wear plan area; N. Emery, 1998, Banners of the Durham Coalfield; Durham Mining Museum, www.dmm.org.uk