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Cockfield, County Durham (550 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

mining began in the area in the medieval period. When the South West Durham coalfield was opened in the 19th and 20th centuries the population of the village

Great Unrest (1,860 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

labour unrest: rank-and-file movements and political change in the Durham coalfield. Manchester: Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-9068-4. OCLC 949908606

Monkwearmouth Colliery (169 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

at the pit, the mine was the last to remain operating in the County Durham Coalfield. The last shift left the pit on 10 December 1993, ending over 80 years

James Robson (trade unionist) (120 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

lockout: meanings of community in the Durham coalfield, p.50 Hester Barron, The 1926 miners' lockout: meanings of community in the Durham coalfield, p.186

John Joicey (191 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

(incorporated in 1886), which operated several collieries in the West Durham coalfield including pits at Beamish and Tanfield. In 1924, that company merged

Ryhope (976 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

favourite sea-bathing spot for the Bishop of Durham. Located on the Durham coalfield, Ryhope followed the path of many other villages in the area, and abandoned

Durham Colliery Mechanics' Association (438 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

defunct. At the start of 1879, a new union was formed, covering only the Durham coalfield. The Durham Miners' Association saw it as a sectional, breakaway, group

Dunston Staiths (731 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

first opened in 1893 as a structure for loading coal from the North Durham coalfield onto ships. In the 1920s, 140,000 tons of coal per week were loaded

Herrington (226 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

near Doxford International Business Park. In the 19th century, the Durham Coalfield began to take shape, and a number of collieries were established in

Joshua Ritson (406 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Hester Barron, The 1926 miners' lockout: meanings of community in the Durham coalfield, Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2010, ISBN 0-19-957504-5, ISBN 978-0-19-957504-6

W. P. Richardson (trade unionist) (163 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

Hester Barron, The 1926 miners' lockout: meanings of community in the Durham coalfield, p.66 David Howell, British workers and the Independent Labour Party

Harraton (1,187 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

April 2015 Northern Mine Research Society (2016), "Northumberland & Durham Coalfield", Northern Mine Research Society, retrieved 23 January 2022 Richardson

Mainsforth Colliery (1,166 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Analysis of Future Environmental Management Options for the Abandoned Durham Coalfield". Water and Environment Journal. 9 (4): 405–415. doi:10.1111/j.1747-6593

Robert Lee (historian) (502 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Encountering and Managing the Poor (2006), and The Church of England and the Durham Coalfield, 1810–1926 (2007). Unquiet Country: Voices of the Rural Poor 1820–1880

Pit pony (1,585 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

known recorded use of ponies underground in Great Britain was in the Durham coalfield in 1750. Following the drowning deaths of 26 children when the Huskar

Brandon, County Durham (893 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1800s. In 1796 William Russell, a coal owner, retired from mining the Durham Coalfield and spent part of his fortune on buying and restructuring Brancepeth

Cannel coal (1,116 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

coal[citation needed], and can be worked in the lathe and polished. In the Durham coalfield and elsewhere carving cannel coal into ornaments was a popular pastime

Bowburn (1,006 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Tursdale colliery in 1931 and grew to be one of the largest in the Durham coalfield, working six seams and with over 2,500 employees in the 1950s. Meanwhile

Ottovale coke works (841 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

the works at Ottovale were one of the oldest coking plants in the Durham coalfield. The power station was constructed in 1904 to use waste heat produced

Bishop Auckland (9,534 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

colliery in the area closed in 1968. Today, with the decline of the Durham coalfield, manufacturing has been left as the largest sector of employment in

Thomas Cann (187 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

65, still in office. Cornwall portal Norman Emery, Banners of the Durham coalfield, pp.71-72 William A. Moyes, Mostly Mining, p.108 Hugh Beynon, Masters

James Joicey, 1st Baron Joicey (610 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

incorporated in 1886) which operated several collieries in the West Durham coalfield including pits at Beamish and Tanfield. Joicey became managing director

W. H. Patterson (198 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

died in 1896 aged 49, still in post. Norman Emery, Banners of the Durham coalfield, p.63 "Miners' leaders", Public Monuments and Sculpture Association

Charles Grey (politician) (225 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

Minister. Grey had an elementary school education and went to work in the Durham coalfield when he left school at 14. He became involved in Labour Party activities

River Wear (2,843 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

through lead mining country, until this gives way to coal seams of the Durham coalfield for the rest of its length. As a result of limestone quarrying, lead

Hartlepool (7,595 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

railway to make Hartlepool a coal port, shipping out minerals from the Durham coalfield. It was in this endeavour that Isambard Kingdom Brunel visited the

Hartlepool nuclear power station (1,572 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

their third AGR station in 1967 to be situated on the edge of the Durham coalfield, near the seaside resort of Seaton Carew. The proposal came at a time

John Bacchus Dykes (3,556 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Cory, p. 77 note 1 Lee, Robert (2007). The Church of England and the Durham Coalfield, 1810-1926: Clergymen, Capitalists and Colliers. Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Murton, County Durham (1,515 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

streets. Work on the colliery – one of the pioneering mines of the East Durham coalfield, began on 19 February 1838 but it was five years before the first coals

Rapper sword (1,770 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

originally performed in the mining villages of the Northumberland and Durham coalfield in North-East England. The dances derive from a well-defined geographical

William Coulson (mining engineer) (1,044 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

Hutton seams, so marking the beginning of the development of the East Durham coalfield and the movement to large collieries employing perhaps hundreds of

Emergency Powers Act 1920 (1,127 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

(1975) is set during the use of the emergency powers in 1921 in the Durham coalfield. The army are shown as using their powers to harass suspected Communists

Nissan Motor Manufacturing UK (3,478 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

and Tyne, and the closure of many coal mines on the once prosperous Durham coalfield. The high unemployment this caused meant Nissan had a large, eager

Shildon (4,229 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

the hamlet of Brusselton. Two hills barred the way from the south Durham coalfield to the start of the railway at Shildon. George Stephenson overcame

Sir George Elliot, 1st Baronet (1,833 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Party Member of Parliament (MP). George Elliot - often known in the Durham coalfield as Bonnie Geordie - was born in Gateshead, County Durham, on 18 March

1926 United Kingdom general strike (4,217 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Barron, Hester. The 1926 Miners' Lockout: Meanings of Community in the Durham Coalfield (2010) Chaloner, W. H. "The British Miners and the Coal Industry between

William Brown (mining engineer) (1,323 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

Ireland. The first Boulton and Watt engine in the Northumberland and Durham coalfield was erected at Byker Colliery in 1778 to assist with pumping, almost

List of almshouses in the United Kingdom (5,704 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

The largest almshouse charity in the UK. Covers the entirety of the Durham coalfield, with approximately 1800 homes in management. Jacob Wright Cottages

North Eastern Railway (United Kingdom) (5,635 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

(including pit props for coal mines): coal exports from the south Durham coalfield Tyne Dock: opened by the NER in 1859. Major coal export terminal; also

Beamish Museum (11,557 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

the North East for generations - the museum site is in the former Durham coalfield, where 165,246 men and boys worked in 304 mines in 1913. By the time

Jock Purdon (526 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

unfurled by Tony Benn, who was an admirer of Purdon's poetry and songs. Songs of the Durham Coalfield by Jock Purdon, Pit Lamp Press, Chester-le-Street, 1977

Keelmen (3,407 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

seventeenth century there was a thriving trade in exporting coal from the Durham coalfield via the River Wear. The tonnage however was much smaller than on the

Furness Railway (6,328 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

dividend for the first year-half (because of a prolonged strike in the Durham coalfield) this triggered a renewal of previous complaints from shareholders

Sunderland (13,574 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

shipyard in Sunderland closed on 7 December 1988. Sunderland, part of the Durham coalfield, has a coal-mining heritage that dates back centuries. At its peak

Mine railway (5,798 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

greater. The first known recorded use in Britain was in the County Durham coalfield in 1750; in the United States, mules were the dominant source of animal

Whitby (10,687 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

port as a result of the alum trade and by importing coal from the Durham coalfield to process it. Whitby grew in size and wealth, extending its activities

Death and funeral of Margaret Thatcher (7,191 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2021. Tallentire, Mark. "Durham coalfield rejoices at Margaret Thatcher's death". The Northern Echo. Archived

Marley Hill (6,568 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

had transferred after their own pit closed, saw deep mining in the Durham coalfield finally come to an end, leaving Ellington Colliery in Northumberland

History of coal miners (7,134 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Barron, Hester. The 1926 Miners' Lockout: Meanings of Community in the Durham Coalfield (2010) Baylies, Carolyn. The History of the Yorkshire Miners, 1881-1918

Stockton and Darlington Railway (12,268 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

the line was clear. By 1857, a blast furnace had opened close to the Durham coalfield on the north side of the Tees. Backed by the rival West Hartlepool

History of Durham University (17,437 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

& Co. 1885–1900. Robert Lee (2007). The Church of England and the Durham Coalfield, 1810–1926. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. p. 127. ISBN 9781843833475. Durham

December 1993 (11,662 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

The closure of the 158-year-old pit marked the end of the old County Durham coalfield, which had been in operation since the Middle Ages. Nelson Mandela

James Connolly (10,605 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

laundry accident in 1904. In 1928, Follonsby miners' lodge in the Durham coalfield unfurled a newly designed banner that included a portrait of Connolly