Hetton

aka Hetton Lyons, Blossom Pit or Hetton, Lyon's Pit

Coal and Fireclay Mine
Worked from 1820 to 1950

Jan 1st, 2024 from NMRS by Buddle-Bot

Jan 3rd, 2025 by BertyBasset



Durham & Northumberland Coalfields
Lyons
54.8164902, -1.442107
NZ 3595 4699
Private Land
99m
#21,497


1855-1885 Hetton Coal Co. 1888-1910 Hetton Coal Co. Ltd 1915-1921 Lambton & Hetton Collieries Ltd


Publications (8)

  • (1920); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol VII - Lignites, Jet, Kimmeridge oil, England and Wales; 132 pages
  • (1920); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vols XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII - Fireclay; Arsenic & Antimony Ores; Refactory Materials, Lead & Zinc of Scotland, Rock-Salt and Brine (5 books); 777 pages
  • Hill, Alan; NMRS (2012); British Mining 94 - Coal: A Chronology for Britain; ISBN 0901450 6 85; pp.26,107,116,126,128,153.
  • NMRS; British Mining 50 - Memoirs 1994; pp.78.
  • NMRS; British Mining 78 - Memoirs 2005; pp.23.
  • NMRS; Newsletter Dec/1998; pp.9.
  • Robert L Galloway (1882); History of Coal Mining in Great Britain; 298 pages
  • Thorp, Jim; NMRS (2009); British Mining 87 - Coal Mining in Morley; ISBN 0901450 6 50; pp.92.





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