Shincliffe Colliery in brief:

1837 First sinking                   

1839 First coal production 

1875 Colliery began to be run down

1886 Colliery abandoned

Above: Map showing the position of Shincliffe Colliery and its links to Durham & Sunderland Railway to the north (opened in 1839) and later to the Newcastle & Darlington Railway to the south (opened in 1844). Both railway companies became part of North Eastern Railways in 1854.

OS map 1861, surveyed 1857. Durham sheet XXVII. (original scale 6 inches to 1 mile). Reproduced with permission of the National Library of Scotland. CC-BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial- ShareAlike  4.0 International) licence.

Shincliffe Colliery Fatalities (Source: Durham Mining Museum)

The following 19 men and boys, and one girl, were killed in mining accidents at Shincliffe Colliery:

Index of Monumental Inscriptions at St Mary the Virgin, Shincliffe:

One burial listed in the Index to Monumental Inscriptions for St Mary's.

Lawson Lamb - Grave site: D72

"Sacred in affectionate memory of Lawson Lamb, the beloved son of Lawson and Mary Lamb, who lost his life at Shincliffe Colliery 27th Sep 1871 aged 19 years.

Also Elizabeth Lamb, daughter of the above, who departed this life 24th Nov 1870, aged 10 years.
Also Ann Lamb, daughter of the above, who departed this life Jan 28th 1868 aged 4 years.
The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord."

FindAGrave record for Lawson Lamb

A Short History of Coal Mining in Shincliffe  The 1994 article written by the late Don Wilcock

Shincliffe: A village leaving its mining past behind (Chris Lloyd, Northern Echo 25/10/2020) (External site)

Durham Mining Museum - Shincliffe Colliery page (External site)