Whitwell Colliery in brief:

A Pit          B Pit         C Pit

1836         1838         1855     First sinking

1837         1838         1855     First coal production

1875         1875         1875     Pit starts to be run down

1884  Colliery abandoned

Above: Map showing the position of the A, B and C Pits of Whitwell Colliery together with the wagonway that served them. The wagonway is shown joining the North Eastern Railway line (previously the Newcastle & Darlington Railway opened in 1844) enabling the transport of coal to Sunderland docks. From 1837 to 1844 Whitwell Colliery was served by the Durham & Sunderland Railway.

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.

A Shincliffe Local History Society book is available:

"Whitwell Colliery The history of mining and the community at Whitwell, Co. Durham",

 by E.T. Hancock, SLHS, 2013, ISBN 978-1900046-00-2

Whitwell Colliery Fatalities (Source: Durham Mining Museum)

The following 17 men were killed in mining accidents at Whitwell Colliery:

Remembering the pit village that vanished - David Simpson - Northern Echo 28/08/2008 (External site)

Durham Mining Museum - Whitwell Colliery page (External site)