MineArchiveNew Carterthorne Colliery
| Location | North of Toft Hill Hall, near Evenwood, County Durham — 54.6527, -1.7822 (exact) |
|---|---|
| Commodity | Coal |
| Type | Coal |
| Worked | By 1896–April 1927 |
| Maximum depth | Unknown. |
Overview
A small drift colliery north of Toft Hill Hall near Evenwood, worked in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and abandoned with Carterthorne in 1927.
History
New Carterthorne Colliery was a small drift mine north of Toft Hill Hall, near Evenwood, worked in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Durham Mining Museum records three drifts there. Its surface works were slight: a building at the centre with a small reservoir, a shaft to the north, a drift connected by a railway to the south-east, an air shaft to the east, and what seems to have been an entrance building.
It raised household and manufacturing coal. In 1896 it employed 37 people, 31 of them underground; by 1900 the figure had risen to 166, with 126 below ground. Its workings were abandoned together with those of the older Carterthorne Colliery: the plan of 5 April 1927 covers Carterthorne and Carterthorne New, with their North, Providence and South workings, in the Brockwell and Five Quarter seams.
Geology
Durham coal measures: the Brockwell and Five Quarter seams.
Workings
Three drifts, with a shaft to the north, an air shaft to the east and a railway from the drift to the south-east.
Closure
Abandoned with Carterthorne Colliery on 5 April 1927, in the Brockwell and Five Quarter seams.
What remains
Unknown.
Related mines
- Carterthorne Colliery — The two were abandoned together under one plan of April 1927, covering Carterthorne and Carterthorne New.
Nearby mines
- Carterthorne Colliery — 0.7 miles (1.2 km) S
- Stonechester Colliery — 0.9 miles (1.4 km) W
- Ramshaw Colliery — 1.7 miles (2.7 km) SE
- Storey Lodge Colliery — 2.1 miles (3.3 km) S
- Marshall Green Colliery — 2.1 miles (3.4 km) NE
Straight-line distance, within 9 miles (15 km). Show on the map.
Recorded claims
Individual factual claims, each attached to the source(s) that support it below. Where sources disagree, both are kept.
- New Carterthorne was a small drift mine north of Toft Hill Hall, worked in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. 1,2
- It employed 37 people in 1896 and 166 in 1900. 1
- It raised household and manufacturing coal. 1
- Its workings were abandoned with Carterthorne's on 5 April 1927, in the Brockwell and Five Quarter seams. 3,1
Sources
- (primary) Durham Mining Museum: New Carterthorne Colliery — Durham Mining Museum
- (secondary) New Carterthorne Colliery — North East Heritage Library
- (primary) BGS mine plan: Carterthorne and Carterthorne New — British Geological Survey
Record created: 23 October 2026 · Last researched: 24 October 2026