Shiremoor Coal Company

The company that worked Shire Moor Colliery, at Shiremoor in North Tyneside, through the nineteenth century, sinking the pumping shaft that became the Algernon Pit about 1820, until it sold the colliery to Backworth Collieries in 1896.

Also recorded asShire Moor Coal Co.

Mines operated

MineRegionYears
Shire Moor Colliery Tyne and Wear ?–1896

Record created: 5 October 2026 · Last researched: 5 October 2026

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