MineArchiveWeardale Iron and Coal Company
Ironmasters and colliery owners based at Tudhoe and Tow Law in south-west Durham, formed in the 1840s to work Weardale ironstone and Durham coal for their own furnaces. By the 1870s the company owned around a dozen collieries from Guisborough to Weardale, Bishop Middleham among them; it was reconstituted as the Weardale Steel, Coal and Coke Company in the 1890s, which still held the Bishop Middleham royalty as lessor into the twentieth century.
Mines operated
| Mine | Region | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Belmont Mine | North Yorkshire | 1867–1887 |
| Bishop Middleham Colliery | County Durham | 1873–1883 |
| Black Prince Colliery | County Durham | 1858–1899 |
| Croxdale Colliery | County Durham | 1875–1899 |
| Hedleyhill Colliery | County Durham | ?–1900 |
| Heights Pasture Mine | County Durham | 1850–1868 |
| Ludworth Colliery | County Durham | ?–? |
| Middridge Colliery | County Durham | 1872–1947 |
| Spa Wood Mine | North Yorkshire | 1870–1888 |
| Tudhoe Colliery | County Durham | 1864–1900 |
| West Thornley Colliery | County Durham | ?–1947 |
| Wheatley Hill Colliery | County Durham | 1885–1947 |
Record created: 3 September 2026 · Last researched: 3 September 2026