William Hedley and Sons

The firm of William Hedley, the Wylam railway pioneer, who took the Crowtrees royalty at Quarrington in 1824, worked Crow Trees Colliery in the 1830s and ran his own locomotives to the Clarence Railway.

Mines operated

MineRegionYears
Crow Trees Colliery County Durham 1824–?

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

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