• Witton Park Colliery was a coal mine located in Witton Park, near Witton-le-Wear and Bishop Auckland in County Durham, Northern England. Part of the Durham...
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  • line, the Etherley Incline Railway, from West Auckland to serve Witton Park Colliery, north of Etherley. This line passed through Low Etherley, where...
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  • Incline Railway, opened in 1825. Initial distribution of coal from the Witton Park Colliery was undertaken by horse and cart, but due to the volumes of coal...
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    and Witton Park Colliery was sunk in 1825. Sir William Chaytor served as High Sheriff of Durham in 1839. Members of the Chaytor family lived at Witton until...
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    castle, and in 1819 developed the Jayne Pitt as part of the large Witton Park Colliery complex. This brought about the development of transport into the...
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  • 1937 Witton Gilbert and neighbouring Sacriston formed a joint civil parish. Nearby collieries employed numerous workers, many of whom settled in Witton Gilbert...
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  • north east England. He owned Witton Park, the estate of Witton Castle, within which he developed the Witton Park Colliery. He became a board member of...
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    part of the main line, it was on a branch West of Shildon serving Witton Park Colliery. This branch included two rope-worked inclines at Brusselton and...
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    the album From Langley Park to Memphis. Group members Paddy and Martin McAloon were brought up in the nearby village of Witton Gilbert. The village was...
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    their first blast furnaces at Witton Park, founding the Witton Park Ironworks. The works used coal from Witton Park Colliery to make coke, and ironstone...
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  • County Durham, Whorlton, Willington, Wingate, Winston, Witton Gilbert, Witton Park, Witton-le-Wear, Wolsingham, Wolviston, Woodham, Woodland, Woodside...
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  • Aycliffe North Ferriby Ossett United Pontefract Sheffield Sherwood Colliery Stocksbridge Park Steels Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2024. Source:...
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  • city of Durham, and close to the villages of Esh, Cornsay Colliery, Esh Winning and Langley Park. The village has a public house, the Hamsteels Inn, a hotel...
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    and Darlington Railway (S&DR) in 1825 to transport coal from the Witton Park Colliery to Newport on the River Tees, railways had been expanding across...
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  • maintaining a Railway or Tramroad from the River Tees at Stockton, to Witton Park Colliery, with several Branches therefrom, all in the County of Durham. (Repealed...
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    line electrified by the NER to allow coal to be transported from Witton Park Colliery at Shildon, along the former Clarence Railway to Redmarshall and...
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    Easington Colliery is a village in County Durham, England, known for a history of coal mining. It is situated to the north of Horden, a short distance...
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  • Sacriston St Benet's RC Primary School, Ouston St Chad's RC Primary School, Witton Park St Charles' RC Primary School, Spennymoor St Cuthbert's RC Primary School...
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    Shotton Colliery is a village in County Durham, England. The civil parish of Shotton includes Shotton Colliery village and an area to the west, south and...
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  • formally opened on 27 September 1825. The original main line connected Witton Park Colliery with Stockton, and ran close to the village of West Auckland. On...
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    George Pit coal mine was sunk in 1837, and an ironworks was opened at Witton Park in 1846. In 1843 the Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway was opened...
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    NER built the Electric Freight 1 locomotives to haul coal from the Witton Park Colliery at Shildon, along the former Clarence Railway to Redmarshall and...
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    Etherley railway station (category Witton Park)
    Etherley railway station served the village of Witton Park in County Durham, North East England, from 1847 to 1965 on the Wear Valley line. It was briefly...
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    Horden Colliery in 1987. Main features include the Welfare and Memorial Parks and St Mary's church. It is connected to the villages of Blackhall Colliery and...
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  • Stadium 13,350 (all seater stadium) Witton Albion Wincham Park 2,300 (600 seated) Wythenshawe Hollyhedge Park 1,500 Wythenshawe Town Ericstan Park 1,000...
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  • James Hooper (footballer) (category Witton Albion F.C. players)
    Witton Albion on dual registration terms and then joined the club on a permanent deal in August 2020. In February 2022 he joined Atherton Collieries....
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  • Cables Runcorn Linnets Stalybridge Celtic Trafford Vauxhall Motors Widnes Witton Albion Chasetown Hednesford Town Division One East comprises 20 teams, one...
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    population 2011". Retrieved 13 July 2015. "Chapel of Beaurepaire, Bearpark, Witton Gilbert (Bearpark)". Durham County Council and Northumberland County Council...
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    Tolani Omotola (category Witton Albion F.C. players)
    contract on 3 June 2016. Omotola spent the entire 2016–17 season on loan at Witton Albion. He scored 16 goals in all competitions helping Albion to win promotion...
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    British single-track branch line heritage railway between Bishop Auckland, Witton-le-Wear, Wolsingham, Frosterley and Stanhope. Weardale Railway began services...
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