Mike -
Newbottle Colliery was a collective name for a number of pits owned by the
Nesham family -
Margaret Pit (or Peggy)
Mary Pit
Jane Pit
Betty Pit
Success Pit sunk in 1749/50
Later, in 1810 the Dorothea Pit (or Dolly) was sunk. In later years
Dorothea merged with Herrington Colliery. The Margaret, Mary, Jane, Betty
and Dorothea Pits were named after the daughters of John Nesham.
The Margaret Pit and Success Pit worked much later than the other pits.
Success was finally abandoned in 1July 1909 and the shaft was filled in in
1957 as it was considered dangerous.
The Nesham (or Newbottle) wagonway from Philadelphia to Sunderland was
opened during 1812 - 1815 and replaced a line to the bank of the river Wear
at Penshaw (or Painshaw or Pensher), which had been constructed in 1751.
In later years the line from the Jane Pit to the river Wear at Penshaw was
taken over to become part of the line from Lady Frances Anne Vane Tempest's
pits in the Rainton area to carry coal to the river Wear.
Alan.
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