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Northumberland and Durham Coalfield

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Map of 19th-century coalfields in Great Britain

The Northumberland and Durham Coalfield is a coalfield in North East England, otherwise known as the Durham and Northumberland Coalfield or the Great Northern Coalfield. It consists of the Northumberland Coalfield and the Durham Coalfield.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ "A. General Maps of the Coalfield". The Mining Institute. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Durham Mining Museum - Newspaper Articles". www.dmm.org.uk. Retrieved 7 November 2024.

Further reading

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  • Turnbull, Leslie (2022). Coals from Newcastle: an introduction to the Northumberland and Durham Coalfield (Second ed.). Newcastle upon Tyne: North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. ISBN 978-1-7399993-1-5.
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