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Shotton Colliery Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Shotton Colliery

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Shotton Colliery history

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Old Shotton can be traced back as far as 900 AD, when it was known as Scitton, which in Old English means ‘of the Scots’, The village name was first recorded in 1165 as ‘Sottun’ By the 16th century, when Easington was under the control of Prince Bishops, the village had become known as Shotton.

The Colliery

In 1833, the Haswell Coal Company began to sink a colliery to the west of Old Shotton, near Shotton Grange Farm. This pit began producing coal the following year and the village of Shotton soon started to develop. The pit was initially prosperous, but closed on November 3, 1877, causing people to leave the village to work at other pits in the area. In 1900, the pit reopened and grew rapidly, leading to an increased population in the village. In 1972, the National Coal Board announced that it was closing the colliery, at a cost of 800 jobs. The only pit building left is now used as a second hand car show room.

You can visit Shotton Colliery places with Walkfo Shotton Colliery to hear history at Shotton Colliery’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Shotton Colliery has 23 places to visit in our interactive Shotton Colliery map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Shotton Colliery, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Shotton Colliery places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Shotton Colliery & the surrounding areas.

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23 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Best Shotton Colliery places to visit

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Shotton Colliery has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Shotton Colliery’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Shotton Colliery’s information audio spots:

Peterlee Community Hospital Peterlee Community Hospital is a health facility in Peterlee, County Durham, England. It is managed by North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust.

Apollo Pavilion The Apollo Pavilion, also known as the Pasmore Pavilion, is a piece of public art in the new town of Peterlee in County Durham in the North East of England. It was completed in 1969 and has been given a Grade-II* listing by English Heritage in December 2011.

Shotton Hall Shotton Hall is a Grade II listed building, formerly a mansion house, now operated by Peterlee Town Council as offices and a conference centre.

Wellfield railway station Wellfield railway station was built by the North Eastern Railway (NER) on the route of the Hartlepool Dock & Railway (HD&R) to allow interchange between the existing line and their newly opened line from Stockton-on-Tees which had opened to passenger traffic just two years earlier. When first built, the station was located in a rural area, being located immediately to the north of the bridge carrying the Durham to Hartlept road over the railway line. However the village of Wingate in County Durham, North East England gradually expanded northwards over the course of the station’s life.

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