County Durham coalfield

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Field
gptkbp:activePeriod 18th century
19th century
20th century
gptkbp:annualEvent gptkb:Durham_Miners'_Gala
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:culturalSignificance influenced local dialect
inspired folk songs
shaped local communities
gptkbp:declinedAfter late 20th century
gptkbp:featureType gptkb:Carboniferous
gptkbp:hasHistoricSite gptkb:National_Railway_Museum_Shildon
gptkb:Beamish_Museum
gptkbp:historicalSignificance major coal mining area
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label County Durham coalfield
gptkbp:industry gptkb:steel
railways
shipbuilding
gptkbp:lastDeepMine gptkb:Wearmouth_Colliery
gptkbp:lastDeepMineClosed 1994
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:England
gptkb:County_Durham
gptkbp:miningMethod deep mining
opencast mining
drift mining
gptkbp:notable_disaster_response gptkb:Easington_Colliery_disaster
gptkb:Seaham_Colliery_explosion
gptkb:Trimdon_Grange_colliery_disaster
gptkb:West_Stanley_colliery_disaster
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:River_Wear
gptkb:River_Tyne
gptkb:River_Tees
gptkbp:notableEvent Miners' strikes
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Easington_Colliery
gptkb:Boldon_Colliery
gptkb:Horden_Colliery
gptkb:Wearmouth_Colliery
gptkb:Westoe_Colliery
gptkbp:notableSeam gptkb:Bensham_Seam
gptkb:High_Main_Seam
gptkb:Hutton_Seam
gptkbp:notableTown gptkb:Durham
gptkb:Sunderland
gptkb:Consett
gptkb:Stanley
gptkb:Bishop_Auckland
gptkb:Chester-le-Street
gptkb:Seaham
gptkbp:relatedOrganization gptkb:Durham_Miners'_Association
gptkbp:resourceExtracted gptkb:coal
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Fishburn
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7