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unusual facts about Durham Coalfield


Midgeholme Coalfield

It is the largest of a series of small coalfields along the south side of the Tyne Valley and which are intermediate between the Northumberland and Durham Coalfields to the east and the Cumberland Coalfield to the west.



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James Joicey, 1st Baron Joicey

He was Chairman of the family mining company James Joicey & Co Limited, (founded by his uncle James Joicey in about 1831 and incorporated in 1886), which operated several collieries in the West Durham coalfield including pits at Beamish and Tanfield.

John Joicey

With his younger brother James Joicey, in 1831 they he founded mining company James Joicey & Co Ltd (incorporated in 1886), which operated several collieries in the West Durham coalfield including pits at Beamish and Tanfield.