Durham coalfield

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coal-mining region coalfield

The Durham coalfield was a major coal-mining region in northeast England that played a central role in the area’s industrial growth and railway development during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Newcastle Coalfield	1
Northumberland and Durham coalfield	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coal-mining region ⓘ coalfield ⓘ
administrativeCentre	Durham NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Durham Miners' Association NERFINISHED ⓘ Durham Miners' Gala NERFINISHED ⓘ
closureTrend	progressive colliery closures after World War II ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
culturalImpact	mining songs and banners ⓘ working-class culture in northeast England ⓘ
declinePeriod	mid 20th century ⓘ
economicRole	key contributor to British coal output ⓘ major employer in County Durham ⓘ
environmentalImpact	landscape alteration ⓘ spoil heaps ⓘ subsidence ⓘ
geologicalBasin	Durham Coal Measures NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHeritage	colliery landscapes ⓘ mining villages ⓘ pithead structures ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Industrial Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	development of railways in northeast England ⓘ export of coal through North Sea ports ⓘ industrial growth in northeast England ⓘ
linkedTo	Stockton and Darlington Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ development of early steam railways ⓘ
locatedIn	County Durham NERFINISHED ⓘ England ⓘ North East England ⓘ
mainResource	coal ⓘ
majorPort	Hartlepool NERFINISHED ⓘ Seaham NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunderland NERFINISHED ⓘ Tyne ports NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyCity	Newcastle upon Tyne NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunderland NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyTown	Bishop Auckland NERFINISHED ⓘ Consett NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Great Northern Coalfield NERFINISHED ⓘ
periodOfPeakActivity	19th century ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ
resourceType	bituminous coal ⓘ
socialImpact	strong mining communities ⓘ trade union organisation ⓘ
supportedIndustry	iron and steel industry ⓘ railway engineering ⓘ shipbuilding ⓘ
transportInfrastructure	coal staithes on the Tyne and Wear ⓘ railway networks ⓘ wagonways ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Eastern Railway network → linkedToIndustry → Durham coalfield ⓘ

Yorkshire coalfield → borderedBy → Durham coalfield ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northumberland and Durham coalfield

British coal industry → majorRegion → Durham coalfield ⓘ

Newcastle Coal Measures → partOf → Durham coalfield ⓘ

this entity surface form: Newcastle Coalfield

Durham Miners' Association → hasMembershipArea → Durham coalfield ⓘ