The lease of Radcliffe Colliery was advertised for sale in the Spring and Autumn of 1854. By 1855 the colliery was owned by Harrison and Carr of Newcastle but under the brand of the Derwentwater Coal Company.
The sale advertisement referred to the royalty extending over 2,200 acres and the colliery working at the rate of 25,000 chaldrons per annum, but capable of producing twice that with more investment.
The Harrisons were John and Joseph, with Joseph living at Radcliffe. The Derwentwater Coal Company still owned the lease in 1868.
Whellan's Trade Directory of 1855 refers to the owners of the colliery as Earl of Newburgh and Partners but presumably this was due to the directory actually being compiled at an earlier date.
In the Newcastle Journal of 19 May 1855, the company was selling four draught horses, having been replaced by a locomotive engine. Applications were to be made either to Joseph Harrison at Radcliffe Colliery or to Harrison, Carr and Co of Broad Chare, Newcastle.
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