Other useful links

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For a huge amount of information about mining in the Durham coalfield, including Bowburn Colliery, we thoroughly recommend that you visit the website of the Durham Mining Museum: www.dmm.org.uk.

The North East War Memorials Project has an excellent site: www.newmp.org.uk

Bowburn’s village newsletter, Bowburn Interchange, was first published in 1996. All back copies are available on-line: Bowburn Interchange past issues. These have recorded current events for over 25 years. They have also frequently included pictures and stories of local history interest going back before then.

Numerous old maps can be viewed and compared on the websites of the National Library of Scotland and on that of the Durham Record Office.