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[Note 153.1] "Hetton Main coal now is won" - Pigot's 1834 Directory of County Durham says..."The population of Hetton some thirteen years ago amounted to about 500 persons, at which period a colliery was commenced by the late Hon. Captain Cochrane, R.N. and Partners, which has so much increased in value in late years, that it is estimated that there are nearly 8,000 persons chiefly dependant upon it. [ref: http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/h027.htm]
[Note 153.2] "The water is hot":- implies the water in the mine was hot. More research is needed.
[Note 153.4] "Jowsey he comes swearing in":- Probably a member of the mine-owning Joicey family http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Joicey,_1st_Baron_Joicey
[Note 153.3] "Our master Cockrine he comes te" - Probably Hon. Captain Cochrane, R.N. who, with partners, established the mine.
[Note 153.5] "Hopper and Stephenson did say":- Hopper is unidentified. (The north east of England is an area in which the surname Hopper is concentrated). Stephenson is almost certainly George Stephenson (1781-1848). Roy Lambeth, Chairman Durham Mining Museum says that George Stephenson designed and engineered the Hetton Colliery Railway in 1819 and initially provided three new steam locomotives to work there in 1822.