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  Acomb Colliery  Index  Acomb Colliery  
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Acomb Colliery


  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Location: nr. Hexham
1 miles [2 km] NNW of Hexham
Map Ref: (Sheet 87) NY928659, 54° 59' 18" N, 2° 6' 40" W
Maps: Map 1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey
Map 1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
Map 1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian)
Opened: 1909
Closed: 29 Aug 1952
Pits: Shaft  Shaft details for Acomb Colliery
Owners: 1840s - Messrs. Stobart & Co.
1860s - J. Morrison & Co.
1880s - Messrs. Morrison
1910s - Tynedale Coal Co. Ltd.
1920s - Acomb Coal Co. Ltd.
1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output: 1855 - Coal.
1860 - Coal.
1865 - Coal.
1882 - Coal.
1883 - Coal.
1900 - Coal: Household.
1921 - Coal: Household.
1925 - Coal: Household.
1930 - Coal: Household.
1935 - Coal: Household.
1950 - Coal: Household, Steam.
Employment:
Year Pit  TotalScale Below Above
190018810
1900Sinking
1910963
1910Opening 1909
1915342014
19211169026
19251066640
193022816761
193529922079
194031623977
194528520580
195029921287
NCB  NCB Employment Figures
Manager  Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Seams Worked: 1921 - Limestone Coal (Oakwood Seam)
1925 - Acomb
1930 - Acomb
1935 - Acomb
1950 - Acomb, Oakwood
  Abandoned Seams  Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Acomb Colliery
Notes:

1887 - Little Limestone seam abandoned - Unprofitable

1926 - Oakwood seam abandoned

1950 - Oakwood seam discontinued



  Description Summary Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Description


  Disasters Summary Description Names Local Collieries Credits  

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.


  Names Summary Description Disasters Local Collieries Credits  

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

In Memoriam
  Individal page   

Callaghan, Edward, 09 Nov 1878, aged 14, Driver, crushed by tubs

  Individal page   

Carruthers, Daniel, 08 Apr 1880, aged 17, Putter, killed by a fall of stone

  Individal page   

Cooper, Frederick H. N., 13 Sep 1940, aged 39, Deputy, Inhalation of Gas

  Individal page   

Cowell, Ralph, 05 Apr 1884, aged 39, Deputy, killed by a fall of stone

  Individal page   

Crawford, Robert Stevenson, 22 Nov 1946, (accident: 20 Nov 1946), aged 63, Shifter, Gas Explosion, Buried: Parish Church, St. John Lee

  Individal page   

Forrest, James William, 13 May 1937, aged 15, Screener, Crushed by Tubs

  Individal page   

Graham, William John, 20 Jan 1934, (accident: 19 Jan 1934), aged 65, Labourer, Struck on Head

  Individal page   

Hall, William, 20 Jun 1867, aged 26, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

  Individal page   

Hopper, John, 05 Jun 1872, (accident: 31 May 1872), aged 50, Cartman, he died in Acomb Colliery from injuries to body being accidentally run over by a cart wheel (lived 6 days) [Inquest 06 Jun 1872]

  Individal page   

Hutchinson, John George, 03 Nov 1919, aged 26, Putter, crushed by tub

  Individal page   

Lowe, Thomas, 23 Feb 1870, aged 33, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

  Individal page   

Mitchinson, Thomas William, 21 Oct 1937, aged 24, Putter, Crushed by Tubs

  Individal page   

Nichol, James, 15 Nov 1944, (accident: 13 Nov 1944), aged 60, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

  Individal page   

Pearson, John, 28 Jul 1882, (accident: 27 Oct 1881), aged 58, Hewer, crushed by tubs on engine plane

  Individal page   

Thirtle, John, 21 Aug 1935, aged 23, Putter, Crushed by Tub

  Individal page RLD 

Walker, James, 27 Dec 1947, aged 26, Filler, killed by a fall of stone

 
  16 names found

If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.

Those names marked with image, have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the image symbol next to the name to see the web page.

Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by Ray Ditchburn from his research into fatalities in Northumberland and are marked with image.


The following unnamed fatalities are listed in the Mines Inspectors Reports, once again this collection is not complete!

Date Inspectors Remarks
08 Apr 1854 –1–––1explosion
19 Dec 1854 –––1–1fall of stone whilst the overman was drawing props

  Local Collieries Summary Description Disasters Names Credits  

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery Map  a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Acomb Colliery

Nearby Collieries  list of collieries/pits etc. near to Acomb Colliery


  Credits Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries  

Credits

Sources:

  • 1867 Mines Inspectors Report
  • 1870 Mines Inspectors Report (C 456) Where to find this report
  • 1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321), Newcastle District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
  • 1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1880 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2903) Where to find this report
  • 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
  • 1882 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3621) Where to find this report
  • 1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), Newcastle District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
  • 1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1935 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
  • 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume A-B, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1878
  • Contributions by members of the Public
  • Contributions from Ray Ditchburn from his research into mining fatalities in Northumberland
  • Headstone(s) in Parish Church, St. John Lee
  • Mineral Statistics for 1855 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
  • Mineral Statistics for 1860 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
  • Mineral Statistics for 1865 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
  • Mineral Statistics for 1869 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
  • Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works

  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

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