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Awsworth Colliery
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| Location: | Kimberley, nr. Nottingham 6½ miles [11 km] WNW of Nottingham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 129 Nottingham and Loughborough) SK479443, 52° 59' 39" N, 1° 17' 9" W |
| Opened: | 1857 |
| Closed: | 1896 |
| Owners: | Awsworth Iron Co. |
| Awsworth Colliery Co. | |
| Output: | 1894 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing. |
| 1896 - Nos. 1 and 2 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 292 (238 below, 54 surface) |
| 1896 - Nos. 1 and 2 - 275 (210 below, 65 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1894 - Tupton, Silkstone, Kilburn |
| 1896 - Nos. 1 and 2 - Tupton, Silkstone, Kilburn | |
| Notes: | Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Atkin, Edward Charles, 22 Aug 1887, aged 14, Driver, Crushed by a train of full tubs | |||||
| Farnsworth, William, 13 Feb 1893, aged 42, Screeman, Crushed by the spokes of a flywheel which moved whilst the deceased stood near it watching the engineman do some repairs | |||||
| Grainger, George, 23 Jul 1875, aged 51, Deputy, Replacing scaffold over the sunp at pit bottom, when the cage descended and crushed him | |||||
| Gregory, Anthony, 15 Jan 1884, aged 37, Collier, Fall of roof whilst driving a stone heading | |||||
| Holland, William, 17 Jun 1890, aged 40, Dataller, Returning along the roadway of the mine after finishing his work he sat down and suddenly expired. Verdict, "Death from natural causes" | |||||
| Smith, Reuben, 01 Feb 1888, aged 45, Loader, Fall of roof insufficiently timbered | |||||
| Wheatley, Isaac, 19 Dec 1881, aged 14, Coupling boy, Coals falling down the shaft struck deceased who was working near the pit bottom | |||||
| 7 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 ,
have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may
also include a photograph of the deceased.
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next to the name to see the web page.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Awsworth Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Awsworth Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), Midland District by Thomas Evans, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), Midland District by Thomas Evans, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), Midland District by Thomas Evans, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
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