Ailesbury (Ironstone)
also known as Swainby (Ironstone)
| Location: |
Stokesley
12 miles [19 km] S of Middlesbrough
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 93) NZ479006, 54° 23' 54" N, 1° 15' 44" W |
| Opened: |
1857 |
| Closed: |
1887 |
| Owners: |
1870s - North of England Industrial Iron & Coal Co. Ltd. |
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1880s - Carlton Iron Co. Ltd. |
| Output: |
1873 - Ironstone. |
|
1882 - Ironstone. |
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1884 - Ironstone. |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
| | |  | | | | Rickerby, Richard, 04 Sep 1885, (accident: 25 Aug 1885), aged 31, Miner, broken leg by a fall of stone while barring it down |
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1 name found |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Ailesbury (Ironstone)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Ailesbury (Ironstone)
Credits
Sources:
- 1873-4 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
- 1885 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4760) Where to find this report
- Mineral Statistics for 1884 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4430), published in 1885 — includes List of Mines and Openworks
Related Links:
| On this site |
| | Article on the discovery of Ironstone in Cleveland (published in 1857) |
| External sites |
 | Cleveland Ironstone Mines web site by Peter Tuffs |
Further Reading:
- The Ironstone Mines and Railways of Cleveland and Rosedale by T.E. Rounthwaite, published by Peter Tuffs
- Cleveland Ironstone Mines and Iron Industry by Richard Mead, published by Peter Tuffs
- Catalogue of Cleveland Ironstone Mines by Peter Tuffs, Cleveland Ironstone Series, published by Peter Tuffs
- The Cleveland Ironstone Industry and its Impact on Teesside by S. Keith Chapman, published by Peter Tuffs
- Cleveland Mining Incidents by Simon Chapman, published by Peter Tuffs
- Cleveland Ironstone by S. Keith Chapman, published by Peter Tuffs
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