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Bowburn Colliery
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| Location: | Bowburn 4½ miles [7 km] SE of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 93) NZ316367, 54° 43' 27" N, 1° 30' 34" W |
| Maps: |  1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | bef. 1894 |
| Owners: | 1850s - Robson & Jackson |
| 1863 - Trustees of West Hartlepool Co. | |
| Employment: | 1854 - 0 [Working] |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Bowburn Colliery |
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| Notes: | - There were two collieries, the first sunk by William Hedley and the second sunk in 1906 by Bell Brothers. |
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Description
Coal was extensively worked in this township [Cassop-cum-Quarrington] at one time, Heugh Hall, Bowburn, and Crow Trees being the names of the collieries in the Quarrington township. Owing to these collieries being laid in, many of the cottages in the parish have fallen into ruin.
New Cassop is a village formerly entirely inhabited by miners, but since the collieries ceased to work it has fallen much into decay. It is still, however, inhabited principally by miners and quarrymen ; it is pleasantly situated on the hill side.
Whellan's 1894 Directory of County Durham
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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!
 |  | Brignall, Stephen, 09 Jun 1845, (accident: 03 Jun 1845), aged 58, Was crushed by a large stone and some coal falling on him in Bowburn Pit on 3 June. The board he was working in was considered to be safe by another man who had checked it and then hewed some coal in the deceased's presence. But, only a quarter of an hour after he left the area, the fall occurred. Brignall was taken home where he died of his injuries on 9 June | ||||
| | Cayton, Joseph, 08 Oct 1844, aged 17, Putter, suffocated [More information ...] | ||||
| | Felton, Matthew, 08 Oct 1844, aged 16, Putter, suffocated [More information ...] | ||||
| Hand, John, 16 Sep 1865, aged 31, Hewer, struck by crab arm | |||||
| Hanley, William, 18 Jan 1859, aged 26, Labourer, falling out of skip in shaft [More information ...] | |||||
| Race, Benjamin, 24 Jan 1863, aged 55, Hewer, fall of top coal | |||||
| Waggot, William, 12 Aug 1868, Onsetter, crushed by tubs near shaft | |||||
| Wilson, Robert, 01 Jul 1859, (accident: 25 Jun 1859), aged 18, Fireman, crushed by shaft cage at top of pit | |||||
| 8 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.
Click on the 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
Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser
and Durham Chronicle) and are marked with
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more information on some of the fatalities shown above
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Bowburn Colliery (original)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Bowburn Colliery (original)
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Credits
Sources:
- 1854 List of mines by T. Y. Hall, published in Vol II (1853-4) of the Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining Engineers
- 1859 Mines Inspectors Report, Southern District by John J. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1863 Mines Inspectors Report, Southern District by John J. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1865 Mines Inspectors Report, South Durham District by John J. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1868 Mines Inspectors Report, South Durham District by John J. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3
- Contributions by members of the Public
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
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Related Links:
| On this site | |
| | Newspaper articles |
| External sites | |
 | Bowburn Local History Society |
Further Research:
Research Notes for Bowburn Colliery
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