Bowburn Colliery

  - There were two collieries, the first sunk by William Hedley and the second sunk in 1906 by Bell Brothers.

2006 - The colliery site has been redeveloped into an industrial estate.

Allison, John, 29 Sep 1930, aged 29, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: St. Mary's Parish Church, Coxhoe

Allison, Stephen, 15 Feb 1933, (accident: 13 Jan 1933), aged 18, died at Durham County Hospital from internal injuries sustained in the Busty Seam, he had been caught by a tub and crushed against an upright girder to which the rope drum was fixed

Barlow, Scott, 04 Jun 1934, aged 26, Cutter, electrocuted, Buried: St. Helen's Parish Church/Cemetery, Kelloe [More information ...]

Bateson, William Joseph, 28 Feb 1947, aged 29, Driller, electrocuted, Buried: St. Mary's Parish Church, Coxhoe

Bell, James Beattie, 26 May 1948, (accident: 04 May 1948), aged 47, Filler, hernia (open)

Blackburn, Sidney, 09 Mar 1948, aged 22, Bankhand, Fell Down Shaft

Blythe, Joseph, 03 May 1943, aged 57, Shifter, caught by set, Buried: Meadowfield Cemetery

Bryan, Edwin, 30 Nov 1951, aged 53, Buried: Duncombe Cemetery, Ferryhill

Bryden, Hugh, 14 Jun 1956, aged 18, Buried: St. Giles Churchyard

Bunce, Joseph, 09 Feb 1953, aged 44, died when overcome by gas, Buried: Coxhoe Churchyard

Calder, Thomas Charlton, 02 May 1966, aged 50

Carter, Ralph M., 28 May 1956, aged 49, Buried: Belmont Parish Cemetery

Connaughton, George, 17 Nov 1934, (accident: 29 Jan 1934), aged 36

Corner, Thomas, 11 Nov 1964, aged 50, Buried: Bowburn Cemetery

Cowings, William, 30 May 1932, (accident: 17 May 1932), aged 58, Onsetter, crushed by tubs, Buried: St. Mary's Parish Church, Coxhoe

Cowley, Adam H., 12 May 1966, aged 60

Cranston, Edward, 06 Nov 1923, (accident: 27 Oct 1923), aged 15, Driver, died as the result of injuries received to his arm through being crushed by a tub

Crossley, Fred W., 18 Mar 1948, aged 42, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

Ellerby, James Lawrence, 20 Feb 1962, aged 50

Ferguson, Joseph, 27 Jun 1912, aged 17, Rope Lad, he was employed on an endless rope haulage system, with the rope over the tubs, his duty being to attach and detach the tubs to the rope; by some means (probably he was swaying on the rope) his waistcoat got fast in the rope and he was carried up against a guide sheave 7 feet 6 inches above the floor level

Gibson, William Dennis, 23 May 1944, aged 18, Hoist Lad, Explosion

Halliday, John A., 16 May 1946, aged 20

Hepple, Benjamin Seymour, 20 May 1923, (accident: 29 Mar 1923), aged 57, Stoneman, blow on head

Hewison, Richard, 21 Jun 1944, (accident: 01 Jun 1944), aged 45, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

Hogg, George T., 18 Jan 1947, (accident: 27 Jan 1944), aged 59, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

Hutchinson, John William, 02 Sep 1958, aged 41, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, Cornforth

Hutchinson, Joseph, 01 Dec 1938, aged 43, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, Cornforth

Kendle, Thomas William, 07 Nov 1939, aged 31, Deputy, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Churchyard of St. Mary the Virgin, Sherburn

Knight, James W., 28 Nov 1946, (accident: 14 Dec 1944), aged 61, Filler, runaway tram

Lawson, James, 30 Jan 1935, (accident: 29 Jan 1935), aged 46, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Rock Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

Marr, Michael Richard, 23 Dec 1938, aged 21, Suction Plant, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Metal Bridge Cemetery

Milburn, George ('Mick'), 20 May 1963, aged 42, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Bowburn Cemetery

Moore, Robert, 13 Oct 1933, aged 14, Belt Boy, crushed by belt, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, Cornforth [More information ...]

Morgan, William, 07 Apr 1952, aged 49

Morton, Henry, 09 Jul 1952, aged 25, Buried: St. Lawrence Churchyard, Pittington

Pennock, John, 12 Jul 1935, (accident: 25 Jun 1935), aged 19, Putter, he sustained a fractured spine when he was caught by a fall of stone in the Harvey Seam; he subsequently died from his injuries in Durham County Hospital, Buried: Quarrington Churchyard

Peverall, William, 02 Aug 1962, aged 48

Platts, Joseph, 14 Dec 1935, aged 51, Cutter, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Quarrington Churchyard

Robinson, Thomas, 18 Sep 1925, aged 27, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Rose, John T., 26 Jan 1948, (accident: 15 Oct 1936), aged 39, Cutter, killed by a fall of stone

Scott, William, 30 Apr 1942, aged 19, Haulage Hand, he was crushed between a girder and a full tub while attempting yo get off a set of 28 tubs on which he had been riding illegally outbye, he was taken to Durham County Hospital where he died the same night

Simpson, Surtees, 04 Oct 1957, aged 57, Deputy, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Bowburn Cemetery

Smallwood, Christopher, 18 May 1936, aged 51, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Ushaw Moor Cemetery [More information ...]

Smith, Andrew, 12 Aug 1946, aged 54, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Shincliffe, St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard

Stapleton, Robert William, 18 Feb 1942, aged 43, Filler, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Shincliffe, St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard

Stoker, Thomas, 25 Oct 1949, aged 55, fatally injured by a fall of stone caused by a breach of the Timbering Regulations

Swainston, Nichol, 20 Dec 1939, aged 20, Datal, crushed by tubs

Thompson, William, 17 Aug 1940, aged 55, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

Watson, Joseph, 27 Sep 1944, aged 40, Hewer, fractured skull

Weir, Alexander, Dec 1944, aged 23, [approximate date], Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, Cornforth

Wheatley, William Kemp, 07 Feb 1922, aged 30, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

Wilson, Naisbett, 21 Apr 1945, aged 37, Stoneman, fractured skull