Bardon Mill Colliery

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

Names of those killed at this colliery

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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Credits

Further Research:

also known as Henshaw Colliery

Sources:

	Bardon Mill Colliery	Index	Bardon Mill Colliery

Location:

Bardon Mill
9½ miles [15 km] W of Hexham

Map Ref:

(Sheet 86, 87) NY782648, 54° 58' 38" N, 2° 20' 26" W

Maps:

1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian)

Opened:

1940

Closed:

24 Nov 1973

Owners:

1920s - Henshaw & Barcombe Colliery Co. Ltd.

1930s - Errington, Reay & Co.

1940s - Birkshaw Colliery Co. Ltd.

1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)

Output:

1882 - Fireclay.

1921 - Coal: Household.

1925 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.

1930 - Fireclay.

1944 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.

1947 - Coal: Household, Steam. (18,000 tons)

1948 - Coal: Steam.

1948 - Coal: Household, Steam.

1949 - Coal: Steam.

1950 - Coal: Household, Steam.

1951 - Coal: Household, Steam.

1955 - Coal: Household, Steam.

1960 - Coal: Household, Steam.

1964 - Coal: Household, Steam.

1970 - Coal: Household, Steam.

Employment:

Year	Pit	Total	Below	Above
1921		17	14	3
1925		Standing
1930		4	2	2
1944		52	41	11
1945		68	55	13
1947		100	82	18
1948		124	96	28
1948		135	101	34
	Total	259	197	62
1949		141	113	28
1950		155	128	27
1951		210	170	40
1955		264	224	40
1960		332	234	98
1964		340	306	34
1970		253	225	28
1970		inc. shared services

NCB Employment Figures

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

Seams Worked:

1921 - Little Limestone Coal

1925 - Little Limestone Coal [Standing]

1944 - Little Limestone

1948 - Little Limestone

1949 - Little Limestone

1950 - Little Limestone

1951 - Little Limestone

1955 - Little Limestone

1960 - Little Limestone

1964 - Little Limestone

1970 - Little Limestone

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Bardon Mill Colliery

None found.

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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 .

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Bardon Mill Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Bardon Mill Colliery

1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
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
1944 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1947 The Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1948 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1948 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1949 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1951 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1960 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1964 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1970 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1973 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
Contributions from Ray Ditchburn from his research into mining fatalities in Northumberland

Brown, T., 13 Mar 1964, Lorry Driver, sangerous system of working

Dixon, T. H., 31 Mar 1969, aged 83, Datal, pneumoconiosis

Weir, K., 26 Jan 1965, aged 44, Conveyor Puller, killed by a fall of stone

3 names found

Research Notes for Bardon Mill Colliery

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