Bullocks Hall Colliery

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

Names of those killed at this colliery

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Credits

Sources:

	Bullocks Hall Colliery	Index	Bullocks Hall Colliery

Location:

Chevington
10½ miles [16 km] SSE of Alnwick

Map Ref:

(Sheet 81) NZ242981, 55° 16' 37" N, 1° 37' 4" W

Maps:

1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide

Opened:

Closed:

Dec 1933

Owners:

1900s - R. Wood

1910s - Bullocks Hall Colliery Co. Ltd.

1920s - J. W. Watkin & R. G. Hudson

Output:

1910 - Coal: Household.

1915 - Coal: Household.

1921 - Coal: Household.

1923 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing.

1924 - Coal: Household, Steam.

1925 - Coal: Household, Steam.

1929 - Coal: Household, Steam.

1930 - Coal: Household, Steam.

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1910	27	20	7
1915	92	65	27
1921	83	65	18
1923	87	67	20
1924	29	22	7
1925	33	26	7
1925	Abandoned 31/03/25
1929	23	15	8
1930	23	15	8

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

Seams Worked:

1910 - Main Seam

1915 - Low Main, Main Seam

1921 - Low Main, Main

1923 - Low Main, Main

1924 - Low Main, Main

1925 - Low Main, Main [Abandoned 31/03/25]

1929 - High Main

1930 - Main

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Bullocks Hall Colliery

Notes:

1932, 23 Dec - Top seam abandoned

1933, 09 Dec - Beaumont, Main seams abandoned

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 .

more information on some of the fatalities shown above

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Bullocks Hall Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Bullocks Hall Colliery

Knight, John, 08 Aug 1911, aged 34, Hewer, overcome by fumes from oil engine [More information ...]

McLoud, Mark, 28 Oct 1922, (accident: 03 Aug 1920), aged 45, Miner

2 names found

1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), Newcastle District (No. 2) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1924 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1929 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
Contributions from Ray Ditchburn from his research into mining fatalities in Northumberland