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Barmoor Colliery
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| Location: | Hepscott 13 miles [21 km] NNW of Newcastle |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 81) NZ216841, 55° 9' 3" N, 1° 39' 40" W |
| Maps: |  1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
| 1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian) |
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| Opened: | |
| Closed: | 26 Oct 1962 |
| Owners: | 1880s - A. Goodman & Co. |
| 1900s - Hepscott Coal Co. | |
| 1910s - J. H. Strong | |
| 1920s - James Storey | |
| 1920s - Hepscott Coal Co. Ltd. | |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1882 - Coal (Landsale). |
| 1896 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1902 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Household. Fireclay. | |
| 1910 - East - Coal: Household. | |
| 1910 - West - Coal: Household. Fireclay. | |
| 1921 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1925 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1930 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1935 - Coal: Household, Steam. Fireclay. | |
| 1947 - Coal: Household, Steam. (17,000 tons) | |
| 1950 - Coal: Household, Steam. Fireclay. | |
| 1955 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1956 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1957 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1960 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1961 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1896 - 8 (6 below, 2 surface) |
| 1900 - 26 (24 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1902 - 0 [Reopening] | |
| 1905 - 33 (29 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1910 - East - 59 (48 below, 11 surface) | |
| 1910 - West - 75 (66 below, 9 surface) | |
| 1915 - 19 (15 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1921 - 25 (21 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1925 - 43 (37 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1930 - 54 (42 below, 12 surface) | |
| 1935 - 66 (54 below, 12 surface) | |
| 1940 - 82 (67 below, 15 surface) | |
| 1945 - 64 (48 below, 16 surface) | |
| 1947 - 63 (50 below, 13 surface) | |
| 1950 - 77 (65 below, 12 surface) | |
| 1955 - 72 (60 below, 12 surface) | |
| 1956 - 68 (56 below, 12 surface) | |
| 1957 - 68 (56 below, 12 surface) | |
| 1960 - 77 (67 below, 10 surface) | |
| 1961 - 68 (59 below, 9 surface) | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Plessey |
| 1910 - East - Barmoor Seam | |
| 1910 - West - Five Quarter | |
| 1921 - Bandy | |
| 1925 - Bandy, Barmoor | |
| 1930 - Brockwell | |
| 1935 - Barmoor, Brockwell, Splint | |
| 1950 - Bandy, Barmoor, Brockwell, Plessey or Splint | |
| 1955 - Brockwell | |
| 1956 - Brockwell | |
| 1957 - Brockwell | |
| 1960 - Brockwell | |
| 1961 - Brockwell | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Barmoor Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1912 - Barmoor, Splint, Bottom seams abandoned |
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Description
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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!
 |  | Aitchison, Robert, 1951, Miner | ||||
| | Lamb, Francis Edmund, 26 Nov 1961, aged 55, Deputy, caught by machinery | ||||
| | Lockey, Thomas, Nov 1954, aged 57, Manager, threw himself down the shaft | ||||
| 3 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
Ray Ditchburn from his research into fatalities in Northumberland 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 Barmoor Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Barmoor Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
- 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
- 1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 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
- 1935 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
- 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
- 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1956 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1957 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1960 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1961 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- Contributions from Ray Ditchburn from his research into mining fatalities in Northumberland
- Mineral Statistics for 1869 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
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