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Barcombe Colliery
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| Location: | Bardon Mill 10 miles [16 km] W of Hexham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 86, 87) NY782669, 54° 59' 46" N, 2° 20' 27" W |
| Maps: |  1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
| 1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| Closed: | |
| Owners: | 1850s - William Makepeace & Co. |
| 1860s - Henderson & Co. | |
| 1880s - J. & B. Makepeace | |
| 1890s - Sharp, Harding, & Bros. | |
| 1900s - Barcombe Colliery Co.. | |
| 1910s - J. W. Sharpe | |
| 1920s - Henshaw & Barcombe Colliery Co. Ltd. | |
| 1920s - Henshaw & Barcombe Colliery Co. | |
| 1930s - Birkshaw Colliery Co. Ltd. | |
| 1950s - Errington, Reay & Co. Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1855 - Coal. |
| 1860 - Coal. | |
| 1865 - Coal. | |
| 1882 - Coal (Landsale). | |
| 1883 - Coal, Landsale. Fireclay. | |
| 1888 - Coal (Landsale). Fireclay. | |
| 1890 - Coal (Landsale). Fireclay. | |
| 1894 - Coal: Household. Fireclay. | |
| 1896 - Coal: Household. Fireclay. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1902 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1910 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1921 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1925 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. | |
| 1930 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1935 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1940 - Coal: Household, Steam. (20,000 tons) | |
| 1954 - Fireclay. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 15 (14 below, 1 surface) |
| 1896 - 18 (16 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1900 - 19 (17 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1902 - 25 (23 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1905 - 24 (22 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1910 - 39 (29 below, 10 surface) | |
| 1915 - 46 (32 below, 14 surface) | |
| 1921 - 63 (51 below, 12 surface) | |
| 1925 - 56 (43 below, 13 surface) | |
| 1930 - 34 (22 below, 12 surface) | |
| 1935 - 38 (22 below, 16 surface) | |
| 1940 - 34 (29 below, 5 surface) | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Little Limestone Coal |
| 1910 - Little Limestone Coal | |
| 1915 - Little Limestone Coal | |
| 1921 - Little Limestone Coal | |
| 1925 - Little Limestone Coal | |
| 1930 - Little Limestone | |
| 1935 - Little Limestone | |
| 1940 - Little Limestone | |
| 1954 - Little Limestone | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Barcombe Colliery |
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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
No names found.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Barcombe Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Barcombe Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 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.
- 1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- Mineral Statistics for 1855 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
- Mineral Statistics for 1860 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
- Mineral Statistics for 1865 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
- 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.
- Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works
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