	Beeston Manor Colliery	Index	Beeston Manor Colliery

Beeston Manor Colliery

Location:	3 miles [5 km] SSW of Leeds
Map Ref:	(Sheet 104 Leeds and Bradford) SE281285, 53° 45' 9" N, 1° 34' 23" W
Opened:
Closed:
Pits:	No. 4 Pit
Owners:	Low Moor Iron Co.
	J. and J. Charlesworth Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Bye - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. Ironstone.
	1894 - Hall - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. Ironstone.
	1894 - Lee - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. Ironstone.
	1896 - Bye - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. Ironstone.
	1896 - Lee - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. Ironstone.
Employment:	1894 - Bye - 57 (36 below, 21 surface)
	1894 - Hall - 90 (83 below, 7 surface)
	1894 - Lee - 123 (104 below, 19 surface)
	1896 - Bye - 25 (23 below, 2 surface)
	1896 - Lee - 175 (138 below, 37 surface)
	1937 - 1,220 (1,000 below, 220 surface)
	1940 - 1,060 (800 below, 260 surface)
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None Found

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Bell, John, 30 Dec 1851, Falling into the winding machinery
						Ellis, William, 13 Feb 1862, Crushed in shaft
						Fletcher, Alfred, 19 Aug 1869, aged 19, Collier, Fall of roof
						Gledhill, John, 05 Apr 1859, aged Boy, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Jackson, Squire, 27 Jun 1861, Fall of roof in the mine
						Johnson, Frank, 06 Jul 1852, aged Boy, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Lambert, Richard, 06 Jul 1852, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Rawling, Thomas, 22 Mar 1913, (accident: 11 Mar 1913), aged 28, Engineer, He was striking at a wooden roller with a pick, and the pick glanced off and pierced his foot. Blood poisoning supervened and he died on the 22nd inst.
						Rhodes, Edward, 17 May 1868, aged 19, Collier, Fell down a disused shaft when bird nesting [More information ...]
						Sheard, Samuel, 05 Apr 1859, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Wilson, William, 07 Apr 1910, aged 33, Carter, He was run over by wagons on the sidings while carting coal. He had been warned that shunting was in progress

						11 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1851 (Jul-Dec) Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines, published in 1854
1854 Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1859 Mines Inspectors Report, Yorkshire District by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1861 Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1868 Mines Inspectors Report, Yorkshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1869 Mines Inspectors Report (C 124), Yorkshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676), Yorkshire and North Midland District (No. 4) by W. H. Pickering, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1913 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 7439), Yorkshire and North Midland Division (No. 3) by Thomas H. Mottram, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1937 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
1940 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