	Batley Colliery	Index	Batley Colliery

Batley Colliery

Location:	Batley 6 miles [10 km] WNW of Wakefield
Map Ref:	(Sheet 104 Leeds and Bradford) SE241247, 53° 43' 5" N, 1° 38' 5" W
Opened:	1854
Closed:	1929
Owners:	Critchley and Co.
	James Critchley and Sons
	James Critchley and Sons Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing.
	1896 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing.
	1900 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing.
	1905 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing.
	1910 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing.
	1915 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing.
Employment:	1894 - 297 (242 below, 55 surface)
	1896 - 266 (214 below, 52 surface)
	1900 - 208 (171 below, 37 surface)
	1905 - 269 (240 below, 29 surface)
	1910 - 236 (202 below, 34 surface)
	1915 - 195 (143 below, 52 surface)
	1923 - 190 (160 below, 30 surface)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Middleton
	1910 - Middleton
	1915 - Middleton
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!

						Cox, S., 23 Dec 1873, aged 62, Hanger on, Slipped on iron plates at bottom of shaft and struck his head
						Healey, John, 27 Dec 1854, aged Boy, Explosion of firedamp
						Hemingway, J., 25 Dec 1894, (accident: 14 Nov 1894), aged 48, Collier, Fall of stone. Died Dec 25th
						Lockwood, Henry, 02 Jul 1915, aged 22, Wheelman, He was at back end of an electrically driven cutting machine and he and chargeman were preparing a new cut when machine jumped out of position and he was drawn into cutters and killed instantly
						Midgley, Allen, 10 Sep 1907, (accident: 09 Sep 1907), aged 40, Collier, He was bringing his last tub out-bye at the end of the shift when the collier who was following him lost control of his full tub and it ran amain and crushed the deceased between the two. Died the following day
						Swallow, James, 01 Oct 1902, (accident: 08 Sep 1902), aged 70, Banksman, Died 1st October. Fell a distance 3 feet when emptying a full tub at the screens, and was fatally injured

						6 names found

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Some of the names of mining fatalities on this page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the Coal Mining History Resource Centre (CMHRC) and are marked with . The CMHRC is available here.

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Credits

Sources:

1854 (Jul-Dec) Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines, published in 1856
1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1056), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire 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
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by W. H. Pickering, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by W. H. Pickering, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1923 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