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Bishop Middleham Quarry
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| Location: | Bishop Middleham 7½ miles [12 km] SSE of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 93) NZ333320, 54° 40' 55" N, 1° 29' 0" W |
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| Owners: | 1980s - W. & M. Thompson (Quarries) Ltd. |
| Output: | 1905 - Limestone. |
| 1922 - Dolomite, Limestone. | |
| 1984 - Limestone. | |
| Employment: | 1905 - 47 (36 below, 11 surface) |
| 1922 - 116 (104 below, 12 surface) |
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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!
 | Mann, John, 01 Jun 1908, (accident: 26 May 1908), aged 19, Platelayer's Labourer, he, although warned and although the locomotive and trucks approached him at less than a walking pace, failed to get out of the way, and was knocked down and had his leg broken and his foot injured by a truck passing over them; he died six days afterwards [More information ...] | |||||
| Mann, William Ernest, 22 Nov 1912, aged 22, Locomotive fireman [More information ...] | |||||
| Southern, Sidney, 22 Jul 1910, (accident: 20 Jul 1910), aged 32, Quarryman, whilst wheeling stones to a waggon, a rolling stone caught him causing injuries from which he died two days after [More information ...] | |||||
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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.
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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 Bishop Middleham Quarry
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Bishop Middleham Quarry
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Credits
Sources:
- 1905 List of Quarries
- 1908 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4672), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676), Durham District (No. 3) by A. D. Nicholson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), Durham District (No. 3) by A. D. Nicholson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1922 List of Quarries - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1984 Directory of Mines & Quarries published by The British Geological Survey
- Industrial Locomotives of Durham by The Industrial Railway Society, compiled by Colin E. Mountford and L. G. Charlton, published in 1977
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