	Crookhall Colliery	Index	Crookhall Colliery

Crookhall Colliery

Location:

Consett
11 miles [18 km] WNW of Durham

Map Ref:

(Sheet 88) NZ112503, 54° 50' 52" N, 1° 49' 28" W

Maps:

1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide

1933 map from the Colliery Engineer magazine, shows the disposition of pits in the Consett Iron Co., Ltd. group and the railway links between them

1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian), Humber Hill

Opened:

1830

Closed:

09 Nov 1963

Pits:

Carr House Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ115510, opened: 1870, sinking: 1870

Shaft details for Carr House Pit

Humber Hill Drift, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ137459

Stockerley House Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ127502, opened: 1839, sinking: Jul 1839

Shaft details for Stockerley House Pit

Victory Pit

Woodside Winnings, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ138490

Owners:

1880s - Executors of Ralph Hedley

1910s - Consett Iron Co. Ltd.

1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)

Output:

1860 - Coal.

1865 - Coal.

1888 - Humber Hill - Coal.

1894 - Humber Hill - Coal: Household.

1896 - Humber Hill - Coal: Household.

1900 - Humber Hill - Coal: Household.

1902 - Humber Hill - Coal: Household.

1905 - Coal: Household.

1910 - Coal: Household.

1915 - Coal: Household.

1921 - Victory - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. Fireclay.

1925 - Humber Hill - Coal: Coking, Steam.

1925 - Victory - Coal: Coking, Steam. Fireclay.

1925 - Humber Hill - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing.

1930 - Humber Hill - Coal: Coking.

1930 - Victory - Coal: Coking. Fireclay.

1930 - Woodside - Coal: Coking. Fireclay.

1935 - Humber Hill - Coal: Coking.

1935 - Victory - Coal: Coking. Fireclay.

1935 - Woodside - Coal: Coking. Fireclay.

1947 - Coal: Coking. (234,000 tons)

1950 - Humber Hill - Coal: Coking.

1950 - Victory - Coal: Coking.

1950 - Woodside - Coal: Coking. Fireclay.

1955 - Coal: Coking. Fireclay.

1960 - Coal: Coking. Fireclay.

1961 - Coal: Coking. Fireclay.

Employment:

Year	Pit	Total	Below	Above
1883		3	3
1894	Humber Hill	2	2
1896	Humber Hill	4	3	1
1900	Humber Hill	3	3
1902	Humber Hill	2	2
1905		2	2
1910		3	3
1915		2	2
1921	Victory	292	223	69
1925	Humber Hill	398	338	60
1925	Victory	917	833	84
	Total	1,315	1,171	144
1930	Humber Hill	406	321	85
1930	Victory	574	473	101
1930	Woodside	203	176	27
	Total	1,183	970	213
1935	Humber Hill	382	308	74
1935	Victory	402	328	74
1935	Woodside	202	153	49
	Total	986	789	197
1940		928	928
1945	Humber Hill	254	187	67
1945	Victory	357	294	63
1945	Woodside	259	219	40
	Total	870	700	170
1947		814	616	198
1950		1,010	780	230
1955		838	661	177
1960		740	590	150
1961		580	470	110

NCB Employment Figures

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

Seams Worked:

1905 - Busty

1910 - Busty

1915 - Busty

1921 - Victory - Brockwell, Busty, Three Quarter

1925 - Humber Hill - Brockwell, Busty

1925 - Victory - Brockwell, Busty

1925 - Humber Hill - Brockwell, Busty

1930 - Humber Hill - Brockwell, Busty

1930 - Victory - Brockwell, Busty

1930 - Woodside - Busty

1935 - Humber Hill - Brockwell, Busty

1935 - Victory - Brockwell, Busty

1935 - Woodside - Ballarat, Bottom Busty, Top Busty

1950 - Humber Hill - Brockwell, Busty, Towneley

1950 - Victory - Brockwell, Busty

1950 - Woodside - Brockwell, Busty

1955 - Brockwell, Busty, Towneley

1960 - Brockwell, Busty, Towneley

1961 - Brockwell, Towneley

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Crookhall Colliery

Notes:

1838 - Boring operations from the surface were in progress in the vicinity of Crook Hall.

1839 - Stockerley House Pit, Crook Hall Colliery, was sunk from the surface to the Busty Seam.

1870 - Carr House Pit, Crook Hall Colliery, sunk from the surface to the Busty Seam.

1911 - Brockwell (temporarily abandoned)

1919 - Brockwell seam abandoned

1950 - Towneley seam abandoned

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!

						Barrass, Thomas, 04 Jul 1938, Hewer, collapsed and died after pushing a tub filled with coal weighing 15 cwt. up an incline, 'death from natural causes' recorded at inquest [date of inquest]
						Batley, George, 01 Jul 1928, (accident: 30 Jun 1928), aged 50, Stoneman, crushed
						Brown, William M., 24 Aug 1934, aged 29, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Blackhill Cemetery, Consett on 28 Aug 1934
						Causer, Joseph, 10 Dec 1923, (accident: 03 Dec 1923), aged 46, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone
						Collins, Joseph, 31 Dec 1850, aged 26, killed by a fall of stone [date of inquest], Buried: All Saints, Lanchester on 02 Jan 1851
						Fielding, Robert, 25 Nov 1928, (accident: 20 Feb 1928), aged 21, Putter, slipped
						Hall, Joseph William, 28 Jul 1925, aged 50, Deputy, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Blackhill Cemetery, Consett on 01 Aug 1925
						Herron, Christopher, 18 Jun 1929, (accident: 26 Apr 1929), aged 30, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone
						Horsman, Benny, 29 Apr 1941, (accident: 29 Mar 1941), aged 64, Hewer, died from injuries received, Buried: Blackhill Cemetery, Consett on 03 May 1941
						Lowe, Michael, 20 Apr 1926, aged 25, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone
						McCartney, Owen, 22 Apr 1854, aged 25, it appeared that deceased was filling a waggon with rubbish on the waggon-way near to Crookhall pit, when other two labourers pushed another waggon up against deceased and crushed him between the two. The injuries which he received were of such an internal nature that he only lived a few hours
						Proud, J. W., 27 May 1934, aged 32, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone
						Reed, Ethelbert, 12 Jun 1935, aged 38, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Edmondsley Churchyard
						Richardson, John, 06 Jul 1925, aged 23, Hewer, shot fired
						Robinson, F., 06 Jan 1927, aged 41, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone
						Robson, William Leslie, 05 Dec 1958, Deputy, he was crushed by a fall of stone and died shortly afterwards [D. Adv. 05 Dec 1958]
						Stebbings, J. E., 25 Feb 1927, aged 24, Putter, crushed
						Taylor, Walter Leonard, 06 Apr 1936, (accident: 03 Apr 1936), aged 25, Landing Lad, run over by set, died from injuries received [More information ...]
						Vickers, Wilf, 1958, [appoximate date - details unknown]

						19 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 Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle) and are marked with .

more information on some of the fatalities shown above

The following unnamed fatalities are listed in the Mines Inspectors Reports, once again this collection is not complete!

Date							Inspectors Remarks
08 Nov 1851	–	–	1	–	–	1	Fall of coal
14 Apr 1852	–	–	–	1	–	1	Examined
19 Sep 1856	–	–	–	1	–	1	fall of stone

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Crookhall Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Crookhall Colliery

Gallery Images:

300-H.P. haulage operating the day-drift at Woodside, Humber Hill

Showing one of the endless type haulage units operated on the main-and-tail principle

Typical main-and-tail belt-driven haulage at work in Woodside drift, Humber Hill

Tippler end of 210-yard scraper-type gate conveyor at work in the Woodside pit

Showing two 90-yard retreating face conveyors delivering on to gate conveyor illustrated in Fig. 10.

Part of the Woodside drift showing steel arch supports

75-H.P. winder at Victory Pit incorporating Williams-Janney variable-speed gear

Memorial Images:

Credits

Sources:

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
1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
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
1936 Mines Inspectors Report
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
1960 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1961 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume C-E, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1881
Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3
Contributions by members of the Public
Headstone(s) in All Saints Churchyard, Lanchester
History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
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 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works
Mineral Statistics for 1884 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4430), published in 1885 — includes List of Mines and Openworks
Text kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle).
TOMB_C24
Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.

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