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Callerton Colliery
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| Location: | Callerton 6½ miles [11 km] WNW of Newcastle |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ163697, 55° 1' 17" N, 1° 44' 42" W |
| Maps: |  1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
| Opened: | 1827 |
| Closed: | 11 Sep 1948 |
| Pits: | Engine Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ191698, sinking: 1827 |
| Shaft details for Engine Pit |
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| Pawley Letch Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ182701, sinking: 06 May 1830 | |
| Shaft details for Pawley Letch Pit |
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| Owners: | 1860s - S. Forster |
| 1880s - Executors of S. Forster & Co. | |
| 1890s - W. H. Poole | |
| 1940s - Callerton Colliery (Westerthorpe), Ltd. | |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1855 - Coal. |
| 1860 - Coal. | |
| 1865 - Coal. | |
| 1882 - Coal (Landsale). | |
| 1883 - Coal, Landsale. | |
| 1888 - Coal (Landsale). | |
| 1890 - Coal (Landsale). | |
| 1894 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1896 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1902 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1910 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1915 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1925 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1930 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1935 - Coal: Household. Fireclay. | |
| 1940 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1947 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. (15,000 tons) | |
| 1950 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. Fireclay. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 20 (16 below, 4 surface) |
| 1896 - 17 (14 below, 3 surface) | |
| 1900 - 16 (13 below, 3 surface) | |
| 1902 - 19 (14 below, 5 surface) | |
| 1905 - 20 (18 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1910 - 27 (22 below, 5 surface) | |
| 1915 - 15 (13 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1925 - 11 (9 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1930 - 19 (15 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1935 - 21 (16 below, 5 surface) | |
| 1945 - 71 (50 below, 21 surface) | |
| 1947 - 64 (46 below, 18 surface) | |
| 1950 - 64 (45 below, 19 surface) [Abandoned 12/48] | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Main Coal, Stone Coal |
| 1910 - Main Coal, Stone Coal | |
| 1915 - Main Coal, Stone Coal | |
| 1925 - Hodge, Stone | |
| 1930 - Stone | |
| 1935 - Hodge, Stone, Tilley | |
| 1950 - Three Quarter [Abandoned 12/48] | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Callerton Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1919 - Tilley, Stone, Main Coal seams abandoned |
1936, 28 Nov - Tilley seam abandoned |
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1948, Dec - Three Quarter seam abandoned |
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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!
 | Guy, William, 14 Oct 1924, 1.15 a.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 20, Hewer, Deceased was hewing in a seam 19 ins. thick, with a post roof and a soft fireclay floor. He exposed a "jack" in the roof at the coal face and a fall of stone occurred without warning — about 3 tons in weight — killing him instantly. Three props were set about 5 ft. from the face and were canted out, the evidence at the inquest being to the effect that some of them were "skewed," or not correctly set | |||||
| Rutter, Sidney, Apr 1943, aged 34, Deputy, injured by a fall of stone and died a few days later in Newcastle General Hospital | |||||
|  | Simpson, William, 16 Dec 1947, (accident: 02 Jun 1945), aged 57, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone | ||||
| | Stanger, John A., 03 Jul 1946, aged 48, Coal Cutter, killed by a fall of stone | ||||
| 4 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
Ray Ditchburn from his research into fatalities in Northumberland and are marked with
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Callerton Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Callerton 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
- 1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Northern Division (No. 2) by T. Greenland Davies, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection]
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- Contributions by members of the Public
- Contributions from Ray Ditchburn from his research into mining fatalities in Northumberland
- 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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Research Notes for Callerton Colliery
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