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Crow Trees Colliery
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| Location: | Quarrington Hill 5 miles [8 km] SE of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 93) NZ333376, 54° 43' 58" N, 1° 28' 53" W |
| Maps: |  1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | bef. 1894 |
| Pits: | Vale Pit, locn: (Sheet 93) NZ334377 |
| Shaft details for Crow Trees Colliery |
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| Owners: | 1830s - Messrs. William Hedley & Sons |
| 1850's - Robson & Jackson | |
| 1860s - J. Morrison & Co. | |
| Output: | 1855 - Coal. |
| 1860 - Coal. | |
| 1865 - Coal. | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Crow Trees Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1834, Jan 16 - The first cargo of coal from Crow Trees colliery was shipped at Stockton, at the Clarence Railway staiths, on board the brig Etherley, for London. |
1837, Apr 22 - The "five quarter seam" was won today at Crow Trees colliery, laying open about 1,600 acres of the West Hutton coal field belonging to Messrs. W. Hedley and Sons. |
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1850 - A boring was put down below the Main Coal in the Vale Pit, Crow Trees Colliery, proving the Low Main Seam. |
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Description
Coal was extensively worked in this township [Cassop-cum-Quarrington] at one time, Heugh Hall, Bowburn, and Crow Trees being the names of the collieries in the Quarrington township. Owing to these collieries being laid in, many of the cottages in the parish have fallen into ruin.
New Cassop is a village formerly entirely inhabited by miners, but since the collieries ceased to work it has fallen much into decay. It is still, however, inhabited principally by miners and quarrymen ; it is pleasantly situated on the hill side.
Whellan's 1894 Directory of County Durham
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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!
 |  | Atkinson, Thomas, 03 Nov 1851, aged 12, fell down the shaft and was killed instantly. He had gone down in a tub, and when some distance down the shaft it was stopped to allow the brakesman to grease the apparatus tub. Atkinson thought it was the bottom, stepped out, and fell 16 or 17 fathoms to the bottom | ||||
| Barry, William, 29 Apr 1856, aged 23, Fireman, boiler exploded [More information ...] | |||||
| | Gray, William, 30 Oct 1848, aged 36, Engineman, he died very suddenly in the engine house; at the inquest, the verdict was that he "Died by a visitation of God" | ||||
| | Graydon, Thomas, 18 Dec 1850, boiler explosion [More information ...] | ||||
| | Maughan, Thomas, 18 Nov 1845, Driver, he was going from the shaft of Crow Trees Vale Colliery to the workings with two rolley waggons and six empty tubs drawn by a horse. In consequence of one of the plates of the rolley way having been displaced, the first waggon was upset and Maughan was crushed by the wheel which ended up resting on his chest | ||||
| | Nanson, John, 29 Nov 1855, aged 12, Driver, he was driving his horse and a laden rolley when the tubs were upset. The first tub crushed his neck against the side of the rolley. After some time he was missed from his work and a search was made of the mine; he was found dead with his horse standing quietly beside him | ||||
| | Newton, Thomas, 11 Nov 1847, aged 64, he was found dead by a boy in the main coal seam of Crow Trees Colliery on 11 November; his head was lying in water ten inches deep. Newton had been subject to fits, and it was thought that this was a major factor in his death. | ||||
| | Sloan, William, 16 Mar 1847, aged 10, he had been riding with several boys on a rolley which fell off the way while passing a curve, he was thrown off and the wheels passed over his head | ||||
| | Smith, John, 18 Dec 1850, boiler explosion [More information ...] | ||||
| Thirlaway, William, 21 Nov 1857, Miner, suicide by throwing himself down the shaft [date of report] | |||||
| 10 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
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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!
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| 27 Oct 1851 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | Fell down shaft |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Crow Trees Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Crow Trees Colliery
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Gallery Images:
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Credits
Sources:
- 1854 List of mines by T. Y. Hall, published in Vol II (1853-4) of the Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining Engineers
- 1856 Mines Inspectors Report
- 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
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
- Local Records or Historical Register of Remarkable Events by John Latimer, published in 1857
- 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.
- Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.
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Related Links:
| On this site | |
| | Newspaper articles |
| | Evidence given to the 1842 Children's Employment Commission |
| | Pictures in the Gallery section for Crow Trees Colliery |
Further Research:
Research Notes for Crow Trees Colliery
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