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Cocken Colliery
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| Location: | Cocken 3½ miles [5 km] NNE of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ297474, 54° 49' 14" N, 1° 32' 16" W |
| Maps: |  1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
| 1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| Pits: | Shaft details for Cocken Colliery |
| Owners: | 1860s - Earl of Durham |
| Output: | 1855 - Coal. |
| 1860 - Coal. | |
| 1865 - Coal. | |
| 1873 - Coal. | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Cocken Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1869 - The upcast shaft at Cocken Colliery was sunk from the surface to the Low Main Seam. |
1934 - Hutton 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!
 | Cooper, Thomas, 23 Jun 1871, aged 32, Labourer, tub fell out of apparatus cage upon him | |||||
| Flynn, William Henry, 17 Apr 1882, aged 16, Putter, crushed between full tub and a prop, pony went on while he was passing | |||||
|  | Graham, Thomas, 09 Feb 1844, aged 31, Quarryman, A verdict of accidentally crushed was given on quarryman Thomas Graham, 31, at an inquest held on 9 February at Old Pittington. He was employed at the Cocken Pit heap, winning scalds for the purpose of repairing the roads, and on the morning preceding his death had gone to a place in the heap which had been undermined the night before, and on striking with his pick, about two or three tons of the ashes and scalds fell upon him and buried him. He was found to be very much injured when taken out, and died the same afternoon [date of inquest] | ||||
| | Morgan, Christopher, 09 Nov 1842, aged 42, was in the act of propping the roof when he was severely crushed by a large stone falling upon him. He was taken home and died two hours later | ||||
| | Ramshaw, William, 1855, aged 12, Rolley Driver, he left his work and went to the furnace to roast some potatoes. The overman sent him away, but Ramshaw returned after he had gone. Then, after going about 150 yards down the incline, he ran against a set of full tubs. He was run over by the first tub and jammed between it and the next, he died instantly. | ||||
| | Turner, John, 26 Aug 1848, aged 35, he was coming from the workings towards the shaft to come to bank when he was knocked down by the first of a train of twelve laden rolley waggons : two passed over him and the third rested on his back; he died two hours after being taken home | ||||
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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.
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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The following unnamed fatalities are listed in the Mines Inspectors Reports, once again this collection is not complete!
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| 03 Nov 1854 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| 11 Oct 1855 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | crush of tubs |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Cocken Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Cocken Colliery
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Gallery Images:
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Credits
Sources:
- 1871 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 653), South Durham, Westmoreland, and Cleveland District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1873-4 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
- 1882 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3621) Where to find this report
- Contributions by members of the Public
- 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:
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| | Pictures in the Gallery section for Cocken Colliery |
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