	Cold Knott Colliery	Index	Cold Knott Colliery

Cold Knott Colliery

Location:

Nr. Crook
9½ miles [15 km] WSW of Durham

Map Ref:

(Sheet 92) NZ138357, 54° 43' 0" N, 1° 47' 5" W

Maps:

1896 map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey

1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide

Opened:

Closed:

28 Apr 1926

Pits:

Shaft details for Cold Knott Colliery

Owners:

1860s - W. H. Wooler

1880s - Chapman & Co.

1890s - Thomas Snowdon

1910s - Woodifield Coal Co. Ltd.

Output:

1860 - Coal.

1865 - Coal.

1873 - Coal.

1894 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. Fireclay.

1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. Fireclay.

1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. Fireclay.

1902 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.

1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.

1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.

1915 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.

1921 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.

1923 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing, Steam.

1924 - Coal: Steam.

1925 - Coal: Household, Steam.

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1883	179	179
1883	Standing
1894	13	12	1
1896	30	27	3
1900	30	26	4
1902	36	33	3
1905	22	21	1
1910	28	25	3
1915	59	48	11
1921	63	49	14
1923	276	239	37
1924	192	159	33
1925	16	11	5
1925	Abandoned

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

Seams Worked:

1905 - Victoria

1910 - Victoria

1915 - Ballarat, Busty, Main Coal, Two Quarter, Victoria, Yard

1921 - Ballarat, Busty, Five Quarter, Main Coal, Victoria, Yard

1923 - Victoria

1924 - Victoria

1925 - Main, Victoria [Abandoned]

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Cold Knott Colliery

Notes:

1879 - Ballarat, Yard seams abandoned

1881 - Brockwell seam abandoned

1881, Nov - Ballarat seam abandoned

1885 - Five Quarter and Busty seam abandoned

1918 - Brockwell seam abandoned

1926 - Victoria 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!

						Abbott, George Henry, 23 Mar 1921, (accident: 08 Oct 1919), aged 31, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone
						Dunn, Edward, 09 Dec 1924, (accident: 03 Dec 1924, 1.0 p.m., 3rd hour of shift), aged 63, Hewer, Deceased was setting a middle prop and plank about 8 ft. from the face of his working place when a stone 4 ft. by 3 ft. and 9 ins. thick at the centre, tapering to a feathery edge on all sides, fell from a slippery parting in the roof. He sustained severe injuries from which he died 6 days later. A pair of gears, 2 ft. 9 ins. from the face, was canted out by the fall
						Knox, Aaron, 30 Aug 1865, aged 66, Shifter, crushed by cage in shaft [More information ...]
						Miller, Thomas, 21 Apr 1875, aged 28, Hewer, fall of top coal
						Rawe, Harold Metcalfe, 23 Sep 1919, (accident: 25 Aug 1919), aged 30, Stoneman, he suffered injuries to his back and legs when he was caught by a fall of stone in the Victoria Seam. He had been given instructions to go to a board and take down the caunch. The plank he had been setting was canted out and the stone fractured his spine. He died in Durham County Hopsital
						Smith, George, 21 Dec 1867, aged 38, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone
						Sykes, James, 10 Jun 1872, aged 29, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone
						Walton, George Edward, 01 Feb 1913, aged 27, Shifter, deceased strained himself whilst trying to lift a tub on to the road and died seven weeks later from peritonitis brought on by the strain
						Williams, John, 04 Apr 1882, (accident: 28 Mar 1882), aged 15, Shaft Boy, severely crushed by cage while crossing the shaft bottom
						Winter, Joseph, 24 Oct 1878, (accident: 19 Feb 1878), aged 30, Collier, injuries to back by fall of clay band

						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 .

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
11 Jul 1854	–	–	–	1	–	1

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Cold Knott Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Cold Knott Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1865 Mines Inspectors Report, South Durham District by John J. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1867 Mines Inspectors Report
1872 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 840), 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
1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), Durham by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321), Durham District by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
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
1913 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 7439), Northern Division (No. 2) by J. R. R. Wilson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1919 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1924 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
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
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 Cold Knott Colliery

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