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Cow Close Colliery
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| Location: | Woodland 16 miles [26 km] SW of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 92, OL42) NZ074265, 54° 38' 0" N, 1° 53' 7" W |
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| Owners: | 1880s - James & William Marr |
| 1890s - Woodland Collieries Co. Ltd. | |
| 1910s - Cargo Fleet Iron Co. Ltd. | |
| 1920s - Jonathan Raine | |
| 1930s - Cow Close Colliery Co. | |
| Output: | 1888 - Coal. |
| 1894 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. | |
| 1896 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. | |
| 1902 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. | |
| 1910 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. | |
| 1915 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. | |
| 1927 - Coal: Household. | |
| Employment: | 1883 - 7 |
| 1894 - 20 (16 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1896 - 15 (12 below, 3 surface) | |
| 1900 - 6 (5 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1902 - 4 (3 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1905 - 5 (4 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1910 - 11 (9 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1915 - 13 (11 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1927 - 0 [Abandoned 1927] | |
 Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Main Coal |
| 1910 - Main Coal | |
| 1927 - Main [Abandoned 1927] | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Cow Close Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1919 - Brockwell, Busty seams 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!
 | Raine, Harold, 15 Nov 1928, aged 17, gassed, son of Jonathan, Buried: Woodland Cemetery [More information ...] | |||||
| Raine, Jonathan, 15 Nov 1928, aged 53, gassed, father of Harold and owner of the mine, Buried: Woodland Cemetery [More information ...] | |||||
| 2 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.
more information on some of the fatalities shown above
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Cow Close Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Cow Close Colliery
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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
- 1927 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1928 Mines Inspectors Report
- Headstone(s) in Woodland Cemetery
- 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
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Related Links:
| On this site | |
| | Newspaper articles |
| External sites | |
 | Gaunless Valley History Trust |
Further Research:
Research Notes for Cow Close Colliery
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