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Chidswell Colliery
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| Location: | 4½ miles [7 km] WNW of Wakefield |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 104 Leeds and Bradford) SE260233, 53° 42' 21" N, 1° 36' 18" W |
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| Owners: | Crawshaw and Warburton |
| Crawshaw and Warburton Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1894 - Coal: Gas, Household. |
| 1896 - Coal: Gas, Household. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Gas, Household. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Gas, Household. | |
| 1910 - Flockton - Coal: Gas, Household. | |
| 1910 - Middleton - Coal: Gas, Household. | |
| 1915 - Flockton - Coal: Gas, Household. | |
| 1915 - Middleton - Coal: Gas, Household. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 187 (159 below, 28 surface) |
| 1896 - 265 (248 below, 17 surface) | |
| 1900 - 354 (302 below, 52 surface) | |
| 1905 - 511 (402 below, 109 surface) | |
| 1910 - Flockton - 114 (81 below, 33 surface) | |
| 1910 - Middleton - 224 (161 below, 63 surface) | |
| 1915 - Flockton - 87 (63 below, 24 surface) | |
| 1915 - Middleton - 57 | |
| 1923 - 129 (108 below, 21 surface) | |
| 1933 - 0 [inc. In Shawcross] | |
| 1940 - 0 [inc. In Shawcross] | |
| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Cannel, Flockton, Middleton |
| 1910 - Flockton - Flockton | |
| 1910 - Middleton - Middleton | |
| 1915 - Flockton - Flockton | |
| 1915 - Middleton - Middleton | |
| Notes: | Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
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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
No names found.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Chidswell Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Chidswell Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 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
- 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
- 1923 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
- 1933 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
- 1937 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
- 1940 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
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