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Cockfield Quarry
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| Location: | Cockfield 15 miles [24 km] SW of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 92) NZ113251, 54° 37' 15" N, 1° 49' 30" W |
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| Owners: | 1920s - R. Summerson & Co. Ltd. |
| Output: | 1905 - Whinstone. |
| 1922 - Igneous rock. | |
| Employment: | 1905 - 44 (19 below, 25 surface) |
| 1922 - 9 (6 below, 3 surface) | |
| Notes: |  Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Cockfield Quarry |
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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!
 | Hunter, John, 23 Jul 1904, aged 34, Quarryman, fatally injured by a stone from a powder shot 200 yards away | |||||
| 1 name 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.
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next to the name to see the web page.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Cockfield Quarry
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Cockfield Quarry
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Credits
Sources:
- 1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), Durham District (No. 4) by R. Donald Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1905 List of Quarries
- 1922 List of Quarries - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- Industrial Locomotives of Durham by The Industrial Railway Society, compiled by Colin E. Mountford and L. G. Charlton, published in 1977
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Related Links:
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Further Research:
Research Notes for Cockfield Quarry
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