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Derwent Crook Colliery
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| Location: | Low Fell 2 miles [3 km] S of Newcastle |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ253604, 54° 56' 15" N, 1° 36' 18" W |
| Opened: | bef. 1746 |
| Closed: | |
| Pits: | George Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ253595 |
 Shaft details for George Pit |
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| Thomas Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ252599 | |
| Shaft details for Thomas Pit |
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| Owners: | 1840s - Lord Ravensworth & Partners |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Derwent Crook Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1819 - A boring was put down below the Low Main Seam, Derwent Crook Colliery, Gateshead, proving the Beaumont and Lower Coal Seams. |
1935 - Harvey or Beaumont 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!
 | Almond, Michael, 29 May 1841, Engineer, boiler explosion [More information ...] | |||||
| Ford, John, 29 May 1841, aged 49, Blacksmith, young man, boiler explosion [More information ...] | |||||
| Morpeth, William, 29 May 1841, young man, boiler explosion [More information ...] | |||||
| Muir, Matthew, 29 Oct 1842, killed by an explosion of gas caused by a roof fall | |||||
| Young, Cuthbert, 29 May 1841, young man, boiler explosion [More information ...] | |||||
| 5 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.
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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 Derwent Crook Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Derwent Crook Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 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
- Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.
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Related Links:
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Further Research:
Research Notes for Derwent Crook Colliery
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