	Denby Grange Colliery	Index	Denby Grange Colliery

Denby Grange Colliery

Location:	Netherton, nr. Wakefield 5½ miles [9 km] WSW of Wakefield
Map Ref:	(Sheet 110 Sheffield and Huddersfield) SE248162, 53° 38' 30" N, 1° 37' 26" W
Opened:
Closed:
Sinking Started:	1894
Pits:	Hope Pit
	Prince of Wales Pit, locn: (Sheet 110 Sheffield and Huddersfield) SE269153
Owners:	Denby Grange Collieries Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Caphouse - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1894 - Prince of Wales - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1896 - Caphouse - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1896 - Prince of Wales - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1900 - Caphouse - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1900 - Prince of Wales - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1905 - Caphouse - Coal: Gas, Household.
	1910 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household.
	1915 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household.
	1947 - Prince of Wales - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Steam. (151,000 tons)
	1954 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Steam.
Employment:	1894 - Caphouse - 186 (156 below, 30 surface)
	1894 - Prince of Wales - 213 (180 below, 33 surface)
	1896 - Caphouse - 130 (115 below, 15 surface)
	1896 - Prince of Wales - 273 (254 below, 19 surface)
	1900 - Caphouse - 118 (91 below, 27 surface)
	1900 - Prince of Wales - 347 (292 below, 55 surface)
	1905 - Caphouse - 142 (102 below, 40 surface)
	1910 - 170 (109 below, 61 surface)
	1915 - 190 (134 below, 56 surface)
	1923 - 840
	1933 - 760 (560 below, 200 surface)
	1947 - Prince of Wales - 310 (250 below, 60 surface)
	1954 - 402 (330 below, 72 surface)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Caphouse - New Hards, Wheatley Lime
	1910 - New Hards, Wheatley Lime
	1915 - Wheatley Lime
	1954 - New Hards, Parkgate, Wheatley Lime
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!
	Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Denby Grange Colliery

Description

Denby Grange, Netherton, Nr. Wakefield: Established 1894; Two shafts (171 and 164 yds.) for production and a shaft and a drift (1,200 yds. long) for ventilation. Output from New Hards and Wheatley Lime. 240 men prod. 98,000 tons.

NCB Leaflet: Coal in Barnsley Area, published 1967

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!

						Allott, Martha, 09 May 1857, Crushed by a railway waggon
						Asquith, J., 24 Apr 1885, aged 26, Collier, Fell out of cage
						Beaumont, W., 28 Oct 1899, (accident: 17 Oct 1899), aged 28, Bye-workman, Riding on a tram, when he collided with a tub going in the opposite direction. Was passing through a street at the time. Died 28th October
						Froggatt, George, 19 Mar 1904, aged 21, Hurrier, He was illegally riding on the front of a set of four tubs drawn by a horse when he fell off and was killed by being run over
						Haigh, K., 24 Dec 1896, aged 29, Blacksmith, He was in waggon repairing shed when a loco knocked an empty waggon through the shed and crushed him against the wall
						Haigh, W., 17 Oct 1895, (accident: 11 Oct 1895), aged 64, Carpenter, Fell form a ladder owing to waggon touching it. Died 17th Oct
						Leather, F., 22 Feb 1883, (accident: 30 Oct 1882), aged 49, Collier, Fall of coal. This accident occurred on 30th October 1882
						Lockwood, John Herbert, 22 Feb 1912, aged 20, Dataller, Whilst engaged removing debris for the purpose of widening a gateway, he was caught by a fall of roof 8 feet long, 3 feet average width, and 9 inches average thickness. Two props were displaced and a slip exposed
						Mallinson, Friend, 26 Apr 1919, aged 35, Contract ripper, Laying foundation for a gateside pack and was caught by fall of roof
						Moulson, A., 06 Nov 1891, aged 42, Collier, Fall of roof
						Newton, C., 20 Apr 1899, aged 45, Shunter, Whilst coupling waggons. It was conjectured he went between them
						Ramsden, Ephraim, 01 Jul 1910, aged 37, Ripper, He was working in a roadway which was being driven through the goaf, when he was killed by a fall of overhanging side which he had neglected to secure with sprags
						Taylor, Joseph, 30 Jul 1878, aged 31, Collier, Fall of roof
						Walker, B., 03 Jan 1885, aged 25, Byeworker, Fall of roof
						Walker, H., 16 Sep 1898, aged 44, Deputy, Rope broke as he was being drawn up to water level
						Watson, Alfred, 14 Dec 1863, Crushed by a steam engine
						Westwood, J. T., 18 Mar 1903, (accident: 05 Mar 1903), aged 22, Collier, Died 18th March. Fall of roof in a machine-holed face. Cause — a weight break and neglect to set timber
						Wishaw, D. R., 04 Nov 1887, aged 56, Collier, Fall of roof

						18 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1857 Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1863 Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines 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
1896 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8450), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1898 Mines Inspectors Report (C 9264), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1903 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2119), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by W. H. Pickering, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by W. Walker, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676), Yorkshire and North Midland District (No. 4) by W. H. Pickering, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), Yorkshire and North Midland District (No. 4) by Thomas H. Mottram, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
1947 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
1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian