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  East Stanley Colliery  Index  East Stanley Colliery  
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East Stanley Colliery


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Location: Stanley
7 miles [12 km] SSW of Newcastle
Map Ref: (Sheet 88) NZ212530, 54° 52' 16" N, 1° 40' 7" W
Opened:
Closed: 1933
Pits: No. 7 Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ213530, sinking: 08 Jul 1863
Shaft  Shaft details for No. 7 Pit
Owners: 1850s - Burn & Co.
1860s - James Joicey & Co. Ltd.
1930s - Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Ltd.
Output: 1894 - Coal: Coking, Gas.
1896 - Coal: Coking, Gas.
1900 - Coal: Coking, Gas.
1902 - Coal: Coking, Gas.
1905 - Coal: Coking, Gas.
1910 - Coal: Coking, Gas.
1915 - Coal: Coking, Gas.
1921 - Coal: Coking, Gas.
1923 - Coal: Gas.
1924 - Coal: Gas.
1925 - Coal: Gas.
1927 - Coal: Gas.
1929 - Coal: Gas.
1930 - Coal: Gas.
1935 - Coal: Gas.
Employment:
Year Pit  TotalScale Below Above
1854Working
189429923267
189627721265
190023218349
190225720948
190528023644
191019115833
191520417034
192134428955
192331826652
192432527253
192531927049
192711
192929224745
193030025149
193521218131
Manager  Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Seams Worked: 1905 - Five Quarter, Shield Row
1910 - Five Quarter, Shield Row
1915 - Five Quarter, Maudlin
1921 - Maudlin
1923 - Maudlin
1924 - Maudlin
1925 - Maudlin
1927 - Maudlin
1929 - Maudlin
1930 - Maudlin
1935 - Five Quarter, High Main, Maudlin
  Abandoned Seams  Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for East Stanley Colliery
Notes:

1863, Jul 08 - Commenced to sink the Seventh Pit, East Stanley Colliery, and put shaft down from the surface to the Hutton Seam.

1913 - Shield Row seam abandoned - coal exhausted

1938, 17 May - High Main or Main or Brass Thill 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!

In Memoriam
  Individal page   

Bevan, James E., 07 Aug 1924, 8.0 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 23, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone [More information ...]

  Individal page   

Cranston, George, 03 Jul 1899, aged 52, Stoneman, The deceased was taking up a bottom canch at the junction of two roads, when either the crossing plank or some of the planks which were supported by it gave way, and a heavy fall of roof occurred [Inspection made & inquest attended], Buried: St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley

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Davison, Joseph, Mar 1875, aged 15, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: East Stanley, cause: run over by coal tub East Stanley Pit (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/221)

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Dodds, Luke, 07 Feb 1894, 6:45 p.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 58, Hewer, The deceased was commencing to work in a place which he and the deputy had a few minutes before pronounced safe, when a fall of stone took place [Inspection made & inquest attended], Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley

  Individal page   

Welsh, William, 31 Oct 1900, aged 33, Putter, Deceased and a timber leader were lifting a tub on to the rails at a turn, and in doing so knocked out a prop, causing a fall of stone. The roof was a damp, soft, shale, and both men were buried by the fall, Welsh being suffocated. [Inspection made & inquest attended], Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley

 
  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.

Those names marked with image, have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the image symbol next to the name to see the web page.

More information  more information on some of the fatalities shown above


  Local Collieries Summary Description Disasters Names Credits  

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery Map  a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of East Stanley Colliery

Nearby Collieries  list of collieries/pits etc. near to East Stanley Colliery


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Gallery Images:

Jacky's Pit Colliery demolition

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Credits

Sources:

  • 1854 List of mines by T. Y. Hall, published in Vol II (1853-4) of the Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining Engineers
  • 1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1894 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7667), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
  • 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
  • 1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), Newcastle District (No. 3) by John L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
  • 1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536), Newcastle District (No. 3) by John L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
  • 1902 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
  • 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1924 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Northern Division (No. 2) by T. Greenland Davies, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection]
  • 1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1927 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1929 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1935 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume S-T, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1894
  • Headstone(s) in Church of England Churchyard, Stanley
  • Headstone(s) in St. Joseph's (R.C.) Churchyard, Stanley
  • Mineral Statistics for 1869 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
  • Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.

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Newspaper articles Newspaper articles
Pictures in the Gallery section for East Stanley Colliery Pictures in the Gallery section for East Stanley Colliery

Further Reading:

  • No Place by Bill Lees, published in 2004, ISBN 0-9549019-0-8

Further Research:

Goto Research Notes  Research Notes for East Stanley Colliery

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