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Earsdon Colliery |
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Earsdon Colliery |
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Earsdon Colliery
| Location: |
Earsdon
6 miles [10 km] NE of Newcastle
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 88) NZ310720, 55° 2' 29" N, 1° 30' 53" W |
| Maps: |
1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
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1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
22 Jun 1934 |
| Pits: |
A Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ310718, opened: 1826, sinking: 27 Feb 1826 |
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Shaft details for A Pit |
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Church Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ316722, opened: 1838, sinking: 28 Nov 1837 |
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Shaft details for Church Pit |
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Duke and Duchess Pit |
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Grange Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ323718, sinking: 15 Aug 1874 |
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Shaft details for Grange Pit |
| Owners: |
1890s - Owners of Backworth & West Cramlington Collieries |
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1910s - Backworth Collieries Ltd. |
| Output: |
1894 - Coal: Steam. |
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1896 - Coal: Steam. |
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1900 - Coal: Steam. |
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1902 - Coal: Steam. Fireclay. |
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1905 - Coal: Steam. Fireclay. |
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1910 - Coal: Steam. Fireclay. |
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1915 - Coal: Steam. Fireclay. |
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1921 - Coal: Steam. |
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1923 - Coal: Steam. Fireclay. |
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1924 - Coal: Household, Steam. |
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1925 - Coal: Steam. |
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1927 - Coal: Household, Steam. |
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1929 - Coal: Household, Steam. |
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1930 - Coal: Household, Steam. |
| Employment: |
| Year | Pit | Total |  | Below | Above |
| 1894 | | 358 |   | 304 | 54 |
| 1896 | | 533 |   | 488 | 45 |
| 1900 | | 564 |   | 493 | 71 |
| 1902 | | 567 |   | 476 | 91 |
| 1905 | | 535 |   | 417 | 118 |
| 1910 | | 551 |   | 427 | 124 |
| 1915 | | 626 |   | 451 | 175 |
| 1921 | | 776 |   | 589 | 187 |
| 1923 | | 743 |   | 618 | 125 |
| 1924 | | 829 |   | 628 | 201 |
| 1925 | | 824 |   | 618 | 206 |
| 1927 | | 643 |   | 510 | 133 |
| 1929 | | 581 |   | 443 | 138 |
| 1930 | | 418 |   | 301 | 117 |
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Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: |
1905 - Yard |
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1910 - Bensham, Low Main, Yard |
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1915 - Bensham, Low Main, Yard |
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1921 - Bensham, Low Main, Yard |
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1923 - Bensham, Low Main, Yard |
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1924 - Bensham, Low Main, Yard |
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1925 - Bensham, Low Main, Yard |
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1927 - Bensham, Low Main, Main, Yard |
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1929 - Bensham, Low Main, Main, Yard |
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1930 - Bensham, Low Main, Main, Yard |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Earsdon Colliery |
| Notes: |
1934, 22 Jun - Main or Metal, Yard, Bensham, Low Main, Five Quarter seams abandoned |
Description
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!
| | |  | | | | Brown, George, 02 Nov 1832, aged 28, killed by a fall of stone from the roof, Buried: St. Albans Churchyard, Earsdon |
| | |  | | | | Butterly, John, 07 Dec 1832, aged 12, run over by wagons, Buried: St. Albans Churchyard, Earsdon |
| | |  | |  | | Dormond, -, 06 Jan 1838, aged 13, Gin driver, Thomas Dormonds' boy 13 years of age, driving the gin, at Earsdon sinking pit — killed by falling down the pit. Nobody saw him fall, so it is not known how it happened. The pit is 11 Fathoms deep and two men were working at the bottom, but he fortunately missed them in his fall (NEIMME Ref: Bud-48-8-16) |
| | |  | | | | Gibson, Thomas, 14 Sep 1899, (accident: 12 Sep 1899), aged 16, Belt Boy, The boy left his proper employment and, without any authority, set in motion a waggon under the screens, and before the waggon could be stopped he was crushed between it and another truck [Inquest attended] |
| | |  | | | | Hollan, Hezekiah, 13 Aug 1900, (accident: 19 Jul 1900), aged 27, Hewer, Supposed to have slightly cut his knee on some coal underground. He subsequently died of blood poisoning. |
| | |  | | | | Lowes, John, 30 May 1904, aged 54, Chargeman, killed by a fall of stone [More information ...] |
| | |  | | | | McLaren, John, 28 Jan 1914, (accident: 27 Jan 1914), aged 16, Pony Driver, deceased was driving two empty tubs inbye, on a road 12 feet wide and 4 feet 9 inches high, and was sitting in the first tub; the pony stumbled and fell, causing deceased to lurch forward, and also the front end of the tub to tilt upwards, causing the upper part of his chest to be crushed between the edge of the tub and the roof; he died the following day |
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7 names found |
If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please
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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.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web page have been kindly provided by the
researchers at
North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (N.E.I.M.M.E.)
and are marked with .
more information on some of the fatalities shown above
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Earsdon Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Earsdon Colliery
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
- 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
- 1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, 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
- 1914 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 8023), Northern Division (No. 2) by J. R. R. Wilson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Headstone(s) in St. Alban's Churchyard, Earsdon
- Researchers at North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (N.E.I.M.M.E.)
Related Links:
| On this site |
| Newspaper articles |
| Evidence given to the 1842 Children's Employment Commission |
Further Reading:
- Backworth - An Illustrated History of the Mines and Railways by John Elliott and Derek Charlton, published by Chilton Ironworks, 1994, ISBN 0-9523672-1-1
Further Research:
Research Notes for Earsdon Colliery
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