	Fenwick Colliery	Index	Fenwick Colliery

Fenwick Colliery

(See also East Holywell Colliery)

Location:

Backworth
7 miles [11 km] NNE of Newcastle

Map Ref:

(Sheet 88) NZ312729, 55° 3' 1" N, 1° 30' 39" W

Maps:

1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian)

Opened:

1874

Closed:

01 Sep 1973

Sinking Started:

21 Apr 1873

Pits:

Shaft details for Fenwick Colliery

Owners:

1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)

Output:

1935 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam.

1947 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. (225,000 tons)

1955 - Coal: Gas, Steam.

1960 - Coal: Gas, Steam.

1965 - Coal: Gas, Steam.

1970 - Coal: Gas, Steam.

1971 - Coal: Household, Steam.

1972 - Coal: Household, Steam.

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1935	798	612	186
1940	814	619	195
1947	810	600	210
1955	813	635	178
1960	808	624	184
1965	633	514	119
1970	641	538	103
1970	inc. shared services
1971	630	502	128
1972	609	485	124

NCB Employment Figures

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

Seams Worked:

1935 - Beaumont, Bensham, High Main, Low Main, Main

1955 - Beaumont, Bensham, Five Quarter

1960 - Beaumont, Bensham, Five Quarter

1965 - Five Quarter, Top Busty

1970 - Low Main, Top Busty

1971 - Low Main, Maudlin, Top Busty

1972 - Low Main, Maudlin, Top Busty

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Fenwick Colliery

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!

						Bell, Alexander Louden, 05 May 1957, Deputy, crushed underground by two trams ; address: 45 Double Row, Bates Cottages, Seaton Delaval
						Cook, William Davison, 05 Sep 1936, (accident: 04 Sep 1936), aged 38, Coal Cutter, killed by a fall of stone
						Coulson, William G., 13 Feb 1940, aged 50, Filler, killed by a fall of stone
						Dawson, Thomas H., 28 Feb 1933, aged 24, Coal Cutter, killed by a fall of stone
						Elvish, Frederick, 20 Jul 1941, (accident: 14 Dec 1938), aged 42, Filler, crushed by cage
						Hay, Leonard, 17 Jul 1950, aged 23, Composite, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Earsdon Cemetery
						Jewitt, John, 26 May 1946, (accident: 22 May 1946), aged 70, Salvage Drawer, Crushed by Tubs
						Middleton, Ridley, 03 Oct 1855, aged 14, Collier, tub fell on him in shaft
						Sampy, John Hope, 22 Oct 1946, aged 59, Brusher, killed by a fall of stone
						Skelton, John, 31 Jul 1935, aged 47, Coal Cutter, killed by a fall of stone
						Storey, Edwin Ogle, 04 Dec 1935, (accident: 03 Dec 1935), aged 54, Surface Worker, Crushed By Truck
						Tait, Cecil Montgomery, 29 Jan 1935, aged 20, Assistant Onsetter, crushed by cage
						Wake, John, 09 May 1939, (accident: 06 Jul 1938), aged 35, Filler, killed by a fall of stone
						Wardle, Ernie [Eric], 03 Sep 1946, aged 29, Brusher, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Earsdon Cemetery
						Wilson, Ernest S., 22 Apr 1952, aged 44, Drawer, struck by prop, Buried: St. Alban's Churchyard, Earsdon

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

Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by Ray Ditchburn from his research into fatalities in Northumberland 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 Fenwick Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Fenwick Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1935 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
1947 The 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
1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1960 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1965 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1970 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1971 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1972 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1973 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume F-K, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1885
Contributions from Ray Ditchburn from his research into mining fatalities in Northumberland
Headstone(s) in Earsdon Cemetery, Earsdon
Headstone(s) in St. Alban's Churchyard, Earsdon

Further Research:

Research Notes for Fenwick Colliery

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