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Fourstones Colliery
| Location: |
Fourstones, nr. Hexham
4 miles [6 km] NW of Hexham
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 87) NY887677, 55° 0' 16" N, 2° 10' 33" W |
| Maps: |
 1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
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1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
| Opened: |
1805 |
| Closed: |
1927 |
| Pits: |
First Pit |
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Shaft details for First Pit |
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No. 2 Pit |
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Shaft details for No. 2 Pit |
| Owners: |
1860s - William Benson |
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1920s - Wm. Benson & Sons Ltd. |
| Output: |
1855 - Coal. |
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1860 - Coal. |
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1865 - Coal. |
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1882 - Coal. |
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1883 - Coal. |
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1888 - Coal. |
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1890 - Coal. |
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1894 - Coal: Manufacturing. |
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1896 - Coal: Manufacturing. |
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1900 - Coal: Manufacturing. |
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1902 - Coal: Manufacturing. |
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1905 - Coal: Manufacturing. |
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1910 - Coal: Manufacturing. |
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1915 - Coal: Manufacturing. |
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1921 - Coal: Manufacturing. |
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1923 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. |
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1924 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. |
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1925 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. |
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1927 - Coal: Manufacturing. |
| Employment: |
| Year | Pit | Total |  | Below | Above |
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| 1894 | | 48 |   | 40 | 8 |
| 1896 | | 40 | | 32 | 8 |
| 1900 | | 48 | | 40 | 8 |
| 1902 | | 48 | | 40 | 8 |
| 1905 | | 62 | | 54 | 8 |
| 1910 | | 81 | | 71 | 10 |
| 1915 | | 77 | | 55 | 22 |
| 1921 | | 108 | | 81 | 27 |
| 1923 | | 118 | | 87 | 31 |
| 1924 | | 116 | | 87 | 29 |
| 1925 | | 120 | | 89 | 31 |
| 1927 | | 8 | | 6 | 2 |
| 1927 | | Abandoned 23/4/27 |
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Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: |
1905 - Little Limestone Coal |
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1910 - Little Limestone Coal |
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1915 - Little Limestone Coal |
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1921 - Little Limestone Coal |
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1923 - Little Limestone Coal |
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1924 - Little Limestone Coal |
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1925 - Little Limestone Coal |
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1927 - Prudham [Abandoned 23/4/27] |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Fourstones 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!
| | |  | | | | Ferguson, J., 22 Feb 1916, aged 69, Labourer, crushed by wagons |
| | | | | | | Lambert, John, 11 Sep 1901, aged 13, Horse Driver, Deceased was riding on a loaded waggon when he fell off and the waggon passed over him [Inspection made & inquest attended] |
| | | | | | | Pattison, Edward, 20 Aug 1899, (accident: 15 Aug 1899), aged 63, Hewer, He was engaged in kirving a small jud, when a portion of the coal fell away at a cleat and injured his spine. No sprag was being used, as should have been the case, there being two loose ends to the jud [Inspection made & inquest attended] |
| | | | | | | Stokoe, Joseph R., 11 Jun 1889, aged 22, Hewer, killed by a fall of coal |
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4 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.
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next to the name to see the web page.
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Fourstones Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Fourstones Colliery
Memorial Images:
Credits
Sources:
- 1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), Newcastle District (No. 3) by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 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
- 1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. 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
- 1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1927 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 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
- Mineral Statistics for 1855 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
- Mineral Statistics for 1860 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
- Mineral Statistics for 1865 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
- 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.
- Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works
Related Links:
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Further Research:
Research Notes for Fourstones Colliery
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