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Farnacres Colliery
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| Location: | Whickham 2 miles [3 km] SW of Newcastle |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ235615, 54° 56' 54" N, 1° 37' 57" W |
| Maps: |  1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
| 1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| Pits: | Beams Wheels Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ234616, sinking: 1840 |
| Shaft details for Beams Wheels Pit |
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| Owners: | 1880s - Edward Hogg |
| 1890s - Atherton & Snowdon | |
| Output: | 1882 - Coal (Landsale). |
| 1894 - Coal: Household. Fireclay. | |
| 1896 - Coal: Household. Fireclay. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 8 (7 below, 1 surface) |
| 1896 - 0 [Not Working] | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Farnacres Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1837 - Boring operations were in progress from the surface in the vicinity of Lobley Hill, Farnacres Colliery, and found the Hutton Seam worked out. |
1840 - Wheels Pit, Farnacres Colliery, was sunk from the surface to the Hutton Seam ; commenced to sink lower to Brockwell Seam on 4 April, 1842. |
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1842 - A staple at the back end of the Beams Wheels Pit, Farnacres Colliery, was sunk from the surface to the Hutton Seam. |
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1933, 10 Nov - Tilley seam abandoned |
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1935, 23 Oct - Three Quarter seam abandoned |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
| 23rd | Oct | 1840 | Drown'd from old workings, 5 lives lost (Show Names) |
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Evans, Andrew, 23 Oct 1840, aged 29, killed in the 1840 disaster, single man [More information ...] | |||||
| Hall, Robert, 18 Apr 1857, explosion [More information ...] | |||||
| Heslop, James, 23 Oct 1840, aged 40, Sinker, killed in the 1840 disaster, left a wife and 1 child [More information ...] | |||||
| Jackson, John, 18 Apr 1857, explosion [More information ...] | |||||
| Rankin, James, 23 Oct 1840, aged 40, Sinker, killed in the 1840 disaster, left a wife and 5 children [More information ...] | |||||
| Wetherby, William, 23 Oct 1840, aged 29, killed in the 1840 disaster, single man [More information ...] | |||||
| Wilkinson, William, 23 Oct 1840, aged 29, Hewer, killed in the 1840 disaster, widower and 1 child [More information ...] | |||||
| 7 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.
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more information on some of the fatalities shown above
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Farnacres Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Farnacres Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
- 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
- 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
- Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.
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Related Links:
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| | Newspaper articles |
| | Names of those killed in the 1840 disaster |
Further Reading:
- Durham Mining Disasters, c.1700 - 1950s by Maureen Anderson, Published by Wharncliffe Books, 2008, ISBN 1-845630-73-4
Further Research:
Research Notes for Farnacres Colliery
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