Frankland Colliery

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

Names of those killed at this colliery

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Credits

Further Research:

Sources:

	Frankland Colliery	Index	Frankland Colliery

Location:

Durham
2 miles [3 km] NE of Durham

Map Ref:

(Sheet 88) NZ293451, 54° 48' 0" N, 1° 32' 35" W

Maps:

1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey

1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide

Opened:

1840

Closed:

1934

Sinking Started:

1840

Pits:

Shaft details for Frankland Colliery

Owners:

1840s - Earl of Durham

1920s - Frankland Coal Co

1934 - Frankland Coal Co. (1934) Ltd.

Output:

1855 - Coal.

1860 - Coal.

1865 - Coal.

1921 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.

1923 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Steam.

1924 - Coal: Coking, Steam.

1925 - Coal: Coking, Steam.

1927 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.

1929 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.

1930 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.

1934 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.

Employment:

Year	Pit	Total	Below	Above
1921		69	44	25
1923		137	90	47
1923		95	70	25
	Total	232	160	72
1924		131	98	33
1925		136	104	32
1927		155	123	32
1929		97	75	22
1930		84	66	18
1933		165	125	40
1934		7		7
1934		Abandoned 3/34

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

Seams Worked:

1921 - Low Main

1923 - Low Main

1924 - Low Main

1925 - Low Main

1927 - Low Main

1929 - Low Main

1930 - Hutton, Low Main

1934 - Low Main [Abandoned 3/34]

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Frankland Colliery

Notes:

1840 - Frankland Park Pit, near Framwellgate, belonging to the earl of Durham, was sunk from the surface to the Hutton Seam.

1934, 31 Jan - Low Main, Hutton seams abandoned

None Found

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

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 Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle) and are marked with .

more information on some of the fatalities shown above

The following unnamed fatalities are listed in the Mines Inspectors Reports, once again this collection is not complete!

Date							Inspectors Remarks
22 Apr 1856	–	–	–	–	1	1	pony and tubs
06 Jul 1857	1	–	–	–	–	1	fell down pit, More information ...

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Frankland Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Frankland Colliery

1864 Mines Inspectors Report, Southern District by John J. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1866 Mines Inspectors Report
1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1923 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
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
1933 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
1934 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
Contributions by members of the Public
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.
Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.

Lyons, Joseph, 05 Jul 1866, Switchkeeper, crushed by tubs (neglect of switch)

Peacock, William, 06 Jul 1857, Screenman, he was putting tubs of coal into the cage. For some inexplicable reason, he ran his tub down the shaft and fell after it, a distance of 27 fathoms

Pearson, Anthony, 19 Oct 1864, aged 35, Shifter, fell from top of shaft [More information ...]

3 names found

Research Notes for Frankland Colliery

Mail:
Webmaster

Back

Home

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Copyright © 1999-2024 by The Durham Mining Museum and its contributors
Registered Charity No: 1110608
Page last updated: 30 Sep 2023

Privacy Policy

Terms & Conditions