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Fallowfield Colliery
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| Location: | Wall 2½ miles [4 km] NNW of Hexham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 87) NY935683, 55° 0' 35" N, 2° 6' 2" W |
| Maps: |  1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
| 1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| Pits: | Half-Way Pit, locn: (Sheet 87) NY928675 |
| Shaft details for Half-Way Pit |
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| Owners: | 1860s - Walton & Cowper |
| 1930s - Fallowfield Coal Co. | |
| Output: | 1860 - Coal. |
| 1865 - Coal. | |
| 1882 - Coal (Landsale). | |
| 1883 - Coal, Landsale. | |
| 1888 - Coal (Landsale). | |
| 1890 - Coal (Landsale). | |
| 1894 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1902 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1921 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1927 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1929 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. | |
| 1930 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. | |
| 1935 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 15 (14 below, 1 surface) |
| 1896 - 12 (11 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1900 - 15 (14 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1902 - 13 (12 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1905 - 9 (8 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1910 - 12 (11 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1921 - 4 [Abandoned] | |
| 1927 - 8 (7 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1929 - 11 (8 below, 3 surface) | |
| 1930 - 8 (5 below, 3 surface) | |
| 1935 - 5 (4 below, 1 surface) | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Little Limestone Coal |
| 1910 - Little Limestone Coal | |
| 1921 - Little Limestone Coal [Abandoned] | |
| 1927 - Little Limestone | |
| 1929 - Little Limestone | |
| 1930 - Little Limestone | |
| 1935 - Little Limestone |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
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Names of those killed at this colliery
No names found.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Fallowfield Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Fallowfield Colliery
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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
- 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
- 1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 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
- 1921 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
- 1935 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 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 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works
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Related Links:
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Further Research:
Research Notes for Fallowfield Colliery
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