Framlington Colliery

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also known as Longframlington Colliery

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	Framlington Colliery	Index	Framlington Colliery

Location:	Longframlington 8 miles [13 km] SSW of Alnwick
Map Ref:	(Sheet 81) NU123025, 55° 18' 59" N, 1° 48' 22" W
Maps:	1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
Opened:
Closed:	31 Dec 1931
Pits:	Fanny Pit, locn: (Sheet 81) NU128024
	Shaft details for Fanny Pit
	Howey Pit
	Shaft details for Howey Pit
	John Pit, locn: (Sheet 81) NU126027
	Shaft details for John Pit
	Shaft details for Framlington Colliery
Owners:	1860s - Messrs G. & W. Nicholson
	1880s - Executors of George Nicholson
	1890s - Leach & Weeks
	1910s - South Shilbottle Collieries Ltd.
	1910s - Long Framlington Coal Co. Ltd.
	1930s - Co-Operative Wholesale Society Ltd.
Output:	1860 - Coal.
	1865 - Coal.
	1882 - Coal (Landsale).
	1883 - Coal, Landsale.
	1888 - Coal (Landsale).
	1890 - Coal (Landsale).
	1894 - Coal: Household.
	1894 - Coal: Household.
	1896 - Coal: Household.
	1900 - Coal: Household.
	1902 - Coal: Household.
	1905 - Coal: Household.
	1910 - Coal: Household.
	1915 - Coal: Household.
	1921 - Coal: Household.
	1923 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam.
	1924 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1925 - Coal: Household.
	1927 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1929 - Coal: Household.
	1930 - Coal: Household.
Employment:	1894 - 26 (22 below, 4 surface)
	1894 - 26 (22 below, 4 surface)
	1896 - 28 (23 below, 5 surface)
	1900 - 35 (26 below, 9 surface)
	1902 - 44 (37 below, 7 surface)
	1905 - 33 (27 below, 6 surface)
	1910 - 31 (25 below, 6 surface)
	1915 - 24 (18 below, 6 surface)
	1921 - 32 (25 below, 7 surface)
	1923 - 65 (48 below, 17 surface)
	1924 - 50 (38 below, 12 surface)
	1925 - 36 (27 below, 9 surface)
	1927 - 57 (43 below, 14 surface)
	1929 - 30 (20 below, 10 surface)
	1930 - 39 (28 below, 11 surface)
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Shilbottle (Limestone Coal)
	1910 - Shilbottle (Limestone Coal)
	1915 - Shilbottle (Limestone Coal)
	1921 - Shilbottle (Limestone Seam)
	1923 - Shilbottle (Limestone Seam)
	1924 - Shilbottle
	1925 - Shilbottle
	1927 - Shilbottle
	1929 - Shilbottle
	1930 - Shilbottle
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Framlington Colliery
Notes:	1931, 31 Dec - Shilbottle seam abandoned

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Date							Inspectors Remarks
30 Dec 1855	1	–	–	–	–	1	fell down shaft

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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
1893 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7339), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
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
1929 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume L-R, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1887
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

Edgar, John, 07 Jan 1856, aged 55, shaft accident [More information ...]

Smith, James, 22 Dec 1893, aged 67, Carter, was employed by the owners of the Long Framlington Colliery, near Morpeth, to cart some material from the station to the colliery, and by some means, when about two miles from the colliery, he fell in front of the wheels, and was run over, dying almost immediately

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