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Grange Colliery
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| Location: | Belmont 2 miles [4 km] NE of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ302446, 54° 47' 44" N, 1° 31' 44" W |
| Maps: |  1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
| 1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| 1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian) |
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| Opened: | 1844 |
| Closed: | Apr 1948 |
| Pits: | Shaft details for Grange Colliery |
| Owners: | 1910s - Grange Coal Co. |
| Output: | 1923 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Steam. |
| 1925 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. | |
| 1930 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1935 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1940 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. (25,000 tons) | |
| 1947 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. (12,000 tons) | |
| 1948 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1950 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1923 - 46 (35 below, 11 surface) |
| 1925 - 90 (69 below, 21 surface) | |
| 1930 - 18 (12 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1935 - 28 (17 below, 11 surface) | |
| 1940 - 84 (62 below, 22 surface) | |
| 1945 - 64 (56 below, 8 surface) | |
| 1947 - 60 (50 below, 10 surface) | |
| 1948 - 93 (67 below, 26 surface) | |
| 1950 - 60 (50 below, 10 surface) [Abandoned 4/48] | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1923 - Low Main |
| 1925 - Low Main | |
| 1930 - Low Main | |
| 1935 - Low Main | |
| 1940 - Low Main | |
| 1948 - Low Main | |
| 1950 - Low Main | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Grange Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1842 - Boring operations were also commenced on the Grange estate, near Durham, by William Coulson. |
1843 - Grange Colliery, Durham, was won. |
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1885 - Hutton, Low Main seams abandoned |
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1948, Apr - Low Main seam abandoned |
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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
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Adamson, Thomas, 16 Oct 1858, aged 61, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone | |||||
| Batey, John, May 1860, (accident: 06 Apr 1860), aged 19, broken back from a fall of stone, died in the Union Workhouse | |||||
| Davison, John, 20 Feb 1864, (accident: 16 Dec 1863), aged 41, Deputy, fall of stone while drawing a jud, Buried: St. Mary Magdalene, Belmont | |||||
|  | Malone, James, 27 Apr 1853, (accident: 26 Apr 1853), aged 13, he was engaged in directing the wire rope upon the drum of an engine when he fell on the rope and was crushed against the drum. His left leg was broken and his thigh lacerated; he died the following night | ||||
| | Raine, Thomas William, 28 Aug 1929, aged 45, Deputy, he was coming to the end of his shift in the Low Main Seam when he was killed by a shot which exploded prematurely whilst he was charging it; at the inquest the coroner said the reason for the accident would remain a mystery ; his only assumption was that Raine had somehow caught the detonator | ||||
| | Stoker, Jacob, 18 Dec 1846, aged 21, Driver, He was killed while driving his pony which was attached to a train in Grange Colliery. He was jammed between the tub and the roof, and sustained severe injuries to his head and neck. | ||||
| 6 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.
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
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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!
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| 22 Jan 1856 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | crushed by tubs |
| 26 Jul 1856 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | fall of stone |
| 14 Nov 1856 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | fell down staple, More information ... |
| 07 Dec 1856 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | apparatus tub |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Grange Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Grange Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1858 Mines Inspectors Report, Southern District by John J. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1864 Mines Inspectors Report, Southern District by John J. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1925 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
- 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
- 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1947 The 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
- 1948 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1950 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
- Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3
- Contributions by members of the Public
- Headstone(s) in St. Mary Magdalene Churchyard, Belmont
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
- Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.
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Further Research:
Research Notes for Grange Colliery
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