	Gildersome Street Colliery	Index	Gildersome Street Colliery

Gildersome Street Colliery

Location:	4½ miles [7 km] SW of Leeds
Map Ref:	(Sheet 104 Leeds and Bradford) SE243282, 53° 45' 0" N, 1° 37' 50" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	W. and J. Towler
	W. and J. H. Towler
Output:	1894 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1905 - Coal: Household. Fireclay.
	1910 - Coal: Household. Fireclay.
	1915 - Coal: Household. Fireclay.
Employment:	1894 - 74 (65 below, 9 surface)
	1896 - 82 (68 below, 14 surface)
	1900 - 104 (85 below, 19 surface)
	1905 - 74 (61 below, 13 surface)
	1910 - 101 (82 below, 19 surface)
	1915 - 80 (62 below, 18 surface)
	1923 - 58 (46 below, 12 surface)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Upper and Lower Brown Metal
	1910 - Upper and Lower Brown Metal
	1915 - Upper and Lower Brown Metal
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None Found

Names of those killed at this colliery

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

						Deeming, John, 17 Apr 1862, Fall of roof in mine
						Hamshaw, Henry, 08 Jun 1853, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Holliday, William, 03 May 1865, Fall of roof in mine
						Peel, Benjamin, 06 Jan 1854, Fall of corf in the shaft [More information ...]
						Renton, William, 09 Apr 1864, aged Boy, Run over by corves in the mine

						5 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1854 Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1864 Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines
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
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
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