	Gregory Spring Colliery	Index	Gregory Spring Colliery

Gregory Spring Colliery

Location:	8 miles [13 km] WSW of Wakefield
Map Ref:	(Sheet 110 Sheffield and Huddersfield) SE206178, 53° 39' 22" N, 1° 41' 18" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	William and J. Cardwell Ltd.
	Elliott's Collieries Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1947 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. (37,000 tons)
	1954 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam.
Employment:	1923 - 19 (16 below, 3 surface)
	1933 - 73 (64 below, 9 surface)
	1937 - 99 (90 below, 9 surface)
	1940 - 157 (118 below, 39 surface)
	1947 - 146 (118 below, 28 surface)
	1954 - 106 (88 below, 18 surface)
Seams Worked:	1954 - Black Bed
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!

						Barker, John, 24 Dec 1880, Deputy, Fall of roof
						Ellam, J. W., 15 Dec 1880, aged 21, Collier, Fall of roof [More information ...]
						Hallas, Robert, 24 Apr 1865, Fall of roof in mine
						Laycock, George, 01 Oct 1867, aged 21, Collier, Explosion of gas
						Lockwood, J., 19 Nov 1875, aged 51, Collier, Fall of roof
						Rhodes, John, 15 Jan 1859, Bottom Steward, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Unknown, -, 19 Dec 1870, Collier, Explosion of gas
						Walker, John, 15 Dec 1880, aged 24, Collier, Fall of roof [More information ...]

						8 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1859 Mines Inspectors Report, Yorkshire District by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), Yorkshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
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
1937 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
1940 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
1947 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
1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website