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Hartley Colliery
(See also New Hartley Colliery)
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| Location: | New Hartley 9 miles [14 km] NNE of Newcastle |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ301771, 55° 5' 15" N, 1° 31' 42" W |
| Maps: |  1807 map from "The Picture of Newcastle Upon Tyne…", published in 1807 by D. Akenhead |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | 20 Feb 1959 |
| Pits: | Delaval Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ325751 |
| Shaft details for Delaval Pit |
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| Hester Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ311767, sinking: 01 Jan 1845 | |
| Shaft details for Hester Pit |
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| Mill Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ335763, sinking: 16 Oct 1830, closed: Feb 1959 | |
| Shaft details for Mill Pit |
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| Nightingale Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ324753, closed: Feb 1959 | |
| Shaft details for Nightingale Pit |
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| Whin Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ337762, opened: 1754, sinking: Aug 1754 | |
| Shaft details for Whin Pit |
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| Owners: | 1850s - Carr & Co. |
| Output: | 1855 - Coal. |
| 1860 - Coal. | |
| Employment: | 1854 - 0 [Working] |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Hartley Colliery |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
| 1st | Dec | 1761 | Explosion, 5 lives lost (Show Names) | ||
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16th | Jan | 1862 | Miners entombed when engine beam broke and blocked only working shaft, 204 lives lost (Show Names) |
Those entries marked with ,
signify a disaster for which a memorial has been erected or for which we have
images concerning the disaster, alternately their name may be mentioned on a memorial plaque.
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
|  | Ainsley, John, 16 Jan 1862, aged 19, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Alderton, William, 16 Jan 1862, aged 31, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Allan, William, 16 Jan 1862, aged 36, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Amour, James, 16 Jan 1862, aged 43, killed in the 1862 disaster, Buried: St. Albans Churchyard, Earsdon [More information ...] | ||||
| | Amour, Richard, 16 Jan 1862, aged 14, killed in the 1862 disaster, Buried: St. Albans Churchyard, Earsdon [More information ...] | ||||
| | Anderson, William, 16 Jan 1862, aged 17, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| Apedail, John, 01 Jan 1852, aged 16, killed by the wheels of a carriage passing over his body as he was returning home from work | |||||
| | Armstrong, Edward, 16 Jan 1862, aged 12, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Armstrong, John, 16 Jan 1862, aged 10, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Armstrong, John, 16 Jan 1862, aged 36, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Atkinson, Abraham, 16 Jan 1862, aged 20, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Bannan, William, 16 Jan 1862, aged 24, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Bell, Mark, 16 Jan 1862, aged 23, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Bell, Thomas, 16 Jan 1862, aged 23, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Bell, Thomas, 16 Jan 1862, aged 13, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Bennet, John, 16 Jan 1862, aged 25, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Bewick, James, 16 Jan 1862, aged 34, killed in the 1862 disaster, brother of John and Robert, Buried: St. Albans Churchyard, Earsdon [More information ...] | ||||
| | Bewick, John, 16 Jan 1862, aged 32, killed in the 1862 disaster, brother of James and Robert, Buried: St. Albans Churchyard, Earsdon [More information ...] | ||||
| | Bewick, Robert, 16 Jan 1862, aged 30, killed in the 1862 disaster, brother of James and John, Buried: St. Albans Churchyard, Earsdon [More information ...] | ||||
| Bewick/Berrick, John, 24 Nov 1834, aged 40, rope broke whilst descending shaft [More information ...] | |||||
| | Birtley, Samuel, 16 Jan 1862, aged 24, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Blackburn, Samuel, 16 Jan 1862, aged 26, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Broadfoot, John, 16 Jan 1862, aged 19, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Brown, George, 16 Jan 1862, aged 31, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Brown, Ralph, 16 Jan 1862, aged 15, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| Brown, Robert, 14 Aug 1872, aged 25, Hewer, fell down the shaft | |||||
| | Brown, Thomas, 16 Jan 1862, aged 25, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Brown, William, 16 Jan 1862, aged 25, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Burn, John, 16 Jan 1862, aged 52, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Burn, Thomas, 16 Jan 1862, aged 18, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Campbell, James, 16 Jan 1862, aged 28, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Carling, George, 16 Jan 1862, aged 27, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Chambers, Clark, 16 Jan 1862, aged 19, killed in the 1862 disaster, son of Thomas B., Buried: St. Albans Churchyard, Earsdon [More information ...] | ||||
| | Chambers, Thomas B., 16 Jan 1862, aged 55, killed in the 1862 disaster, father of Clark, Buried: St. Albans Churchyard, Earsdon [More information ...] | ||||
| | Cheetham, Alfred, 16 Jan 1862, aged 33, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Clough, Henry, 16 Jan 1862, aged 47, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Coal, Thomas, 16 Jan 1862, aged 37, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Coulson, John, 16 Jan 1862, aged 33, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Coulson, Robert, 16 Jan 1862, aged 26, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Cousins, John, 16 Jan 1862, aged 18, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Cousins, Robert, 16 Jan 1862, aged 12, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Coyle, John, 16 Jan 1862, aged 28, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Cross, Philip, 16 Jan 1862, aged 20, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Cross, Philip, 16 Jan 1862, aged 59, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| Curry, -, 01 Dec 1761, Viewer, killed in the 1761 explosion [More information ...] | |||||
| | Davidson, John, 16 Jan 1862, aged 38, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Davidson, William George, 16 Jan 1862, aged 11, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Dawson, John, 16 Jan 1862, aged 12, killed in the 1862 disaster, son of Thomas, Buried: St. Albans Churchyard, Earsdon [More information ...] | ||||
| | Dawson, Thomas, 16 Jan 1862, aged 49, killed in the 1862 disaster, father of John, father-in-law of Alexander Richardson, Buried: St. Albans Churchyard, Earsdon [More information ...] | ||||
| | Dixon, Robert, 16 Jan 1862, aged 12, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Dixon, William, 16 Jan 1862, aged 34, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Dixon, William, 16 Jan 1862, aged 27, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Douglas, John, 16 Jan 1862, aged 25, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Duffy, James, 16 Jan 1862, aged 10, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Duffy, Patrick, 16 Jan 1862, aged 34, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Elliot, Alison (male), 16 Jan 1862, aged 29, killed in the 1862 disaster, Buried: St. Albans Churchyard, Earsdon [More information ...] | ||||
| | Elliott, Edward, 16 Jan 1862, aged 19, killed in the 1862 disaster, Buried: Netherton Lane Cemetery, Bedlington [More information ...] | ||||
| | Fairbairn, George, 16 Jan 1862, aged 33, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Fairbairn, William, 16 Jan 1862, aged 70, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Ford, Henry, 16 Jan 1862, aged 32, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Ford, John, 16 Jan 1862, aged 27, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Ford, Peter, 16 Jan 1862, aged 12, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Foster, John, 16 Jan 1862, aged 15, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Foster, Joseph, 16 Jan 1862, aged 18, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Fulton, George, 16 Jan 1862, aged 25, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Gallagher, Duncan, 16 Jan 1862, aged 28, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Gallagher, John, 16 Jan 1862, aged 32, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Gibson, Henry, 16 Jan 1862, aged 18, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Gledson, George, 16 Jan 1862, aged 41, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Gledson, Thomas, 16 Jan 1862, aged 36, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Gledson, Thomas, 16 Jan 1862, aged 16, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Gledson, William, 16 Jan 1862, aged 71, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Gledson, William, 16 Jan 1862, aged 43, killed in the 1862 disaster, Buried: St. Albans Churchyard, Earsdon [More information ...] | ||||
| | Gleghorn, Oswald, 16 Jan 1862, aged 24, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Glen, George, 16 Jan 1862, aged 12, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Glen, James, 16 Jan 1862, aged 18, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Glen, William, 16 Jan 1862, aged 14, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Gormerly, Patrick, 16 Jan 1862, aged 25, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Graham, Christopher, 16 Jan 1862, aged 27, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Hall, George, 16 Jan 1862, aged 28, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Hamelton, James, 16 Jan 1862, aged 12, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Hamelton, James, 16 Jan 1862, aged 56, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Hammel, P., 16 Jan 1862, aged 33, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Harding, John, 16 Jan 1862, aged 15, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Harrison, Thomas, 16 Jan 1862, aged 16, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Hauxwell, Frank, 16 Jan 1862, aged 25, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Hays, George, 16 Jan 1862, aged 41, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Hepple, Thomas, 16 Jan 1862, aged 27, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| Herron, Timothy, 19 Jun 1860, aged 52, Hewer, fell down shaft [More information ...] | |||||
| | Hill, George, 16 Jan 1862, aged 31, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Hill, Robert, 16 Jan 1862, aged 21, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Hindmarch, George, 16 Jan 1862, aged 30, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Hodge, John, 16 Jan 1862, aged 33, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Houston, Andrew, 16 Jan 1862, aged 34, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Howard, G., 16 Jan 1862, aged 20, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| Howe, John, 24 Nov 1834, aged 24, rope broke whilst descending shaft [More information ...] | |||||
| | Humble, Joseph, 16 Jan 1862, aged 27, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Hunter, Henry, 16 Jan 1862, aged 13, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Jack, Winship, 16 Jan 1862, aged 24, killed in the 1862 disaster, brother in law of Christopher, Jack and Thomas Wanless, Buried: St. Albans Churchyard, Earsdon [More information ...] | ||||
| | Johnson, Josiah, 16 Jan 1862, aged 44, killed in the 1862 disaster, Buried: St. Albans Churchyard, Earsdon [More information ...] | ||||
| | Johnson, Robert, 16 Jan 1862, aged 42, killed in the 1862 disaster, Buried: St. Albans Churchyard, Earsdon [More information ...] | ||||
| | Kennedy, William, 16 Jan 1862, aged 30, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Laws, George, 16 Jan 1862, aged 23, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Laws, Thomas, 16 Jan 1862, aged 33, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Liddle, George, 16 Jan 1862, aged 16, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Liddle, James, 16 Jan 1862, aged 15, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Liddle, John, 16 Jan 1862, aged 16, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Liddle, John, 16 Jan 1862, aged 11, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Liddle, Thomas, 16 Jan 1862, aged 18, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Liddle, Thomas, 16 Jan 1862, aged 41, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Liddle, Thomas, 16 Jan 1862, aged 18, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Liddle, William, 16 Jan 1862, aged 40, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Liddle, William, 16 Jan 1862, aged 17, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Long, John, 16 Jan 1862, aged 15, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Long, Robert, 16 Jan 1862, aged 17, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Louce, W., 16 Jan 1862, aged 30, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | MacAuley, Thomas, 16 Jan 1862, aged 38, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | MacFarlane, William, 16 Jan 1862, aged 15, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Manderson, Peter, 16 Jan 1862, aged 52, killed in the 1862 disaster, Buried: St. Nicholas, Cramlington [More information ...] | ||||
| Martin, Thomas, 24 Nov 1834, aged 46, rope broke whilst descending shaft, Buried: St. Albans Churchyard, Earsdon [More information ...] | |||||
| | Mason, Hugh, 16 Jan 1862, aged 24, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | McClutchey, Richard, 16 Jan 1862, aged 24, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | McCrachen, William, 16 Jan 1862, aged 24, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | McKee, Adam, 16 Jan 1862, aged 24, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | McKee, John, 16 Jan 1862, aged 55, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | McMullon, Robert, 16 Jan 1862, aged 27, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Miller, Walter, 16 Jan 1862, aged 43, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Miller, William, 16 Jan 1862, aged 34, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| Moorhead, Thomas, 23 Feb 1880, aged 70, Labourer, head crushed by engine | |||||
| | Morgan, Andrew, 16 Jan 1862, aged 44, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Mullon, John, 16 Jan 1862, aged 36, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Murley, R., 16 Jan 1862, aged 23, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Murray, Michael, 16 Jan 1862, aged 26, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Nesbit, Peter, 16 Jan 1862, aged 20, killed in the 1862 disaster, Buried: St. Nicholas, Cramlington [More information ...] | ||||
| | Nicholson, John, 16 Jan 1862, aged 14, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Nicholson, Joseph, 16 Jan 1862, aged 21, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Nicholson, Joshua, 16 Jan 1862, aged 53, killed in the 1862 disaster, Buried: buried at St. Albans Churchyard, Earsdon but mentioned on headstone in Cowpen Cemetery [More information ...] | ||||
| | North, Alexander, 16 Jan 1862, aged 12, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | North, George, 16 Jan 1862, aged 10, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | North, John, 16 Jan 1862, aged 14, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | North, Robert, 16 Jan 1862, aged 26, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Oliver, James, 16 Jan 1862, aged 21, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Oliver, John, 16 Jan 1862, aged 27, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Oliver, Peter, 16 Jan 1862, aged 15, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Oliver, William, 16 Jan 1862, aged 56, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Oliver, William, 16 Jan 1862, aged 17, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Ormston, John, 16 Jan 1862, aged 32, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Palmer, William, 16 Jan 1862, aged 35, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Pape, William, 16 Jan 1862, aged 14, killed in the 1862 disaster, Buried: St. Albans Churchyard, Earsdon [More information ...] | ||||
| | Pearson, Thomas, 16 Jan 1862, aged 28, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Randall, Robert, 16 Jan 1862, aged 33, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Redpath, William, 16 Jan 1862, aged 24, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Richardson, Alexander, 16 Jan 1862, aged 22, killed in the 1862 disaster, son-in-law of Thomas Dawson, Buried: St. Albans Churchyard, Earsdon [More information ...] | ||||
| | Riley, Hugh, 16 Jan 1862, aged 30, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Robinson, Mathew, 16 Jan 1862, aged 30, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Robinson, Thomas, 16 Jan 1862, aged 42, killed in the 1862 disaster, Buried: St. Albans Churchyard, Earsdon [More information ...] | ||||
| | Robson, James, 16 Jan 1862, aged 12, killed in the 1862 disaster, Buried: Cowpen Cemetery [More information ...] | ||||
| | Robson, Ralph, 16 Jan 1862, aged 36, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Ross, Thomas, 16 Jan 1862, aged 46, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Rowley, Edward, 16 Jan 1862, aged 33, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Rutherford, John, 16 Jan 1862, aged 25, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Rutherford, Thomas, 16 Jan 1862, aged 32, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Rutherford, William, 16 Jan 1862, aged 23, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Scurfield, George, 16 Jan 1862, aged 52, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Sebastian, Thomas, 16 Jan 1862, aged 19, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Sharp, George, 16 Jan 1862, aged 49, killed in the 1862 disaster, father of Johnson and George, Buried: St. Albans Churchyard, Earsdon [More information ...] | ||||
| | Sharp, George, 16 Jan 1862, aged 15, killed in the 1862 disaster, son of George and brother of Johnson, Buried: St. Albans Churchyard, Earsdon [More information ...] | ||||
| | Sharp, Henry, 16 Jan 1862, aged 44, killed in the 1862 disaster, brother of Thomas C., Buried: St. Albans Churchyard, Earsdon [More information ...] | ||||
| | Sharp, Johnson, 16 Jan 1862, aged 13, killed in the 1862 disaster, son of George and brother of George, Buried: St. Albans Churchyard, Earsdon [More information ...] | ||||
| | Sharp, Thomas C., 16 Jan 1862, aged 48, killed in the 1862 disaster, brother of Henry, Buried: St. Albans Churchyard, Earsdon [More information ...] | ||||
| | Sherlock, Patrick, 16 Jan 1862, aged 28, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Skinner, George, 16 Jan 1862, aged 14, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Small, Robert, 16 Jan 1862, aged 19, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Smith, Francis, 16 Jan 1862, aged 33, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Smith, William, 16 Jan 1862, aged 19, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Softley, Edward, 16 Jan 1862, aged 17, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Stainsby, Lionel, 16 Jan 1862, aged 23, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Stanley, William, 16 Jan 1862, aged 34, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| Taylor, James, 18 Jun 1840, boiler explosion [More information ...] | |||||
| Taylor, John, 16 Aug 1880, aged 25, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone | |||||
| | Taylor, Joseph, 16 Jan 1862, aged 38, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Telford, William, 16 Jan 1862, aged 24, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Ternent, George, 16 Jan 1862, aged 15, killed in the 1862 disaster, Buried: St. Albans Churchyard, Earsdon [More information ...] | ||||
| | Ternent, John, 16 Jan 1862, aged 44, killed in the 1862 disaster, Buried: St. Albans Churchyard, Earsdon [More information ...] | ||||
| | Ternent, William, 16 Jan 1862, aged 40, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Terney, James, 16 Jan 1862, aged 14, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Thirlwell, George, 16 Jan 1862, aged 27, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Tibbs, William, 16 Jan 1862, aged 32, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Tryer, James, 16 Jan 1862, aged 33, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Veitch, John, 16 Jan 1862, aged 21, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Wade, George, 16 Jan 1862, aged 31, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Walker, Benjamin, 16 Jan 1862, aged 21, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Walker, James, 16 Jan 1862, aged 16, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Walker, William, 16 Jan 1862, aged 12, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Walpool, Patrick, 16 Jan 1862, aged 30, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Wanless, Christopher, 16 Jan 1862, aged 20, killed in the 1862 disaster, brother of John and Thomas, brother in law of Wanless Jack, Buried: St. Albans Churchyard, Earsdon [More information ...] | ||||
| | Wanless, John, 16 Jan 1862, aged 15, killed in the 1862 disaster, brother of Christopher and Thomas, brother in law of Wanless Jack, Buried: St. Albans Churchyard, Earsdon [More information ...] | ||||
| | Wanless, Thomas, 16 Jan 1862, aged 19, killed in the 1862 disaster, brother of Christopher and John, brother in law of Wanless Jack, Buried: St. Albans Churchyard, Earsdon [More information ...] | ||||
| | Watson, James, 16 Jan 1862, aged 38, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Watson, John, 16 Jan 1862, aged 39, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Watson, Joseph, 16 Jan 1862, aged 16, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Watson, T., 16 Jan 1862, aged 30, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Watson, T., 16 Jan 1862, aged 31, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Weirs, Robert, 16 Jan 1862, aged 20, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Weirs, Thomas, 16 Jan 1862, aged 40, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | White, William, 16 Jan 1862, aged 16, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Wilkinson, John B., 16 Jan 1862, aged 23, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Wilson, George, 16 Jan 1862, aged 16, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Wilson, George, 16 Jan 1862, aged 38, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| Wilson, John, 18 Jun 1840, boiler explosion [More information ...] | |||||
| | Wilson, William, 16 Jan 1862, aged 12, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| Witty, William, 24 Nov 1834, rope broke whilst descending shaft [More information ...] | |||||
| | Wypher, David, 16 Jan 1862, aged 24, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Youll, John, 16 Jan 1862, aged 28, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Young, John, 16 Jan 1862, aged 25, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
| | Younger, Henry, 16 Jan 1862, aged 33, killed in the 1862 disaster [More information ...] | ||||
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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 ,
were killed in a disaster for which a memorial has been erected or for which we have
images concerning the disaster, alternately their name may be mentioned on a memorial plaque.
Click on the symbol
next to the name to see the appropriate web page for the memorial.
Those names marked with ,
have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may
also include a photograph of the deceased.
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next to the name to see the web page.
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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| 06 Aug 1855 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | crab ran amain |
| 21 Dec 1857 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | fall of coal |
| 15 Jul 1861 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | fall of stone |
| 17 Jan 1862 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 5 | killed in shaft |
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a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Hartley Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Hartley Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1854 List of mines by T. Y. Hall, published in Vol II (1853-4) of the Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining Engineers
- 1872 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 840), Northumberland, North Durham, and Cumberland District by George William Southern, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1880 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2903) Where to find this report
- 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
- Contributions by members of the Public
- Headstone(s) in Bedlington Cemetery
- Headstone(s) in Cowpen cemetery
- Headstone(s) in St. Alban's Churchyard, Earsdon
- Headstone(s) in St. Nicholas Churchyard, Cramlington
- Local Records or Historical Register of Remarkable Events by John Sykes, published in 1833 in two volumes
- Mineral Statistics for 1855 (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 1860 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
- Pigot & Co.'s Commercial Directory of Durham, Northumberland and Yorkshire. Published in 1834
Pictures:
- Views of the Collieries in the Counties of Northumberland and Durham by T. H. Hair. First published in 1844.
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Related Links:
| On this site | |
| | Text of a pitman's bond for Hartley Colliery in 1770 in our Archives section |
| | Reminiscences of a Survivor of the 1862 disaster |
| | Newspaper articles |
| | Article from Colliery Engineering (March 1932) regarding the Collieries owned by Hartley Main Collieries Limited |
| | Article from Colliery Engineering (April 1932) regarding the Collieries owned by Hartley Main Collieries Limited |
| | Images in the Memorial section for the 1862 disaster where 204 lives were lost |
| | Names of those killed in the 1761 disaster |
| | Names of those killed in the 1862 disaster |
| External sites | |
 | Ian Winstanley of the Coal Mining History Research Centre has a section for Old Mining Prints. The illustrations of 1862 disaster are included in the list of prints available. |
Further Reading:
- Explosions in Coal Mines by W. N. & J. B. Atkinson, published in 1886
- Collieries of Northumberland (Volume 2), James T. Tuck, TUPS Ltd., ISBN 1-871518-12-1
- The Hartley Colliery Disaster by John E. McCutcheon
- Northumberland & Cumberland Mining Disasters by Maureen Anderson, Published by Wharncliffe Books, 2009, ISBN 1-845630-81-5
- Great Pit Disasters, 1700 to present day by Helen and Baron Duckham, Published by David & Charles, 1973
Further Research:
Research Notes for Hartley Colliery
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