	Hareshaw Head Colliery	Index	Hareshaw Head Colliery

Hareshaw Head Colliery

Location:	Bellingham 16 miles [26 km] NNW of Hexham
Map Ref:	(Sheet 80) NY848885, 55° 11' 26" N, 2° 14' 20" W
Opened:
Closed:	1951
Pits:	No. 1 Pit, locn: (Sheet 80) NY846838, opened: 1844, sinking: 30 Dec 1844
	Percy Pit, locn: (Sheet 80) NY845876, opened: 1841, sinking: 26 Aug 1841
	Upper Hall Pit, locn: (Sheet 80) NY842836, opened: 1846, sinking: 24 Feb 1846
Owners:	1850s - Joseph Armstrong
	1880s - J. & B. Armstrong
	1910s - J. & E. M. Armstrong
	1940s - J. Armstrong & Son
Output:	1860 - Coal.
	1865 - Coal.
	1882 - Coal.
	1883 - Coal, Landsale.
	1888 - Coal (Landsale).
	1890 - Coal (Landsale).
	1894 - Coal: Household.
	1896 - Coal: Household.
	1900 - Coal: Household.
	1902 - Coal: Household.
	1905 - Coal: Household.
	1910 - Coal: Household.
	1921 - Coal: Household.
	1925 - Coal: Household.
	1930 - Coal: Household.
	1935 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1940 - Coal: Household, Steam. (6,000 tons)
	1948 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1949 - Coal: Household.
	1950 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1951 - Coal: Household.
	1952 - Coal: Household.
Employment:	1894 - 11 (8 below, 3 surface)
	1896 - 11 (8 below, 3 surface)
	1900 - 11 (9 below, 2 surface)
	1902 - 12 (10 below, 2 surface)
	1905 - 15 (13 below, 2 surface)
	1910 - 20 (16 below, 4 surface)
	1915 - 22 (15 below, 7 surface)
	1921 - 24 (18 below, 6 surface)
	1925 - 30 (23 below, 7 surface)
	1930 - 29 (24 below, 5 surface)
	1935 - 28 (23 below, 5 surface)
	1940 - 30 (28 below, 2 surface)
	1945 - 25 (20 below, 5 surface)
	1948 - 24 (19 below, 5 surface)
	1949 - 20 (17 below, 3 surface)
	1950 - 17 (14 below, 3 surface)
	1951 - 20 (17 below, 3 surface)
	1952 - 20 (17 below, 3 surface)
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Limestone Coal
	1910 - Limestone Coal
	1915 - Limestone Coal
	1921 - Limestone Coal
	1925 - Hareshaw Head
	1930 - Hareshaw Head
	1935 - Hareshaw Head
	1940 - Hareshaw Head
	1948 - Hareshaw
	1949 - Hareshaw Head
	1950 - Hareshaw
	1951 - Hareshaw Head
	1952 - Hareshaw Head
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Hareshaw Head Colliery

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!

						Riddell, Henry, 08 Apr 1848, aged 32, killed by a fall of coal

						1 name found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Hareshaw Head Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Hareshaw Head Colliery

Credits

Sources:

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
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
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
1948 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1949 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1951 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1952 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
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 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works