	Holly Moor Colliery	Index	Holly Moor Colliery

Holly Moor Colliery

Location:	Cockfield 15 miles [24 km] SW of Durham
Map Ref:	(Sheet 92) NZ115246, 54° 36' 59" N, 1° 49' 19" W
Opened:
Closed:	29 May 1929
Owners:	1910s - Summersons Ltd.
Output:	1915 - Coal.
	1921 - Coal.
	1923 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam.
	1924 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1925 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1927 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1927 - Coal: Steam.
	1929 - Coal: Household, Steam.
Employment:	1915 - 35 (29 below, 6 surface)
	1921 - 30 (25 below, 5 surface)
	1923 - 34 (27 below, 7 surface)
	1924 - 33 (24 below, 9 surface)
	1925 - 30 (21 below, 9 surface)
	1927 - 14 (7 below, 7 surface) [Closed 8/27]
	1927 - 0 [Abandoned 1927]
	1929 - 8 (6 below, 2 surface) [Abandoned 31/3/29]
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Seams Worked:	1915 - Five Quarter (Busty), Main Coal (Brockwell)
	1921 - Five Quarter (Busty), Main Coal (Brockwell)
	1923 - Five Quarter (Busty), Main Coal (Brockwell)
	1924 - Five Quarter, Main Coal
	1925 - Five Quarter, Main
	1927 - Main [Closed 8/27]
	1927 - Five Quarter [Abandoned 1927]
	1929 - Five Quarter, Main [Abandoned 31/3/29]
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Holly Moor Colliery
Notes:	1929, 29 May - Five Quarter, Main seams abandoned

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!

						Teesdale, Joseph Bertie, 02 Jan 1912, aged 19, Onsetter and Putter, he deceased was a putter and also acted as onsetter at an inset in a shaft six fathoms from the surface; he was killed by falling down the shaft [More information ...]

						1 name found

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Credits

Sources:

1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), Durham District (No. 3) by A. D. Nicholson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1919 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1924 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1927 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1929 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department