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Heaton Colliery
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| Location: | Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 1½ miles [3 km] NNE of Newcastle |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ264662, 54° 59' 24" N, 1° 35' 12" W |
| Maps: |  1807 map from "The Picture of Newcastle Upon Tyne…", published in 1807 by D. Akenhead |
| Opened: | 1736 |
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| Pits: | C Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ274661, opened: 1805, sinking: 1805 |
| E Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ266668, opened: 1801, sinking: Jan 1801 | |
| Shaft details for E Pit |
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| Fortune Pit, sinking: 1736 | |
| Shaft details for Fortune Pit |
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| Owners: | 1820s - James Potts |
| 1850s - Dalton & Co. | |
| Employment: | 1854 - 0 [Working] |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Heaton Colliery |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None Found
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Cross, John Stokoe, 29 Nov 1850, aged 12, killed by a fall of stone | |||||
| Jobling, -, 30 Jul 1861, aged 11, [Not employed], killed by an explosion of gas in a old shaft | |||||
| Laws, Thomas, 14 Oct 1859, killed in the shaft | |||||
| 3 names found | ||||||
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 ,
have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may
also include a photograph of the deceased.
Click on the symbol
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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| 05 May 1851 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | Rollies |
| 02 Feb 1853 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | falling into pond |
| 28 Jul 1856 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | fall of stone |
| 30 Jun 1857 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | fall of stone |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Heaton Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Heaton 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
- 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
- Pigot & Co.'s Trade Directory of Northumberland. Published in 1822
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Related Links:
| On this site | |
| | Newspaper articles |
| | Evidence given to the 1842 Children's Employment Commission |
Further Research:
Research Notes for Heaton Colliery
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