	Harperley Colliery	Index	Harperley Colliery

Harperley Colliery

Location:

Crook
9 miles [14 km] WSW of Durham

Map Ref:

(Sheet 92) NZ142364, 54° 43' 20" N, 1° 46' 46" W

Maps:

1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide

1949 map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey

Opened:

Closed:

Owners:

1760s - Lady Windsor & John Simpson

1880s - John Shaw

1890's - Thomas Dowling

1890s - Hall & Finley

1900s - Harperley Colliery Co.

1910s - Harperley Collieries Co. Ltd.

1920's - Woodifield Coal Co. Ltd.

1920s - New Harperley Collieries Co. Ltd.

1930 - Hird & Co.

Output:

1888 - Coal.

1894 - Coal: Manufacturing.

1896 - Coal: Manufacturing.

1900 - Coal: Manufacturing.

1902 - Coal: Manufacturing.

1905 - Coal: Manufacturing.

1910 - Coal: Manufacturing.

1915 - Coal: Manufacturing. Fireclay.

1921 - Coal: Manufacturing.

1923 - Coal: Steam.

1924 - Coal: Steam.

1925 - Coal: Steam.

1927 - Coal: Steam.

1929 - Main Coal Drift - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam.

1930 - Main Coal Drift - Coal: Coking, Household.

Employment:

Year	Pit	Total	Below	Above
1894		15	13	2
1896		39	25	14
1900		34	34
1902		32	27	5
1902		inc. Francis
1905		30	24	6
1910		33	28	5
1915		20	17	3
1921		141	124	17
1923		37	35	2
1924		48	45	3
1925		Closed 05/24
1927		4	3	1
1927		Abandoned 28/11/27
1929	Main Coal Drift	7	5	2
1930	Main Coal Drift	7	4	3

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

Seams Worked:

1905 - Five Quarter, Main Coal

1910 - Five Quarter, Main Coal

1915 - Fireclay Seam, Five Quarter, Main Coal

1921 - Fireclay, Five Quarter, Main Coal, Marshall Green

1923 - Marshall Green

1924 - Marshall Green

1925 - Marshall Green [Closed 05/24]

1927 - Marshall Green [Abandoned 28/11/27]

1929 - Main Coal Drift - Brockwell

1930 - Main Coal Drift - Main (or Brockwell)

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Harperley Colliery

Notes:

1901 - Hutton or Yard seam abandoned - coal exhausted

1932, 15 Jun - Main or Brockwell seam abandoned

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.

Names of those killed at this colliery

No names found.

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Harperley Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Harperley Colliery

Credits

Sources:

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
1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
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
1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
Industrial Locomotives of Durham by The Industrial Railway Society, compiled by Colin E. Mountford and L. G. Charlton, published in 1977