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Hepscott Colliery

Location:

Hepscott, nr. Morpeth
12½ miles [20 km] NNW of Newcastle

Map Ref:

(Sheet 81) NZ238838, 55° 8' 55" N, 1° 37' 32" W

Maps:

1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey

Opened:

Closed:

Pits:

Isabella Pit, locn: (Sheet 81) NZ220834

Shaft details for Isabella Pit

Owners:

1890s - Hepscott Coal Co.

Output:

1894 - Coal: Household.

1896 - Coal: Household.

1900 - Coal: Household. Fireclay.

1902 - Coal: Household.

1905 - Coal: Household.

1921 - Coal.

1923 - Coal: Household, Steam.

1924 - Coal: Household, Steam.

1925 - Coal: Household, Steam.

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1894	13	10	3
1896	14	12	2
1900	48	45	3
1902	145	123	22
1905	127	108	19
1921	25	22	3
1923	19	17	2
1924	15	13	2
1925	Closed

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

Seams Worked:

1905 - Barmoor, No. 1 and No. 2 (Local)

1921 - Barmoor

1923 - Little San, Splint

1924 - Little, Splint

1925 - Little, Splint [Closed]

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Hepscott 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!

						Nicol, Robert, 18 Dec 1908, aged 27, Pumpman, caught by spur gearing of hauling engine

						1 name 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.

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Hepscott Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Hepscott Colliery

Credits

Sources:

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
1908 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4672), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910
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