	Ingleton Colliery	Index	Ingleton Colliery

Ingleton Colliery

Location:	Ingleton 17½ miles [28 km] SE of Kendal
Map Ref:	(Sheet 98 Wensleydale and Upper Wharfedale) SD693714, 54° 8' 14" N, 2° 28' 12" W
Opened:
Closed:
Output:	1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
Employment:	1896 - 36 (19 below, 17 surface)

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!

						Barker, John, 22 Feb 1856, killed by a fall of roof
						Farrer, R., 24 Sep 1873, Labourer, brick pillar fell on him, on surface
						Hobson, James, 28 Nov 1838, aged 62, Carter, crushed by frame of shaft sinking rig
						Hodson, John, 07 Jun 1878, aged 33, Drifter, suffocated by carbonic acid gas
						Robinson, Thomas, 21 Nov 1874, aged 41, Collier, killed by a fall of roof
						Singleton, Thomas, 24 Sep 1865, killed by a fall of roof

						6 names found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Ingleton Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Ingleton Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1056), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd