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Kirkheaton Colliery
(See also Kirkheaton Drift)
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| Location: | Belsay 10½ miles [16 km] NE of Hexham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 87, OL42) NZ041769, 55° 5' 11" N, 1° 56' 9" W |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | 1924 |
| Pits: |  Shaft details for Kirkheaton Colliery |
| Owners: | 1860s - Grace & Tone |
| 1890s - Kirkheaton Colliery Co. | |
| Output: | 1882 - Coal (Landsale). |
| 1883 - Coal, Landsale. | |
| 1888 - Coal (Landsale). | |
| 1890 - Coal (Landsale). | |
| 1894 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1896 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1902 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1910 - Fireclay. | |
| 1915 - Coal: Household. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 17 (12 below, 5 surface) |
| 1896 - 16 (11 below, 5 surface) | |
| 1900 - 13 (8 below, 5 surface) | |
| 1902 - 15 (10 below, 5 surface) | |
| 1905 - 15 (11 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1910 - 19 (15 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1915 - 14 (10 below, 4 surface) | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Bog Hall (Limestone Coal) |
| 1910 - Bog Hall (Limestone Coal) | |
| 1915 - Bog Hall (Limestone Coal) |
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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
No names found.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Kirkheaton Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Kirkheaton Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
- 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
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- Mineral Statistics for 1869 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
- Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works
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Further Research:
Research Notes for Kirkheaton Colliery
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