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Killingworth Colliery
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| Location: | Killingworth 5 miles [8 km] NNE of Newcastle |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ286707, 55° 1' 48" N, 1° 33' 9" W |
| Maps: |  1807 map from "The Picture of Newcastle Upon Tyne…", published in 1807 by D. Akenhead |
| 1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
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| Opened: | bef. 1806 |
| Closed: | |
| Pits: | Engine/A Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ272705 |
| Shaft details for Engine/A Pit |
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| Owners: | 1850s - John Bowes & Co. (Messrs. Bowes, Hutt, Wood, & Charles M. Palmer) |
| 1860s - John Thwaites | |
| 1880s - John Bowes & Partners Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1855 - Coal. |
| 1860 - Coal. | |
| 1865 - Coal. | |
| 1882 - Coal (Landsale). | |
| 1883 - Coal. | |
| 1905 - Lizzie - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1910 - Lizzie - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1854 - 0 [Working] |
| 1883 - 0 [Closed] | |
| 1900 - Lizzie - 15 | |
| 1902 - Lizzie - 41 (26 below, 15 surface) [Sinking] | |
| 1905 - Lizzie - 0 [Inc. in Burradon] | |
| 1910 - Lizzie - 0 [inc. in Burradon] | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Lizzie - Bensham, High Main, Yard [Inc. in Burradon] |
| 1910 - Lizzie - Bensham, High Main, Yard | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Killingworth Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1876 - High Main, Yard, Bensham, Low Main seams abandoned |
1884 - Abandoned |
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1934 - High Main seam abandoned |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
| 28th | Mar | 1806 | Explosion, 10 lives lost (Show Names) | ||
| 14th | Sep | 1809 | Explosion, 12 lives lost (Show Names) |
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Brown, -, 06 Aug 1862, aged 13, fell in front of some waggons, which then passed over him | |||||
| Brown, James, 28 Mar 1806, aged 22, killed in the 1806 explosion, son of Thomas Brown and Ann his wife late Young, Buried: 29 Aug 1806 (Longbenton Parish Records) [More information ...] | |||||
| Brown, William, 28 Mar 1806, aged 37, Pitman, killed in the 1806 explosion, Buried: 29 Aug 1806 (Longbenton Parish Records) [More information ...] | |||||
| Burrel, John, 14 Sep 1809, aged 27, killed in the 1809 explosion, Buried: 16 Aug 1809 (Longbenton Parish Records) [More information ...] | |||||
| Campbell, John, 14 Apr 1877, aged 34, Hewer, a piece of following stone fell off against his pick, forcing it into his left side, cutting an artery and causing him to bleed to death | |||||
| Carr, Peter, 07 May 1869, aged 13, Driver, killed by a fall of stone [More information ...] | |||||
| Coe, James, 11 Apr 1853, aged 17 [More information ...] | |||||
| Cook, James, 14 Sep 1809, aged 18, killed in the 1809 explosion, Buried: 16 Aug 1809 (Longbenton Parish Records) [More information ...] | |||||
| Currie, Thomas, 05 May 1864, aged 80, Back Wasteman, killed on engine plane | |||||
| Curry, Robert, 28 Mar 1806, aged 60, killed in the 1806 explosion, Buried: 17 Jul 1806 (Longbenton Parish Records) [More information ...] | |||||
| Davison, James, 14 Sep 1809, aged 23, killed in the 1809 explosion, Buried: 15 Aug 1809 (Longbenton Parish Records) [More information ...] | |||||
| Dixon, Joseph, 13 Jan 1874, aged 24, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone | |||||
| Gildroy, George, 14 Sep 1809, aged 39, killed in the 1809 explosion, Buried: 16 Aug 1809 (Longbenton Parish Records) [More information ...] | |||||
| Gildroy, John, 14 Sep 1809, aged 42, killed in the 1809 explosion, Buried: 16 Aug 1809 (Longbenton Parish Records) [More information ...] | |||||
|  | Green, George, 11 Nov 1815, (accident: 10 Nov 1815), Miner, a fire took place at Killingworth Colliery this morning when Wheeler a stout lad was killed Green a hewer was so severely contused and burnt that he died next day another person was also severely burnt (NEIMME Ref: Bud-30-p29) [More information ...] | ||||
| Greenfield, Thomas, 31 Aug 1836, aged 26, as he was descending the chain broke and he fell 180 fathoms, Buried: St. Bartholomew, Longbenton on 04 Mar 1860 {NBI} | |||||
| Hall, Robert, 14 Sep 1809, aged 34, killed in the 1809 explosion, Buried: 15 Aug 1809 (Longbenton Parish Records) [More information ...] | |||||
| Harding, William, 11 Apr 1853, aged 18 [More information ...] | |||||
| Hay, George, 16 Apr 1853, aged 42, killed by a fall of stone | |||||
| Henderson, Robert, 28 Dec 1850, killed by a fall of stone | |||||
| Jobbs, James, 28 Mar 1806, aged 56, killed in the 1806 explosion, Buried: 09 Jul 1806 (Longbenton Parish Records) [More information ...] | |||||
| Mason, John, 14 Sep 1809, aged 50, killed in the 1809 explosion, Buried: 15 Aug 1809 (Longbenton Parish Records) [More information ...] | |||||
| Mather, -, 12 Feb 1862, aged 15, Driver, he had been riding on the shafts, and allowed his feet to slide along the plates of the way, till his feet came in contact with one of the crossings, by which he was drawn off and instantaneously killed by the rolleys passing over his body | |||||
| Miller, Batholomew, 09 Aug 1862, killed by a fall of stone | |||||
| Mood, William, 28 Mar 1806, aged 44, Pitman, killed in the 1806 explosion, Buried: 23 Jul 1806 (Longbenton Parish Records) [More information ...] | |||||
| Mordew, George, 21 Oct 1870, (accident: 15 Oct 1870), aged 67, Shifter, explosion of powder | |||||
| Morpeth, John, 09 Oct 1871, aged 56, Shifter, killed by a fall of stone and coal | |||||
| Morpeth, Nicholas, 13 May 1850, aged 42, fall of coal and stone | |||||
| Nicholl, H., 1901, [approximate date] | |||||
| Orton, John, 06 Apr 1882, (accident: 05 Apr 1882), aged 61, Shifter, exhaustion caused by inhaling noxious gases [More information ...] | |||||
| Reid, William, 28 Mar 1806, aged 37, killed in the 1806 explosion, Buried: 19 Jul 1806 (Longbenton Parish Records) [More information ...] | |||||
| Scott, William, 14 Sep 1809, aged 31, killed in the 1809 explosion, Buried: 16 Aug 1809 (Longbenton Parish Records) [More information ...] | |||||
| Stewart, Moses, 14 Sep 1809, aged 32, killed in the 1809 explosion, Buried: 15 Aug 1809 (Longbenton Parish Records) [More information ...] | |||||
| Taylor, William, 28 Mar 1806, aged 40, Pitman, killed in the 1806 explosion, Buried: 23 Jul 1806 (Longbenton Parish Records) [More information ...] | |||||
| Wales, Edward, 28 Mar 1806, aged 22, killed in the 1806 explosion, son of Edward Wales and Margaret his wife late Golightly, Buried: 29 Aug 1806 (Longbenton Parish Records) [More information ...] | |||||
| | Wheeler, -, 10 Nov 1815, Miner, a fire took place at Killingworth Colliery this morning when Wheeler a stout lad was killed Green a hewer was so severely contused and burnt that he died next day another person was also severely burnt (NEIMME Ref: Bud-30-p29) [More information ...] | ||||
| Wheeler, Robert, 14 Sep 1809, aged 18, killed in the 1809 explosion, Buried: 15 Aug 1809 (Longbenton Parish Records) [More information ...] | |||||
| White, Thomas, 07 May 1869, aged 84, Wasteman, killed by a fall of stone [More information ...] | |||||
| 38 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.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web page have been kindly provided by the
researchers at
North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (N.E.I.M.M.E.)
and are marked with 
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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 | Tub |
| 03 Oct 1851 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| 13 Dec 1852 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | Fell down the pit |
| 31 Aug 1854 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | cage in shaft |
| 06 Sep 1854 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | cage in shaft |
| 10 Nov 1854 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| 11 Nov 1854 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | killed by rollies |
| 21 Nov 1856 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | by railway |
| 16 Mar 1857 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | per coal waggons |
| 06 Jul 1857 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | crush of tubs |
| 11 Aug 1859 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | fall of stone |
| 27 May 1861 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | coal waggons |
| 13 Jun 1861 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | fall of stone |
| 22 Jul 1861 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | plane of water tub |
| 27 Nov 1861 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | waggon-way |
| 12 Aug 1862 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | incline underground |
| 18 Dec 1862 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | waggon way |
| 27 Dec 1862 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | Deputy, fall of stone |
| 27 Jun 1863 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | above ground railway |
| 30 Mar 1865 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | crush of tubs |
| 21 Apr 1865 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | fall of stone |
| 12 Sep 1865 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | railway, run over by engine |
| 09 Nov 1865 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | waggonway, run over |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Killingworth Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Killingworth Colliery
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Gallery Images:
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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
- 1869 Mines Inspectors Report (C 124), Northumberland, North Durham and Cumberland District by George William Southern, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1870 Mines Inspectors Report (C 456) Where to find this report
- 1871 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 653), Northumberland, North Durham, and Cumberland District by George William Southern, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1874 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1216) Where to find this report
- 1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 2003), Newcastle District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
- 1882 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3621) Where to find this report
- 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
- 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
- Contributions by members of the Public
- Headstone(s) in St. Bartholomew's Churchyard, Longbenton
- Mineral Statistics for 1855 (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 1860 (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 1865 (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
- National Burial Index published by The Federation of Family History Societies & Associates
- Parish Records
- Pigot & Co.'s Commercial Directory of Durham, Northumberland and Yorkshire. Published in 1834
- Researchers at North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (N.E.I.M.M.E.)
Pictures:
- Colliery picture provided by David Kitching from the John Ryan Collection (©)
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Related Links:
| On this site | |
| | Newspaper articles |
| | Evidence given to the 1842 Children's Employment Commission |
| | Pictures in the Gallery section for Killingworth Colliery |
| | Names of those killed in the 1806 disaster |
| | Names of those killed in the 1809 disaster |
Further Reading:
- Northumberland & Cumberland Mining Disasters by Maureen Anderson, Published by Wharncliffe Books, 2009, ISBN 1-845630-81-5
- Explosions in Coal Mines by W. N. & J. B. Atkinson, published in 1886
Further Research:
Research Notes for Killingworth Colliery
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