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Kirkleatham (Ironstone)
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| Location: | Redcar 8½ miles [13 km] E of Middlesbrough |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 94) NZ607184, 54° 33' 25" N, 1° 3' 41" W |
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| Owners: | 1870s - Edward Robinson & Co. |
| 1880s - Walker, Maynard & Co. | |
| Output: | 1873 - Ironstone. |
| 1882 - Ironstone. | |
| 1883 - Ironstone. | |
| 1884 - Ironstone. | |
| Employment: | 1883 - 83 |
 Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Kirkleatham (Ironstone) |
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| Notes: | 1886 - Cleveland Main seam abandoned - Minerals worked out. |
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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
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Best, Thomas, 08 Jan 1874, aged 15, Stoker, run over by empty tubs, Buried: Kirkleatham, St Cuthbert on 19 Jan 1874 {NBI} | |||||
| Hayes, John, 24 Oct 1877, aged 20, Driver, crushed by tubs running back on him while sending them into a siding | |||||
| Hewitson, Robert, 10 Aug 1882, aged 43, Miner, fall of a piece of ironstone from a corner at top of place ; he was cutting a leg from under it while another man was preparing a shot to blast it, Buried: Kirkleatham, St Cuthbert on 13 Aug 1882 {NBI} | |||||
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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.
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next to the name to see the web page.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Kirkleatham (Ironstone)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Kirkleatham (Ironstone)
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Credits
Sources:
- 1873-4 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1874 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1216) Where to find this report
- 1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 2003), Durham District by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
- 1882 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3621) Where to find this report
- Headstone(s) in St. Cuthbert's Churchyard, Kirkleatham
- Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works
- Mineral Statistics for 1884 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4430), published in 1885 — includes List of Mines and Openworks
- National Burial Index published by The Federation of Family History Societies & Associates
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Related Links:
| On this site | |
| | Newspaper articles |
| | Article on the discovery of Ironstone in Cleveland (published in 1857) |
| External sites | |
 | Cleveland Ironstone Mines web site by Peter Tuffs |
Further Reading:
- Kirkleatham Ironstone Mine by Simon Chapman, Cleveland Ironstone Series, published by Peter Tuffs
- Catalogue of Cleveland Ironstone Mines by Peter Tuffs, Cleveland Ironstone Series, published by Peter Tuffs
- The Ironstone Mines and Railways of Cleveland and Rosedale by T.E. Rounthwaite, published by Peter Tuffs
- The Cleveland Ironstone Industry and its Impact on Teesside by S. Keith Chapman, published by Peter Tuffs
- Cleveland Mining Incidents by Simon Chapman, published by Peter Tuffs
- Cleveland Ironstone Mines and Iron Industry by Richard Mead, published by Peter Tuffs
- Cleveland Ironstone by S. Keith Chapman, published by Peter Tuffs
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