	Lambhill Colliery	Index	Lambhill Colliery

Lambhill Colliery

Location:	Parton 1½ miles [2 km] NNE of Whitehaven
Map Ref:	(Sheet 89) NX984204, 54° 34' 7" N, 3° 34' 18" W
Maps:	1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey
Opened:
Closed:
Pits:	Countess Pit

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!

						Anderson, Isaac, 16 Jun 1840, aged 39, fall of stone in Countess Pit [date of inquest]
						Armstrong, George, 12 Dec 1837, Miner, crushed by wagons
						Carr, Anthony, 23 Jul 1843, aged 21, burned in gas explosion at Countess Pit [date of inquest]
						Connoroy, Anthony, 11 Apr 1843, killed by an explosion of gas
						Crelling, Thomas, 14 Sep 1846, aged 44, buried by fall of stone at Countess Pit [date of inquest]
						Davidson, George, 14 Feb 1841, (accident: 20 Jan 1841), explosion of Stythe in Countess Pit
						Davidson, Joseph, 25 Aug 1847, aged 53, fell down shaft at Countess Pit [date of inquest]
						Devling, Rosanna, 23 Feb 1863, aged 5, burned by clothes catching fire at Countess Pit [date of inquest]
						Fitzpatrick, John, 03 Nov 1849, aged 65, roof fall at Countess Pit [date of inquest]
						Gibson, Edward, 20 Jan 1841, aged 35, explosion of Stythe in Countess Pit
						Golding, William, 09 Sep 1850, aged 12, accidentally killed in the Countess Coal Pit by being jammed between two coal baskets drawn by horses
						Goulding, Joseph, 28 Jan 1861, aged 50, he suddenly dropped down and expired almost instantly, the precise cause of his lamentably sudden death is not known
						Hayton, Ribton, 26 Aug 1841, aged 23, roof fall at Countess Pit [date of inquest]
						Holmes, John, 20 May 1845, aged 29, roof fall at Countess Pit [date of inquest]
						Jenkinson, Henry, 25 Dec 1837, roof fall at Lamb Hill Pit [date of inquest]
						Kelly, John, 02 May 1845, aged 38, roof fall at Countess Pit [date of inquest]
						Lucas, John, 07 Mar 1846, aged 30, Coal Hagger, killed by a fall of roof
						Maxwell, William, 11 Jan 1843, aged 58, fell down shaft at Countess Pit [date of inquest]
						McGee, Edward, 20 Apr 1855, aged 19, Driver, killed by a fall of roof
						Messenger, William, 29 Aug 1841, aged 25, roof fall at Countess Pit [date of inquest]
						Murray, Thomas, 21 Sep 1840, aged 14, fell down shaft at Countess Pit [date of inquest]
						Ray, William, 06 May 1840, killed by a fall of roof
						Richardson, Benjamin, 04 Jul 1857, fell down the shaft
						Shilton, John, 07 Dec 1844, aged 46, roof fall in Countess Pit [date of inquest]
						Simm, John, 31 May 1842, aged 22, killed by a fall of roof
						Thornton, William, 30 Oct 1845, aged 52, Under Steward, killed by a fall of roof
						Tyson, Isaac, 27 Sep 1843, (accident: 10 Aug 1843), aged 40, Coal Hagger, died from his injuries received by a fall of coal
						Wilson, Ezekiel, 31 May 1847, aged 24, roof fall at Countess Pit
						Wilson, Robert, 25 Mar 1852, aged 31, hit by falling coal at Countess Pit [date of inquest]

						29 names found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Lambhill Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Lambhill Colliery

Credits

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