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Little Chilton Colliery

Location:	Ferryhill 7 miles [11 km] SSE of Durham
Map Ref:	(Sheet 93) NZ302314, 54° 40' 39" N, 1° 31' 52" W
Maps:	1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey
Opened:
Closed:	1865
Sinking Started:	Aug 1852
Owners:	???? - West Hartlepool Dock & Railway Co.
	1850s - Robson & Jackson
Employment:	1854 - 0 [Working]

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!

						Birst, George, 28 Jan 1858, aged 22, Hewer, fell down shaft whilst playing [More information ...]
						Fishburn, Robert, 19 Jan 1858, Hewer, fall of band stone
						Lowther, Joseph, 09 Mar 1859, aged 20, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone
						Maddison, John, 02 Dec 1850, fell over a wall into a coal waggon and struck his head [Date of Inquest]
						Nattrass, John, 15 Jan 1863, aged 53, Deputy, killed by return sheave of engine plane
						Stokeld, Isabella, 14 Feb 1849, [Not Employed], she was passing near Little Chilton Colliery with a tub of water, nearby was a steep tramway used for the conveyance of the "duff" coal, and just as she passed it a tub ran amain, knocked her down and killed her

						6 names found

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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 site have been kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle) and are marked with .

more information on some of the fatalities shown above

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Little Chilton Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Little Chilton Colliery

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
1858 Mines Inspectors Report, Southern District by John J. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1859 Mines Inspectors Report, Southern District by John J. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1863 Mines Inspectors Report, Southern District by John J. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910
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