	Longhirst Colliery	Index	Longhirst Colliery

Longhirst Colliery

Location:	Longhirst 15½ miles [25 km] SSE of Alnwick
Map Ref:	(Sheet 81) NZ239890, 55° 11' 43" N, 1° 37' 24" W
Opened:
Closed:	1934
Pits:	No. 1 Pit
	Shaft details for No. 1 Pit
Owners:	1860s - Rev. Ed. Lawson
	1880s - Ashington Coal Co.
Output:	1882 - Coal.
	1883 - Coal.
	1888 - Coal.
	1890 - Coal.
	1894 - Coal: Steam.
Employment:	1894 - 254 (212 below, 42 surface)
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Longhirst Colliery
Notes:	1896 - High Main, Main, Yard seams abandoned - coal exhausted
	1904, 30 Nov - High Main, Grey, Yard seams abandoned - Unprofitable

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!

						Brown, Thomas, 05 Dec 1874, aged 61, Branchman, crushed by a horse's trace against a truck
						Caisley, Robert, 26 Jan 1892, 2:10 p.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 34, Hewer, A fall of stone from a "trouble," as he was sitting kirving. It is a question whether there was sufficient timber set [Inspection made], Buried: St. John's Churchyard, Longhirst
						Davison, Andrew, 30 Jan 1891, died suddenly from heart disease [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]
						Gregory, Nicholas, 25 Jan 1890, 9:00 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 49, Under Manager, Killed by a fall of stone from the roof whilst giving instructions to workmen, Buried: Holy Sepulchre Churchyard, Ashington
						Maughan, Moses, 20 Feb 1884, aged 45, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone
						Moor, Joseph, 06 Jul 1872, aged 53, Sinker, timber falling down the shaft
						Thompson, Robert, 02 Mar 1872, aged 27, Hewer, killed by a fall of coal
						Wheatley, Thomas, 17 Feb 1869, aged 22, Sinker, falling out of sinking tub [More information ...]

						8 names found

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Credits

Sources:

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
1872 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 840), 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
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), Newcastle District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1890 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6346), Newcastle District (No. 3) by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1891 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6625), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1892 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6986), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume L-R, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1887
Headstone(s) in Holy Sepulchre Churchyard, Ashington
Headstone(s) in St. John's Churchyard, Longhirst
Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works