	Lundhill Colliery	Index	Lundhill Colliery

Lundhill Colliery

Location:	Wombwell 4½ miles [7 km] SE of Barnsley
Map Ref:	(Sheet 110 Sheffield and Huddersfield, 111 Sheffield and Doncaster) SE398019, 53° 30' 46" N, 1° 23' 55" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Wombwell Main Coal Co.
Output:	1894 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1896 - Coal: Household, Steam.
Employment:	1894 - 384 (297 below, 87 surface)
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

	22nd	Aug	1854		Explosion of firedamp, 6 lives lost (Show Names)
	19th	Feb	1857		Explosion of firedamp, 189 lives lost (Show Names)

Those entries marked with , signify a disaster for which a memorial has been erected or for which we have images concerning the disaster, alternately their name may be mentioned on a memorial plaque. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the appropriate web page for the memorial.

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Bailey, Barney, 19 Feb 1857, aged 40, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Bailey, George, 19 Feb 1857, aged 13, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Baines, Michael, 19 Feb 1857, aged 22, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Barker, A., 27 Sep 1876, aged 27, Collier, Fall of roof
						Barrowclough, Charles, 19 Feb 1857, aged 22, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Barrowclough, Henry, 19 Feb 1857, aged 26, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Batty, Benjamin, 19 Feb 1857, aged 22, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Batty, George, 10 Feb 1879, aged 50, Shunter, Crushed by waggons
						Batty, James, 22 Aug 1854, aged 23, Banksman, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Beevors, John, 19 Feb 1857, aged 20, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Booker, Henry, 19 Feb 1857, aged 22, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Booker, John, 19 Feb 1857, aged 16, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Broadhead, Matthew, 19 Feb 1857, aged 22, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Brook, Joseph, 19 Feb 1857, aged 58, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Brown, George, 19 Feb 1857, aged 18, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Brown, Joseph, 13 Dec 1875, aged 37, Collier, Fall of roof
						Burdin, S., 15 Dec 1886, (accident: 29 Nov 1886), aged 55, Collier, Fall of coal. Died 15th Dec
						Bush, Dennis, 19 Feb 1857, aged 22, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Carr, John, 19 Feb 1857, aged 41, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Chisholm, Daniel, 19 Feb 1857, aged 31, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Clark, James, 19 Feb 1857, aged 27, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Coates, Charles, 19 Feb 1857, aged 29, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Coates, James, 19 Feb 1857, aged 34, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Corbridge, Richard, 19 Feb 1857, aged 27, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Crossland, Joseph, 19 Feb 1857, aged 33, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Cundy, J., 28 Nov 1882, (accident: 25 Nov 1882), aged 13, Driver, Crushed by corves. Died 28th Nov
						Cutts, George, 19 Feb 1857, aged 16, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Cutts, John, 19 Feb 1857, aged 17, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Cutts, John, 19 Feb 1857, aged 49, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Cutts, William, 19 Feb 1857, aged 17, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Davey, William, 22 Aug 1854, aged 50, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Dawson, Arthur, 19 Feb 1857, aged 10, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Dawson, John, 19 Feb 1857, aged 10, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Denton, John, 19 Feb 1857, aged 39, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Denton, Thomas, 19 Feb 1857, aged 19, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Depledge, Stephen, 19 Feb 1857, aged 13, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Depledge, William, 02 Mar 1858, aged Boy, Crushed by corves in the mine
						Dewey, T., 07 Jun 1895, aged 40, Banksman, Fell down sinking shaft from the Barnsley seam
						Dunstan, Richard, 19 Feb 1857, aged 33, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Dyson, George, 19 Feb 1857, aged 17, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Evans, William, 16 Nov 1872, aged 30, Collier, Fall of coal
						Farmer, George, 19 Feb 1857, aged 24, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Farmer, Thomas, 19 Feb 1857, aged 26, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Firth, Thomas, 06 Jul 1863, Fall of coal in the mine
						Foster, George, 19 Feb 1857, aged 15, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Foulstone, Thomas, 12 Feb 1872, aged 28, Collier, Fall of coal
						Garbutt, Edward, 19 Feb 1857, aged 35, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Garbutt, John, 19 Feb 1857, aged 11, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Garbutt, William, 19 Feb 1857, aged 17, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Gee, George, 19 Feb 1857, aged 25, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Gee, Thomas, 19 Feb 1857, aged 27, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Gill, George, 19 Feb 1857, aged 49, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Gray, Thomas, 19 Feb 1857, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Grimshaw, John, 19 Feb 1857, aged 35, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Grimshaw, Joseph, 19 Feb 1857, aged 42, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Gurney, Michael, 30 Jan 1863, Fall of coal in the mine
						Haigh, W., 20 Jun 1881, aged 54, Packer, Fall of coal
						Hardfield, William, 19 Feb 1857, aged 32, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Harper, John, 19 Feb 1857, aged 20, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Hawcroft, Henry, 19 Feb 1857, aged 22, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Heald, George, 10 Apr 1871, aged 13, Driver, Crushed by corves
						Healey, John, 19 Feb 1857, aged 22, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Hearrison, Joseph, 19 Feb 1857, aged 18, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Heeley, Noah, 22 Aug 1854, aged 52, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Helham, Joseph, 19 Feb 1857, aged 24, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Hellett, Thomas, 19 Feb 1857, aged 39, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Hellett, William, 19 Feb 1857, aged 10, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Hemingfield, G. W., 21 Jan 1880, aged 17, Trammer, Fall of roof
						Hodgson, John, 19 Feb 1857, aged 31, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Horn, Thomas, 19 Feb 1857, aged 24, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Horner, William, 20 Jun 1862, Fall of roof in the mine
						Hough, George, 19 Feb 1857, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Howarth, David, 19 Feb 1857, aged 39, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Howarth, S., 24 Aug 1872, aged 50, Sinker, Fell off scaffold in shaft
						Howson, James, 03 Mar 1864, Fall of roof in the mine
						Hunt, Samuel, 19 Feb 1857, aged 32, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Hutchinson, William, 19 Feb 1857, aged 20, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Illingworth, John, 19 Feb 1857, aged 10, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Illingworth, William, 19 Feb 1857, aged 32, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Jackson, Levi, 19 Feb 1857, aged 44, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Jackson, Thomas, 22 Aug 1854, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						James, Amos, 19 Feb 1857, aged 30, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						James, George, 19 Sep 1863, aged Boy, Explosion of firedamp
						Johnson, Benjamin, 19 Feb 1857, aged 31, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Kellett, Charles, 19 Feb 1857, aged 29, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Kellett, Richard, 19 Feb 1857, aged 39, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Kitchen, Thomas, 19 Feb 1857, aged 28, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Knowles, Edmund, 19 Feb 1857, aged 30, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Litchfield, James, 19 Feb 1857, aged 26, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Litchfield, Thomas, 19 Feb 1857, aged 22, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Ludrick, Charles, 19 Feb 1857, aged 20, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Lumb, Joseph, 19 Feb 1857, aged 33, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Mangham, George, 19 Feb 1857, aged 24, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Wath on Dearne parish church [More information ...]
						Mangham, William, 19 Feb 1857, aged 25, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Wath on Dearne parish church [More information ...]
						Marsden, Richard, 19 Feb 1857, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Mason, George, 19 Feb 1857, aged 33, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Matthew, John, 19 Feb 1857, aged 22, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Mayinton, Joseph, 19 Feb 1857, aged 38, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						McAllister, Peter, 19 Feb 1857, aged 26, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Moore, Robert, 19 Feb 1857, aged 14, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Moore, William, 19 Feb 1857, aged 22, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Mosely, William, 22 Aug 1854, aged 24, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Moss, George, 19 Feb 1857, aged 17, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Moucks, William, 19 Feb 1857, aged 32, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Musgrove, Andrew, 19 Feb 1857, aged 33, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Nettleton, Abraham, 19 Feb 1857, aged 41, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Parkinson, Samuel, 19 Feb 1857, aged 21, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Pass, Alfred, 22 Oct 1870, aged 19, Packer, Fall of roof
						Peak, Thomas, 21 Feb 1873, aged 34, Packer, Fall of roof
						Phillips, John, 19 Feb 1857, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Pickles, William, 19 Feb 1857, aged 29, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Pollard, Edward, 19 Feb 1857, aged 50, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Pollard, James, 19 Feb 1857, aged 19, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Pollard, Matthew, 22 Aug 1854, aged 50, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Potter, Samuel, 14 Oct 1861, Fall of coal in the mine
						Preston, R., 11 Jun 1872, aged 30, Collier, Fall of coal
						Pullan, Robert, 19 Feb 1857, aged 20, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Raven, Joseph, 18 Sep 1865, Falling down the shaft
						Rellet, Richard, 19 Feb 1857, aged 10, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Riley, J., 19 Oct 1876, aged 13, Driver, Crushed by corves
						Robinson, John, 03 Jun 1889, (accident: 01 Jun 1889), Collier, He was suddenly taken ill when at work, on the 1st June, and died, without recovering consciousness, two days later [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]
						Robinson, T., 05 Jan 1877, aged 17, Collier, Fall of coal
						Roebuck, Samuel, 19 Feb 1857, aged 24, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Russell, John, 19 Feb 1857, aged 27, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Sark, Phillip, 19 Feb 1857, aged 30, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Shirtcliffe, Thomas, 19 Feb 1857, aged 17, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Simmonds, Joseph, 19 Feb 1857, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Smith, James, 19 Feb 1857, aged 19, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Smith, James, 19 Feb 1857, aged 23, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Smith, John, 19 Feb 1857, aged 19, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Smith, Joseph, 19 Feb 1857, aged 55, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Smith, Joseph, 19 Feb 1857, aged 21, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Smith, W., 13 Jan 1868, aged 38, Collier, Fall of coal
						Smith, William, 19 Feb 1857, aged 17, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Thompson, George, 19 Feb 1857, aged 35, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Thompson, H., 28 Jan 1875, aged 19, Labourer, Fall of coal
						Thompson, John, 19 Feb 1857, aged 36, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Thompson, John, 28 Jul 1870, aged 33, Collier, Fall of coal
						Thorpe, Samuel, 19 Feb 1857, aged 19, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Trainer, Edward, 19 Feb 1857, aged 23, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Tunnacliffe, George, 19 Feb 1857, aged 20, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Turner, Abraham, 19 Feb 1857, aged 20, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Turner, Stephen, 19 Feb 1857, aged 31, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Walker, Charles, 19 Feb 1857, aged 24, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Walker, James, 19 Feb 1857, aged 22, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Webb, William, 19 Feb 1857, aged 21, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						White, William, 19 Feb 1857, aged 25, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Whitehead, A., 31 Aug 1877, aged 26, Hurrier, Fall of roof
						Wildsmith, Abraham, 19 Feb 1857, aged 18, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Wildsmith, Thomas, 31 Aug 1874, aged 60, Screener, Crushed between waggons on surface
						Wilkinson, J., 26 Jan 1878, aged 25, Collier, Fall of roof [More information ...]
						Wilkinson, James, 19 Feb 1857, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Wilkinson, John, 19 Feb 1857, aged 22, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Wilkinson, Richard, 19 Feb 1857, aged 35, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Wilkinson, Thomas, 19 Feb 1857, aged 32, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Windle, Alfred, 19 Feb 1857, aged 30, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Witchen, Henry, 19 Feb 1857, Explosion of firedamp, Buried: Darfield Churchyard [More information ...]
						Young, John, 02 Mar 1861, Fall of coal in the mine

						158 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.

For those names marked the text of the Mines Inspectors report into the incident is available online. Click on the icon to display the report.

Those names marked with , were killed in a disaster for which a memorial has been erected or for which we have images concerning the disaster, alternately their name may be mentioned on a memorial plaque. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the appropriate web page for the memorial.

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.

more information on some of the fatalities shown above

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Lundhill Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Lundhill Colliery

Memorial Images:

Memorial: 1857 Lundhill Colliery Disaster

Credits

Sources:

1854 (Jul-Dec) Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines, published in 1856
1857 Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1858 Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1861 Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1863 Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1864 Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1868 Mines Inspectors Report, Yorkshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1871 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 653), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1872 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 840), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1056), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), Yorkshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1734), Yorkshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 2003), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District (No. 5) by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
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