	New Lount Colliery	Index	New Lount Colliery

New Lount Colliery

Location:	Newbold, Coleorton 11 miles [17 km] SSE of Derby
Map Ref:	(Sheet 128 Derby and Burton upon Trent) SK398184, 52° 45' 44" N, 1° 24' 33" W
Opened:	1925
Closed:	Jul 1968
Owners:	Leicestershire Colliery and Pipe Co., Ltd.
Output:	1947 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. (550,000 tons)
Employment:	1933 - 1,088 (880 below, 208 surface)
	1940 - 960 (800 below, 160 surface)
	1947 - 1,110 (864 below, 246 surface)
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

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!

						Eaton, William, 22 Feb 1955, aged 41, Miner, Killed by a fall of stone
						Ford, Andrew Law, Oct 1943, aged 41, Under manager, Killed by a fall of roof whilst he was inspecting the mine
						Liquorish, James Henry Cowell, 13 Nov 1941, aged 36, Miner, Killed by a fall of stone
						Liquorish, Ralph Ernest, 18 Feb 1957, aged 55, Miner, Killed by a fall
						Marshall, Edward, Nov 1941, aged 41, Miner, Killed by a fall of stone
						Rennocks, Bernard, 03 Nov 1933, aged 41, Miner, Killed by a fall of stone ; address: Highfield-street, Coalville ; leaves a wife and three children
						Robinson, Joseph, 29 May 1936, (accident: 02 Dec 1935), aged 42, Miner, He received a cut on his hand from a stone, blood poisoning followed

						7 names found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of New Lount Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to New Lount Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian