	Ludlows Colliery	Index	Ludlows Colliery

Ludlows Colliery

Location:	Radstock ½ miles [1 km] SSE of Radstock
Map Ref:	(Sheet 183 Yeovil and Frome) ST694541, 51° 17' 5" N, 2° 26' 20" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Trustee of Frances, late Countess of Waldegrave
Output:	1894 - Coal.
	1896 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Steam.
Employment:	1894 - 321 (226 below, 95 surface)
	1896 - 327 (222 below, 105 surface)
Seams Worked:	1894 - Great, Top Little, Middle, Sliving, Under Little, Nine Inch, Bull, Nos. 5 and 6 Farrington Series
	1896 - Great, Top Little, Middle, Sliving, Under Little, Nine Inch, Bull, Nos. 5 and 6 Farrington Series
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!

						Cottle, Allan, 19 Jul 1854, aged 16, Collier, Hodge on the inset tipped over, and he fell down shaft
						Denning, James, 22 Dec 1884, On the 22nd December, James Denning died suddenly while drilling a hole in a heading in the Ludlow's Pit, Radstock [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]
						Hobbs, George, 05 Dec 1862, aged 34, Carter, Knocked out a prop at face of work and the moment it was dislodged a heavy mass of roof came down. He had no right whatever to touch the prop
						Milsdom, Joseph, 26 Nov 1885, (accident: 20 Nov 1885), aged 21, Carting boy, The bottom deck of the cage was being lowered to bring the top on the flat sheets, and was just being lowered down when the deceased jumped in and was caught by the rim of the cage. He died on the 26th
						Seymour, William, 28 Mar 1853, aged 38, Collier, Fell out of landing in shaft
						Sims, John, 16 May 1900, aged 51, Collier, On the 16th May, John Sims, 51, collier at Ludlows Pit, Radstock, died suddenly from natural causes when resting at the end of his shift, before ascending the shaft [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]
						Widcombe, J., 22 Sep 1860, aged 44, Sinker, Standing on a fixed scaffold in the shaft, the strong strip nailed to bunton gave way and he was precipitated to another scaffold lower down in the same shaft
						William, Ashman, 19 May 1888, aged 30, Sinker, The water barrel appears to have displaced a brick from the side of the shaft about 160 yards from the bottom and it fell upon him. He appears to have sent the water barrel away without having steadied it carefully

						8 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1853 (Jan-Jun) Mines Inspectors Report, by Herbert Mackworth, H.M. Inspector of Mines, published in 1854
1854 Mines Inspectors Report, by Herbert Mackworth, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1860 Mines Inspectors Report, by Lionel Brough, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), South Western District by Thomas Cadman,, 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
1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536), South Western District (No. 12) by Joseph S. Martin, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website