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Mottram Wood Colliery
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| Location: | Barnsley ½ miles [1 km] NE of Barnsley |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 110 Sheffield and Huddersfield, 111 Sheffield and Doncaster) SE355071, 53° 33' 33" N, 1° 27' 50" W |
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| Pits: | No. 1 Pit |
| No. 2 Pit | |
| No. 3 Pit | |
| No. 4 Pit | |
| Owners: | Mottram Wood Colliery Co., Ltd. |
| Barnsley Syndicate Ltd. | |
| Employment: | 1923 - 63 (46 below, 17 surface) |
| 1933 - Nos. 3 and 4 - 88 (70 below, 18 surface) | |
| 1937 - Nos. 1 and 2 - 120 (100 below, 20 surface) | |
| 1940 - Nos. 1 and 2 - 120 (100 below, 20 surface) | |
| Notes: | Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None Found
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Beecroft, Harold, 10 Apr 1943, aged 29, Ignition of methane [More information ...] | |||||
| Clarke, John, 24 Apr 1924, 3.30 a.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 63, Deputy, Killed by an explosion of firedamp [More information ...] | |||||
| Hoult, George Henry Jackson, 10 Apr 1943, aged 25, Ignition of methane [More information ...] | |||||
| Lloyd, Alexander, 10 Apr 1943, aged 23, Ignition of methane [More information ...] | |||||
| 4 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.
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more information on some of the fatalities shown above
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Mottram Wood Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Mottram Wood Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1923 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
- 1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Yorkshire Division (No. 3) by H. M. Hudspeth, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection]
- 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
- 1937 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
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