Newfield Colliery

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Disasters (5 or more killed)

Names of those killed at this colliery

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Credits

Sources:

	Newfield Colliery	Index	Newfield Colliery

Location:

Newfield, Chester Le Street
6½ miles [10 km] NNW of Durham

Map Ref:

(Sheet 88) NZ246522, 54° 51' 50" N, 1° 37' 0" W

Maps:

1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide

1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian)

Opened:

1841

Closed:

1936

Pits:

Gibson's Pit

Owners:

1860s - Lord Dunsaney & Partners Ltd.

1901 - Owners of Pelton Colliery Ltd.

1929 - Mid Durham Coal Co. Ltd.

1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)

Output:

1888 - Coal.

1894 - Coal: Coking, Gas.

1896 - Coal: Coking, Gas.

1900 - Coal: Coking, Gas.

1902 - Coal: Coking, Gas.

1905 - Coal: Coking, Gas. inc. in Pelton.

1910 - Coal: Coking, Gas.

1915 - Coal: Coking, Gas.

1921 - Coal: Coking, Gas.

1925 - Coal: Coking, Gas.

1948 - Coal: Gas, Steam.

1950 - Coal: Gas, Steam.

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1883	415	415
1894	671	473	198
1896	875	706	169
1900	862	663	199
1902	855	628	227
1910	inc. in Pelton
1915	1,157	793	364
1921	1,915	1,290	625
1925	1,521	1,103	418
1945	84	67	17
1948	85	68	17
1950	inc. in Pelton

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

Seams Worked:

1905 - Busty

1910 - Busty, Five Quarter

1915 - Busty, Five Quarter, Hutton, Low Main, Main Coal, Maudlin, Towneley

1921 - Busty, Five Quarter, Hutton, Low Main, Main Coal, Maudlin, Shield Row, Tilley, Towneley

1925 - Busty, Five Quarter, Hutton, Low Main, Main, Maudlin, Shield Row, Tilley, Towneley

1948 - Shield Row

1950 - Shield Row

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Newfield Colliery

None Found

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more information on some of the fatalities shown above

The following unnamed fatalities are listed in the Mines Inspectors Reports, once again this collection is not complete!

Date							Inspectors Remarks
24 Aug 1853	–	–	–	1	–	1
14 Dec 1855	–	–	–	–	1	1	per waggons

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Newfield Colliery (Pelton)

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Newfield Colliery (Pelton)

Heall, Thomas, 07 Nov 1885, (accident: 05 Nov 1885), Hewer, severely crushed by fall of side coal

Witherspoon, Thomas, 13 Nov 1924, 10.35 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 40, Labourer [More information ...]

2 names found

1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1885 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4760) 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
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 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1919 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Northern Division (No. 2) by T. Greenland Davies, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection]
1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1948 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works
Mineral Statistics for 1884 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4430), published in 1885 — includes List of Mines and Openworks