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Nicholson's Pit
(See also Rainton Colliery)
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| Location: | East Rainton 5 miles [8 km] NE of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ328483, 54° 49' 44" N, 1° 29' 19" W |
| Maps: |  1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
| 1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| 1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| Opened: | 1817 |
| Closed: | |
| Sinking Started: | 15 Sep 1817 |
| Pits: | Shaft details for Nicholson's Pit |
| Owners: | 1900s - Lambton Collieries Ltd. |
| 1910s - Lambton & Hetton Collieries Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1921 - Coal: Steam. |
| Employment: | 1900 - 10 (4 below, 6 surface) [Pumping station] |
| 1902 - 11 (4 below, 7 surface) [Pumping Station] | |
| 1905 - 8 (2 below, 6 surface) [Pumping station. No Coal worked.] | |
| 1910 - 0 [Pumping station. No Coal worked.] | |
| 1915 - 3 (2 below, 1 surface) [Pumping station No Coal worked] | |
| 1921 - 0 [Pumping Station, no coal worked] | |
| 1923 - 0 [Pumping station] | |
| 1924 - 0 [Pumping Station] | |
| 1925 - 0 [Pumping Station] | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Nicholson's Pit |
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| Notes: | 1817 - The Nicholson Pit, Rainton Colliery, was sunk from the surface to the Hutton Seam about this time. |
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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!
 | Arkley, Thomas, 04 Aug 1862, aged 50, Way-wright, crushed by tubs in engine plane | |||||
| Gilliland, John, 11 Oct 1878, aged 42, Collier, he is supposed to have died from natural causes while returning from his work ; this case was not reported [Newcastle Courant - 18 Oct 1878] | |||||
|  | Hunter, Matthew, 02 Nov 1847, aged 60, while at work at the water-course of the Nicholson Pit, Matthew Hunter, 60, was crushed to death by a piece of roof falling on him; he died within a few minutes of the fall | ||||
 | | Johnson, Robert, 20 Dec 1856, (accident: 08 Dec 1856), explosion of firedamp [More information ...] | ||||
| Kennedy, James, 23 Jan 1868, aged 18, Pony Putter, head crushed by tub drawn by pony | |||||
| Lee, George Watson, 13 Jan 1875, aged 21, Hewer, fall of stone [Inquest held 15 Jan 1875] | |||||
| 6 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 ,
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.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by
Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser
and Durham Chronicle) and are marked with
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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 Nicholson's Pit
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Nicholson's Pit
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Credits
Sources:
- 1856 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1862 Mines Inspectors Report, Southern District by John J. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1868 Mines Inspectors Report, South Durham District by John J. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), Durham by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321), Durham District by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 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
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1924 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume L-R, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1887
- Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3
- Contributions by members of the Public
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
- Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.
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Further Research:
Research Notes for Nicholson's Pit
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