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North Fenham Colliery
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| Location: | North Fenham, Newcastle 2½ miles [4 km] NW of Newcastle |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ223662, 54° 59' 26" N, 1° 39' 0" W |
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| Pits: |  Shaft details for North Fenham Colliery |
| Owners: | 1880s - Bambridge & White |
| Output: | 1882 - Coal (Landsale). |
| 1883 - Coal, Landsale. Fireclay. | |
| 1888 - Coal (Landsale). Fireclay. | |
| 1890 - Coal (Landsale). Fireclay. | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for North Fenham Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1892 - Low Main seam abandoned - coal exhausted |
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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!
 | Atthey, William, 23 Jun 1886, (accident: 28 Apr 1886), aged 57, Deputy Overman, fell in pit and injured his side | |||||
| Fitzpatrick, Joseph, 15 May 1873, aged 40, Hewer, killed by a shot [More information ...] | |||||
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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 North Fenham Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to North Fenham Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1056), Northumberland, North Durham, and Cumberland District by George William Southern, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
- 1886 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5090) 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
- An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910
- Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works
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Further Research:
Research Notes for North Fenham Colliery
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