	Normanby (Ironstone)	Index	Normanby (Ironstone)

Normanby (Ironstone)

Location:	Middlesbrough 5 miles [8 km] ESE of Middlesbrough
Map Ref:	(Sheet 93) NZ553169, 54° 32' 39" N, 1° 8' 42" W
Opened:
Closed:	20 Oct 1899
Owners:	1890s - Cargo Fleet Iron Co. Ltd.
Output:	1865 - Ironstone.
	1873 - Ironstone.
	1882 - Ironstone.
	1883 - Ironstone.
	1884 - Ironstone.
	1888 - Ironstone.
	1890 - Ironstone.
	1894 - Ironstone.
	1896 - Ironstone.
Employment:	1883 - 124
	1894 - 111 (78 below, 33 surface)
	1896 - 60 (49 below, 11 surface)
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Normanby (Ironstone)
Notes:	1880 - Abandoned
	1899 - Mineral exhausted
	Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Normanby (Ironstone)

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!

						Arrowsmith, John, 03 Aug 1866, aged 21, Buried: Loftus Cemetery
						Best, John, 05 Sep 1877, aged 51, Miner, heavy fall of stone from roof while working in his place, Buried: Eston, Christ Church on 07 Sep 1877 {NBI}
						Blackburn, Robert, 14 Oct 1886, aged 23, Driver, while driving a set of tubs inbye the first one got off the way, drawing out some timber, which caused a fall of stone
						Charlton, Thomas, 31 May 1878, (accident: 19 Jul 1877), aged 28, Miner, severely injured about back and hips by a fall of stone while bearing it down, Buried: Eston, Christ Church on 02 Jun 1876 {NBI}
						Clements, Jethro, 03 Jan 1878, aged 14, Driver, fall of a large prop caused by horse running against it with his limmers, Buried: Eston, Christ Church on 06 Jan 1878 {NBI}
						Davis, Samuel, 17 Sep 1874, aged 22, Miner, fall of top stone, Buried: Eston, Christ Church on 19 Sep 1874 {NBI}
						Gurr, William, 09 Mar 1886, aged 49, Deputy, while coming outbye he met the engine set and was run over
						Hill, George, 05 Dec 1882, aged 65, Labourer, crushed between truck and leg of gearing while removing it from the tip or shoot
						Rossington, William, 24 Sep 1891, 1:45 p.m., 8th hour of shift, aged 30, Miner, in firing a shot he accidentally lighted the squib instead of the match, when the charge exploded, killing him on the spot [More information ...]
						Shone, Samuel, 23 Aug 1894, (accident: 11 Aug 1894, 10:00 a.m., 4th hour of shift), aged 74, Deputy, Injury to chest by fall of a balk while drawing timber, Died on the 23rd
						Thompson, George, 12 Mar 1874, aged 13, Spragger, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Eston, Christ Church on 15 Mar 1874 {NBI}
						Thurlow, Francis, 24 Feb 1886, (accident: 22 Dec 1885), aged 50, Deputy, died from injuries received to head and face by a fall of stone while drawing timber

						12 names found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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list of collieries/pits etc. near to Normanby (Ironstone)

Credits

Sources:

1873-4 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1874 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1216) Where to find this report
1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 2003), Durham District 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
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1882 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3621) Where to find this report
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
1891 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6625), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1894 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7667), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
Contributions by members of the Public
Headstone(s) in Christ Church Churchyard, Eston
Mineral Statistics for 1865 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
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
National Burial Index published by The Federation of Family History Societies & Associates