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Old Meadows Colliery
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| Location: | Bacup 12½ miles [20 km] SW of Bradford |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 103 Blackburn and Burnley) SD867238, 53° 42' 37" N, 2° 12' 5" W |
| Opened: | |
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| Owners: | George Hargreaves and Co. |
| Hargreaves Collieries Ltd. | |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1894 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. |
| 1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1915 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1947 - Coal: Coking, Household, Industrial. (19,000 tons) | |
| 1954 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 68 (57 below, 11 surface) |
| 1896 - 66 (54 below, 12 surface) | |
| 1900 - 34 (26 below, 8 surface) | |
| 1905 - 34 (26 below, 8 surface) | |
| 1910 - 37 (30 below, 7 surface) | |
| 1915 - 55 (48 below, 7 surface) | |
| 1923 - 49 (40 below, 9 surface) | |
| 1933 - 45 (38 below, 7 surface) | |
| 1940 - 42 (35 below, 7 surface) | |
| 1947 - 74 (56 below, 18 surface) | |
| 1954 - 64 (56 below, 8 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1894 - Lower Mountain |
| 1896 - Lower Mountain | |
| 1900 - Lower Mountain | |
| 1905 - Lower Mountain | |
| 1910 - Lower Mountain | |
| 1915 - Lower Mountain | |
| 1954 - Lower Mountain | |
| 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!
 | Jackson, James, 13 Jul 1886, aged 30, Miner, Fatal apparently fell off his riding tram into water at the side of the road as he was going in to work | |||||
| Townsend, Joseph, 12 Nov 1887, aged 57, Miner, Not comprised by the Act. Found insensible at his place of work without any external appearance of injury died the same day. Heart disease from which he had been suffering and attended by the doctor. Air good | |||||
| 2 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.
Those names marked with ,
have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may
also include a photograph of the deceased.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Old Meadows Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Old Meadows Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 1947 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
- 1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website
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