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  Ramshaw Colliery  Index  Ramshaw Colliery  
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Ramshaw Colliery


  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Location: West Auckland
11½ miles [19 km] SW of Durham
Map Ref: (Sheet 92) NZ165273, 54° 38' 26" N, 1° 44' 40" W
Opened: 1942
Closed: Oct 1959
Pits: No. 1 Pit
No. 2 Pit
Owners: 1942 - Ramshaw Coal Co. Ltd.
1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output: 1929 - Coal: Household.
1930 - Coal: Household.
1935 - Coal: Coking, Household.
1935 - No. 1 - Coal: Household, Steam.
1950 - No. 1 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam.
1950 - No. 2 - Coal: Coking, Steam.
1950 - No. 3 - Coal.
1955 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam.
1959 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam.
Employment:
Year Pit  TotalScale Below Above
1929433112
193034286
193537298
1935No. 1362313
Total735221
1940No. 1392910
1940No. 2776710
Total1169620
1945No. 112810721
1945No. 2645410
Total19216131
195023620234
195523319934
1959988315
NCB  NCB Employment Figures
Manager  Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Seams Worked: 1929 - Brockwell
1930 - Brockwell
1935 - Brockwell
1935 - No. 1 - Brockwell
1950 - No. 1 - Harvey, Hutton
1950 - No. 2 - Brockwell, Busty
1950 - No. 3 - Brockwell, Busty, Harvey
1955 - Busty, Harvey, Hutton
1959 - Busty, Harvey, Hutton
  Abandoned Seams  Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Ramshaw Colliery
Notes:

1950 - Busty seam abandoned



  Description Summary Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Description


  Disasters Summary Description Names Local Collieries Credits  

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.


  Names Summary Description Disasters Local Collieries Credits  

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

In Memoriam
  Individal page   

Firby, C., 23 Dec 1946, aged 41, Shifter, explosion

  Individal page   

Holmes, J. G., 15 Jun 1948, (accident: 14 Jun 1948), aged 35, Deputy, crushed by tubs

 
  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 image, have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the image symbol next to the name to see the web page.


  Local Collieries Summary Description Disasters Names Credits  

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery Map  a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Ramshaw Colliery

Nearby Collieries  list of collieries/pits etc. near to Ramshaw Colliery


  Credits Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries  

Credits

Sources:

  • 1929 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1935 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
  • 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
  • 1959 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
  • Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3
  • History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.

  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Related Links:

None found

Further Reading:

  • Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3, provides a brief history of the colliery along with the history of the associated Miners Lodge Banner

Further Research:

Goto Research Notes  Research Notes for Ramshaw Colliery

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