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Rodridge Colliery
also known as South Wingate Colliery
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| Location: | Hutton Henry, nr. Wingate 10 miles [16 km] ESE of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 93) NZ416347, 54° 42' 22" N, 1° 21' 13" W |
| Maps: |  1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
| 1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| Opened: | 1841 |
| Closed: | |
| Pits: | Hartbushes Pit |
| Shaft details for Rodridge Colliery |
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| Owners: | 1850s - Seymour & Co. |
| 1880s - Hutton Henry Coal Co. Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1860 - Coal. |
| 1865 - Coal. | |
| 1873 - Coal. | |
| Employment: | 1854 - 0 [Working] |
| 1860 - 0 [Not Working] | |
| 1865 - 0 [Not working] | |
| 1869 - 0 [Not Working] | |
| 1880 - 0 [Standing] | |
| 1883 - 0 [Standing] | |
| 1884 - 0 [Standing] | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Rodridge Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1840 - A bore-hole was put down from the surface a quarter of a mile south of Hartbushes Farm House for the owners of Rodridge Colliery, by W. Coulson. |
1841 - Commenced to sink Rodridge or South Wingate Colliery from the surface, proving the lowest coals. |
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1843 - Trimdon Colliery and South Wingate Colliery commenced shipping coal. |
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1844 - Commenced to sink Rodridge or South Wingate Colliery from the bottom of the sump, 30 fathoms lower, but without finding any further workable coal. |
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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!
 |  | Bailey, James, 11 Sep 1849, aged 22, While at work in the north-east part of South Wingate Colliery on 11 September, James Bailey, 22, was crushed by a large stone which fell on him from the roof. The place was sufficiently propped, and the death of the deceased can be attributed to no other cause than his own imprudence in curving so far under the stone which is part of the band between the upper and lower portions of the seam before removing it. | ||||
| | Barrow, William, 14 Mar 1843, aged 38, Sinker, while working in the shaft of South Wingate sinking pit, he was struck by a piece of timber which had been placed across the top of the shaft to help direct the ropes. The timber had fallen down the shaft and hit him on the head. He was taken home but died soon afterwards | ||||
| | Dodds, R., 27 Aug 1853, aged 34, he was crushed to death by a fall of stone | ||||
| | Dodgin, Robert, 27 Apr 1852, aged 30, he was at work in the main seam when he was crushed by a large stone falling on him, he died soon after the accident | ||||
| Forster, James, 30 Apr 1874, aged 49, Sinker, drawn up to pulley, spring hook broke and he fell down the pit, Buried: St. Helen's Parish Church/Cemetery, Kelloe | |||||
| Sowerby, George, 19 Nov 1849, aged 24, Pitman, died of injuries received about six weeks ago from an explosion of gas | |||||
| Turner, Samuel, 03 Sep 1857, aged 52, Cartman, crushing of chest and back and rupture of lungs by being kicked by his horse and jammed against his waggon | |||||
| 7 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.
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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The following unnamed fatalities are listed in the Mines Inspectors Reports, once again this collection is not complete!
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| 01 Mar 1854 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | killed by cage |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Rodridge Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Rodridge Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1854 List of mines by T. Y. Hall, published in Vol II (1853-4) of the Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining Engineers
- 1873-4 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
- 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
- Contributions by members of the Public
- Headstone(s) and Memorial in St. Helen's Parish Church/Cemetery, Kelloe
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
- Mineral Statistics for 1860 (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 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 1869 (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
- Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.
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Further Research:
Research Notes for Rodridge Colliery
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