	Radcliffe Colliery	Index	Radcliffe Colliery

Radcliffe Colliery

Location:	Radcliffe, nr. Amble 8½ miles [14 km] SE of Alnwick
Map Ref:	(Sheet 81) NU270027, 55° 19' 6" N, 1° 34' 28" W
Maps:	1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey
	1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
Opened:	1836
Closed:	10 Aug 1896
Sinking Started:	1836
First Coal:	Sep 1837
Pits:	First Pit, opened: 1839, sinking: 05 Nov 1839
	Shaft details for First Pit
	Newbrough Pit, locn: (Sheet 81) NU282032
	Shaft details for Newbrough Pit
	North Engine Pit
	Shaft details for North Engine Pit
Owners:	1850s - Joseph & John Harrison
	1860s - Harrison, Carr & Co.
	1880s - Radcliffe Coal Co.
Output:	1855 - Coal.
	1860 - Coal.
	1865 - Coal.
	1882 - Coal. Fireclay.
	1883 - Coal. Fireclay.
	1888 - Coal. Fireclay.
	1890 - Coal. Fireclay.
Employment:	1854 - 0 [Working]
	1894 - 209 (149 below, 60 surface) [Not working]
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Radcliffe Colliery
Notes:	1896 - Albert, Queen, Princess, Duke, Little Wonder, Radcliffe seams abandoned - coal exhausted

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!

						Bell, Lasliley, 12 Aug 1864, aged 56, Miner, killed by a fall of stone
						Bell, Thomas, 17 Oct 1840, Miner
						Beverley, Thomas, 07 Aug 1885, aged 64, Shifter, fall of side stone after kirving
						Bolton, George, 04 Sep 1849, aged 30, Pitman, killed by a fall of coal
						Bolton, Ralph, 25 Oct 1852, aged 41, Pitman, killed by a fall of coal
						Champion, Robert, 13 Sep 1864, aged 14, Driver, upsetting of a coal wagon
						Corbitt, Henry, 04 Feb 1848, Miner, killed by a fall of stone
						Craig, Matthew, 25 Oct 1856, aged 22, Miner, killed by a fall of stone
						Davison, George, 29 Oct 1889, aged 33, Hewer, caught by runaway tubs on an incline
						Douglas, William, 20 Feb 1841, aged 33, Engineer, fell down shaft
						Hedley, Andrew, 14 Sep 1894, (accident: 10 Sep 1894, 7:30 a.m., 1st hour of shift), aged 17, Putter, Burnt by gas. The deputy found some fire-damp in the place, but neglected to fence it off. He sent the hewer into another place, but did not see the deceased, who went in to ascertain if there was a full tub ready, when the gas ignited at his naked light [Inspection made] [More information ...]
						Hetherington, John [Henry], 20 Jun 1849, aged 30, Pitman, killed by a fall of coal
						Hutton, William, 21 May 1860, (accident: 23 May 1860), aged 61, Miner, killed by a fall of coal
						Metcalf, John, 08 Feb 1855, aged 22, shaft accident
						Oliver, William, 20 Dec 1883, aged 59, Keeker, crushed between truck and gangway
						Purvis, Anthony, 28 Dec 1868, aged 36, Hewer, killed by a fall of coal and stone
						Scrowther, Charles, 17 Feb 1882, aged 38, Deputy, killed by a fall of stone from roof
						Shipley, Charles, 17 Jan 1859, aged 39, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone
						Spraggon, -, 12 Oct 1839, Mason, fell from chimney
						Stephenson, Andrew, 12 Mar 1845, aged 45, Pitman, fell down shaft
						Trobe, Mary Ann, 10 May 1859, aged 10, [Not Employed], killed by waggons at the staith
						Weightman, Andrew, 22 Nov 1854, aged 29, killed by a fall of coal from the roof, he left a wife, Mary Tunny Weightman, and three small childre, address: Radcliff Terrace, Hauxley
						Wilson, James, 16 Sep 1852, aged 70, fall of coal, address: Radcliffe Terrace, Hauxley

						23 names found

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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 Ray Ditchburn from his research into fatalities in Northumberland and are marked with .

more information on some of the fatalities shown above

The following unnamed fatalities are listed in the Mines Inspectors Reports, once again this collection is not complete!

Date							Inspectors Remarks
16 Sep 1865	–	–	–	1	–	1	fall of stone
17 Nov 1865	1	–	–	–	–	1	boy, death in shaft

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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
1868 Mines Inspectors Report, Northumberland, North Durham and Cumberland District by George William Southern, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1882 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3621) Where to find this report
1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078), Newcastle District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1885 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4760) Where to find this report
1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), Newcastle District (No. 3) by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1894 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7667), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
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
Contributions from Ray Ditchburn from his research into mining fatalities in Northumberland
Mineral Statistics for 1855 (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 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