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Ravensworth Betty Colliery
also known as Betty Pit
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| Location: | Lamesley 4 miles [6 km] S of Newcastle |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ258578, 54° 54' 54" N, 1° 35' 46" W |
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| Pits: | Meadow Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ262581 |
 Shaft details for Ravensworth Betty Colliery |
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| Owners: | 1890s - Charles Perkins & Partners |
| 1910s - Birtley Iron Co. | |
| 1920s - Pelaw Main Collieries Co. | |
| 1920s - Pelaw Main Collieries Co. Ltd. | |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1894 - Coal: Gas, Steam. |
| 1896 - Coal: Gas, Steam. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Gas, Steam. | |
| 1902 - Coal: Gas, Steam. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Gas, Steam. | |
| 1910 - Betty - Coal: Gas, Steam. Fireclay. | |
| 1915 - Betty/Shop - Coal: Gas, Steam. Fireclay. | |
| 1921 - Betty/Shop - Coal: Gas, Steam. | |
| 1925 - Betty/Shop - Coal: Gas, Household. | |
| 1930 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1935 - Ann/Betty - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1947 - Coal: Household, Industrial. (30,000 tons) | |
| 1950 - Betty/Ann - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Industrial, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1951 - Betty/Ann - Coal: Coking, Gas. | |
| 1955 - Betty/Ann - Coal: Coking, Gas. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 630 (487 below, 143 surface) |
| 1896 - 585 (449 below, 136 surface) | |
| 1900 - 542 (444 below, 98 surface) | |
| 1902 - 585 (489 below, 96 surface) | |
| 1905 - 661 (545 below, 116 surface) | |
| 1910 - Betty - 887 (699 below, 188 surface) | |
| 1915 - Betty/Shop - 1,106 (861 below, 245 surface) | |
| 1921 - Betty/Shop - 1,570 (1,234 below, 336 surface) [inc. Shop] | |
| 1925 - Betty/Shop - 354 (274 below, 80 surface) [inc. Shop, Temporarily closed 19/06/25] | |
| 1930 - 475 (345 below, 130 surface) | |
| 1935 - Ann/Betty - 1,330 (1,015 below, 315 surface) | |
| 1940 - 442 (340 below, 102 surface) | |
| 1945 - Betty/Ann - 1,083 (848 below, 235 surface) [inc. Ann] | |
| 1947 - 92 (67 below, 25 surface) | |
| 1950 - Betty/Ann - 1,345 (1,017 below, 328 surface) [inc. Ann] | |
| 1951 - Betty/Ann - 1,228 (1,001 below, 227 surface) [inc. Ann] | |
| 1952 - Betty - 150 (121 below, 29 surface) | |
| 1955 - Betty/Ann - 1,068 (887 below, 181 surface) [inc. Ann] | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1905 - High Main, Low Main, Maudlin, Six Quarter, Yard |
| 1910 - Betty - High Main, Low Main, Maudlin, Six Quarter, Yard | |
| 1915 - Betty/Shop - Beaumont, High Main, Hutton, Low Main, Maudlin, Six Quarter, Tilley, Yard | |
| 1921 - Betty/Shop - Beaumont, High Main, Hutton, Low Main, Maudlin, Six Quarter, Tilley, Yard | |
| 1925 - Betty/Shop - Beaumont, Busty, Low Main, Maudlin, Stone Coal [Temporarily closed 19/06/25] | |
| 1930 - Busty, Five Quarter, Hutton, Low Main, Maudlin, Six Quarter, Towneley | |
| 1935 - Ann/Betty - Busty, Five Quarter, Hutton | |
| 1950 - Betty/Ann - Bottom Busty, Five Quarter, Metal, Three Quarter, Top Busty, Towneley | |
| 1951 - Betty/Ann - Five Quarter, Metal, Three Quarter, Top Busty, Towneley | |
| 1955 - Betty/Ann - Busty, Five Quarter, High Main, Metal, Three Quarter, Towneley | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Ravensworth Betty Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1950 - Bottom Busty seam discontinued |
| Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Ravensworth Betty Colliery |
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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!
 | Austin, Terence, 25 Jan 1913, aged 19, Putter, deceased after taking a tub to the face told the hewer that his pony had very nearly killed him; he then became unconscious and died the same day from a fractured spine; the roads were in good working order, and the cause of the accident unknown | |||||
| Reed, Thomas, 13 Jun 1914, aged 30, Screener, deceased was standing for the purpose of signalling on the inside of a curve on an occasionally used siding worked by a stationary engine and rope to which a set of railway wagons was attached; he was close to one of three large "drum" sheaves used to bind the rope on the curve, but the rope was off the middle one; on starting the load up the hill the rope carried away the frame work of the sheave, and violently knocked the deceased over; the post of the framework of the sheave had been placed only 3½ feet down into "made" ground | |||||
| Watson, William, 01 Oct 1864, aged 61, stuck head out of cage and was struck by a falling stone | |||||
| 3 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.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Ravensworth Betty Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Ravensworth Betty Colliery
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Gallery Images:
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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
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1913 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 7439), Northern Division (No. 2) by J. R. R. Wilson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1914 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 8023), Northern Division (No. 2) by J. R. R. Wilson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1919 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1925 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
- 1947 The 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
- 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1951 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1952 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 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
- Contributions by members of the Public
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Related Links:
| On this site | |
| | Newspaper articles |
| | Article from Colliery Engineering (May 1930) regarding the Collieries owned by Pelaw Main Collieries Ltd. |
| | Pictures in the Gallery section for Ravensworth Betty Colliery |
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:
Research Notes for Ravensworth Betty Colliery
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