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Rosedale, West (Ironstone)
(See also Rosedale (Ironstone))
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| Location: | Rosedale Abbey 15½ miles [25 km] SW of Whitby |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 94, 100 Malton and Pickering) SE698962 |
| Opened: | 1857 |
| Closed: | 1911 |
| Owners: | 1870s - Rosedale & Ferry Hill Iron Co. |
| 1880s - West Rosedale Ironstone Co. Ltd. | |
| 1880s - Carlton Iron Co. Ltd. | |
| 1910s - Carlton Iron Co. Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1873 - Ironstone. |
| 1882 - West - Ironstone. | |
| 1883 - West - Ironstone. | |
| 1884 - West - Ironstone. | |
| 1888 - West - Ironstone. | |
| 1890 - Ironstone. | |
| 1894 - Ironstone. | |
| 1896 - Ironstone. | |
| 1900 - West - Ironstone. | |
| 1902 - West - Ironstone. | |
| 1905 - West - Ironstone. | |
| Employment: | 1883 - West - 219 |
| 1884 - West - 0 [Standing] | |
| 1894 - 194 (179 below, 15 surface) | |
| 1896 - 121 (110 below, 11 surface) | |
| 1900 - West - 93 (80 below, 13 surface) | |
| 1902 - West - 81 (72 below, 9 surface) | |
| 1905 - West - 94 (84 below, 10 surface) | |
 Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Rosedale, West (Ironstone) |
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| Notes: | 1885 - Abandoned |
1912 - Abandoned |
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| Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Rosedale, West (Ironstone) |
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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!
 | Huddlestone, William, 20 Nov 1883, aged 29, Miner, fall of stone from roof, both legs and back broken | |||||
| Kay, George, 19 Oct 1904, (accident: 10 Oct 1904), aged 64, Miner, while drilling a hole a piece of stone fell from face causing slight injury to head and leg, gangrene set in and he died on the 19th inst. | |||||
| Mason, John, 23 Aug 1875, aged 31, Miner, fall of ironstone | |||||
| Parker, William, 12 Jun 1900, aged 59, Miner, He was in a stooping position when a large piece of dogger, about 8 inches thick. fell from the roof and hit him at back of head and killed him. | |||||
| Wilson, George, 02 Mar 1878, aged 24, Miner, got on set of waggons on surface, contrary to rule, and fell off and was run over ; repeated warnings had been given not to ride on waggons | |||||
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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 Rosedale, West (Ironstone)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Rosedale, West (Ironstone)
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Credits
Sources:
- 1873-4 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), Durham by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321), Durham District by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
- 1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078), Durham District by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 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
- 1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536), Durham District (No. 4) by Ronald D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), Durham District (No. 4) by R. Donald Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 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
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Related Links:
| On this site | |
| | Newspaper articles |
| | Article on the discovery of Ironstone in Cleveland (published in 1857) |
| External sites | |
 | Cleveland Ironstone Mines web site by Peter Tuffs |
| External sites | |
| | Abandoned Communities web site |
Further Reading:
- Catalogue of Cleveland Ironstone Mines by Peter Tuffs, Cleveland Ironstone Series, published by Peter Tuffs
- The Ironstone Mines and Railways of Cleveland and Rosedale by T.E. Rounthwaite, published by Peter Tuffs
- Cleveland Mining Incidents by Simon Chapman, published by Peter Tuffs
- Cleveland Ironstone by S. Keith Chapman, published by Peter Tuffs
- Cleveland Ironstone Mines and Iron Industry by Richard Mead, published by Peter Tuffs
- The Cleveland Ironstone Industry and its Impact on Teesside by S. Keith Chapman, published by Peter Tuffs
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