	Stobswood Colliery	Index	Stobswood Colliery

Stobswood Colliery

Location:

Morpeth
12 miles [20 km] SSE of Alnwick

Map Ref:

(Sheet 81) NZ236947, 55° 14' 47" N, 1° 37' 40" W

Maps:

1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey

1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide

1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian)

Opened:

1875

Closed:

01 May 1965

Pits:

Shaft details for Stobswood Colliery

Owners:

1880s - John H. Burn

1900s - Stobswood Coal Co.

1940s - Stobswood Coal Co. Ltd.

1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)

Output:

1882 - Coal.

1883 - Coal.

1888 - Coal.

1890 - Coal.

1894 - Coal: Steam.

1896 - Coal: Steam.

1900 - Coal: Steam.

1902 - Coal: Steam.

1905 - Coal: Steam.

1910 - Coal: Steam.

1921 - Coal: Steam.

1925 - Coal: Household, Steam. Fireclay.

1930 - Coal: Steam. Fireclay.

1935 - Coal: Household, Steam. Fireclay.

1940 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay.

1947 - Coal: Household, Steam. (97,000 tons)

1950 - Coal: Household, Steam.

1955 - Coal: Household, Steam. Fireclay.

1960 - Coal: Household, Steam. Fireclay.

1961 - Coal: Household, Steam. Fireclay.

1964 - Coal: Household, Steam. Fireclay.

1965 - Coal: Household, Steam. Fireclay.

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1894	127	102	25
1896	80	63	17
1900	130	103	27
1902	123	103	20
1905	117	91	26
1910	126	106	20
1915	134	111	23
1921	207	158	49
1925	291	233	58
1930	404	314	90
1935	410	319	91
1940	417	333	84
1945	350	267	83
1947	333	251	82
1950	413	314	99
1955	414	323	91
1960	437	351	86
1961	437	351	86
1964	352	284	68
1965	352	284	68

NCB Employment Figures

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

Seams Worked:

1905 - Main, Yard

1910 - Main, Two Feet

1915 - Beaumont, Main, Two Feet, Yard

1921 - Beaumont, Main, Two Feet, Yard

1925 - Beaumont, Yard

1930 - Beaumont, Five Quarter, Main, Yard

1935 - Beaumont, Five Quarter, Main, Yard

1940 - Beaumont, Five Quarter, Main, Yard

1950 - Beaumont, Five Quarter, Low Main, Main, Tilley, Yard

1955 - Beaumont, Low Main, Main, Yard

1960 - Low Main, Plessey, Widdrington Main, Widdrington Yard

1961 - Low Main, Plessey, Widdrington Main, Widdrington Yard

1964 - Low Main, Plessey, Widdrington Main, Widdrington Yard

1965 - Low Main, Plessey, Widdrington Main, Widdrington Yard

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!

						Armstrong, Stanley, 25 Feb 1946, aged 15, accidentally killed in the brick works, Buried: St. John's Churchyard, Ashington
						Brown, T. J. G., 29 Jul 1935, aged 60, killed by a fall of stone
						Brown, Thomas James Green, 22 Jul 1935, aged 60, died from injuries received, Buried: St. John the Baptist Churchyard, Ulgham
						Buglass, George, 25 Feb 1892, 8:00 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 47, Shifter, Deceased and two other men were renewing timber in an old roadway, and when near a "trouble" a stone fell on to some of the old timber, and canted over on to the deceased [Inspection made]
						Davis, George Willam, 21 Dec 1916, aged 24, Miner, died from injuries received after an accidental fall of coal [Inquest: 22 Dec 1916], address: 11 Wood Row, Stobswood
						Donald, John, 13 Aug 1883, aged 35, Hewer, fall of band stone
						Dunn, Henry, 1942, [approximate date]
						Easton, Edward John, 29 Jun 1953, aged 16, found dead underneath a tub on a mine haulage-way, address: 15 Grangewood Terrace, Stobswood
						Edward, George, 1934, [approximate date]
						Gray, Robert, Oct 1924, (accident: 14 Jul 1924, 2.45 p.m., 5th hour of shift), aged 17, Coalcutter Attendant, deceased was assisting to fill some coal which was blocking the path of the machine. He was beneath the canch at the face of a gateway on a longwall face in a thin seam, when a large stone fell from a post roof. The greater portion of the stone lodged on a pack, but the thin edge measuring 3 ft. by 3 ft. by 8 ins. thick, broke away and inflicted injuries from which deceased died about 3 months later. The fall revealed a coal piping on the upper surface of the stone. The place was well timbered with props and head trees and one prop was broken and two displaced by the fall
						Hay, George Adam, 1929, [approximate date]
						Jobson, Robert William, 22 Sep 1900, (accident: 15 Mar 1900), Hewer, received injuries to his side by a fall of stone at Widdrington Colliery, on March 15th, 1900, and again at Stobswood Colliery on July 30th; he died on September 22nd, and a post mortem examination showed that death was due to heart disease following rheumatic fever
						King, Marshall, 1940, [approximate date]
						Lee, Robert, 09 Jul 1888, aged 14, Driver, fell in front of pony and set of tubs and was crushed
						Mavin, Charles William, 29 May 1930, aged 55, died from injuries received, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, Widdrington
						Middlemiss, Robert, 1932, [approximate date]
						Miller, James A., 1945, [approximate date]
						Mitchell, Thomas Norman, 1934, [approximate date]
						Nisbet, John Innes, 18 Mar 1910, aged 44, He was not actually killed in the mine but murdered on his way to deliver the payroll and his body found on the train at Alnwick
						Sanderson, James, 13 Apr 1882, aged 43, Hewer, fall of top coal
						Scott, William, 1936, [approximate date]
						Sim, A., 1923, [approximate date]
						Weddell, Mark, 1929, [approximate date]
						Young, Thomas, 1945, [approximate date]

						24 names found

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Sources:

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
1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1888 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5779), 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
1892 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6986), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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), Newcastle District (No. 3) by John L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Northern Division (No. 2) by T. Greenland Davies, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection]
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
1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1960 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1961 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1964 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1965 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume S-T, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1894
Contributions by members of the Public
Headstone(s) in Holy Trinity Churchyard, Widdrington
Headstone(s) in St. John's Churchyard, Ashington
Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works
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