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Stagshaw Bank Colliery
also known as Whittington Colliery
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| Location: | Stagshaw Bank, Whittington 4 miles [7 km] NE of Hexham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 87) NY985687, 55° 0' 47" N, 2° 1' 22" W |
| Maps: |  1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | 04 Oct 1958 |
| Pits: | Shaft details for Stagshaw Bank Colliery |
| Owners: | 1880s - John Hall |
| 1890s - John Hall & Sons | |
| 1900s - T. & John Hall | |
| 1900s - Hall & English Bros. | |
| 1910s - English Bros. | |
| 1940s - Matthew Mitcheson | |
| 1953 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1882 - Coal (Landsale). |
| 1883 - Coal, Landsale. | |
| 1888 - Coal (Landsale). | |
| 1890 - Coal (Landsale). | |
| 1894 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1896 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1902 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1910 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1915 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1921 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1925 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1930 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. | |
| 1935 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1940 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1950 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1955 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1956 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1957 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1958 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 11 (10 below, 1 surface) |
| 1896 - 10 (9 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1900 - 17 (15 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1902 - 14 (12 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1905 - 10 (8 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1910 - 16 (14 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1915 - 22 (20 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1921 - 28 (20 below, 8 surface) | |
| 1925 - 62 (48 below, 14 surface) | |
| 1930 - 20 (14 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1935 - 21 (15 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1940 - 20 (14 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1945 - 19 (16 below, 3 surface) | |
| 1950 - 14 (11 below, 3 surface) | |
| 1955 - 37 (34 below, 3 surface) | |
| 1956 - 37 (34 below, 3 surface) | |
| 1957 - 86 (67 below, 19 surface) | |
| 1958 - 86 (67 below, 19 surface) | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Limestone Coal |
| 1910 - Acomb Seam, Limestone Coal | |
| 1915 - Acomb Seam, Limestone Coal | |
| 1921 - Limestone Coal (Acomb Seam) | |
| 1925 - Little Limestone Coal | |
| 1930 - Little Limestone | |
| 1935 - Little Limestone | |
| 1940 - Little Limestone | |
| 1950 - Little Limestone | |
| 1955 - Little Limestone | |
| 1956 - Little Limestone | |
| 1957 - Little Limestone | |
| 1958 - Little Limestone |
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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
No names found.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Stagshaw Bank Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Stagshaw Bank Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
- 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
- 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
- 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 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
- 1956 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1957 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1958 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
- 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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Related Links:
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Further Research:
Research Notes for Stagshaw Bank Colliery
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