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Staindrop Field House Drift
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| Location: | nr. Evenwood Gate 12½ miles [20 km] SSW of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 92) NZ175249, 54° 37' 8" N, 1° 43' 44" W |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | Jul 1967 |
| Owners: | ???? - Staindrop Coal Co.? |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1954 - Coal. |
| 1965 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Industrial. | |
| 1967 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Industrial. | |
| Employment: | 1956 - 77 (69 below, 8 surface) |
| 1957 - 77 (69 below, 8 surface) | |
| 1958 - 77 (69 below, 8 surface) | |
| 1959 - 77 (69 below, 8 surface) | |
| 1960 - 87 (79 below, 8 surface) | |
| 1965 - 85 (75 below, 10 surface) | |
| 1967 - 83 (75 below, 8 surface) | |
| 1968 - 0 [Closed : Salvage] | |
| Seams Worked: | 1954 - Busty |
| 1955 - Busty | |
| 1956 - Busty | |
| 1957 - Busty | |
| 1958 - Busty | |
| 1959 - Busty | |
| 1960 - Busty | |
| 1965 - Brockwell, Busty | |
| 1967 - Brockwell, Busty |
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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!
 |  | Clark, George, 08 Dec 1958, aged 55, Stoneman, overcome by black damp and asphysciated, residenc: Toft Hill [More information ...] | ||||
| | Jones, Charles G., 08 Dec 1958, aged 40, Hewer, overcome by black damp and asphysciated, residenc: St. Helen's Auckland [More information ...] | ||||
| 2 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.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by
Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser
and Durham Chronicle) and are marked with
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more information on some of the fatalities shown above
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Staindrop Field House Drift
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Staindrop Field House Drift
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Credits
Sources:
- 1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 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
- 1959 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1960 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1965 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1967 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1968 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
- Text kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle).
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Related Links:
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Further Research:
Research Notes for Staindrop Field House Drift
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