Sherburn House Colliery

1894 - Hutton seam abandoned - coal exhausted

1913 - Main Coal seam abandoned

1935, 07 Oct - Low Main, Busty seams abandoned

1936 - Low Main, Busty (whole mine) seams abandoned

Blacklock, John Curry, 11 Oct 1928, (accident: 29 Aug 1928), aged 30, Hewer, fall, Buried: Churchyard of St. Mary the Virgin, Sherburn

Blakey, John Thomas, 12 Oct 1918, aged 57, Drawer, killed by a fall of stone

Bowran, Thomas, 27 Jan 1922, aged 31, Filler, killed by a fall of stone

Britton, Frederick, 07 Aug 1929, aged 28, Hewer, fall, Buried: Churchyard of St. Mary the Virgin, Sherburn

Brown, William, 16 Oct 1851, aged 59, Deputy Overman, he was taking up some rolley-plates when he was crushed to death by a mass of stones which fell from the roof. The fall was extensive, measuring 13 yards in length and 8 or 9 yards in breadth. It took more than four hours to remove his body

Cairns, George, 26 Apr 1852, aged 13, got on a tub to ride an incline, when the tub jerked off the way, he fell amongst the wheels and was killed instantly

Clayton, Thomas, 16 Jun 1869, aged 21, Fireman, explosion of a steam boiler [More information ...]

Clukers, Edward, 20 Aug 1873, aged 14, Driver, crushed by train of tubs on incline

Cooper, George, 27 Feb 1924, (accident: 26 Feb 1924, 11.55 a.m., 1st hour of shift), aged 17, Haulage Lad, Deceased, failing to detach the clip from the over-tub haulage rope, attempted to detach the clip chain from the first of a set of eight empty tubs as they were moving by gravity down the kip at the main junction, when his head was crushed between the tub and an iron bar fixed to arrest clips which cannot ordinarily be detached. He should have observed the instructions not to interfere with clip chains until the tubs have come to rest, Buried: Churchyard of St. Mary the Virgin, Sherburn

Craig, Thomas, 31 Oct 1865, aged 13, Horse Driver, crushed between tub and door frame

Dixon, John, 19 Jan 1888, aged 22, Shiftman, fall of roof while making a place ready [More information ...]

Dixon, Robert William, 10 Jul 1893, (accident: 07 Jul 1893, 2:00 a.m., 8th hour of shift), aged 19, Putter, While hewing off side of place, in doing which he was wrong, a side waver of stone fell over and injured him internally. He died on 10th inst. [More information ...]

Egglestone, George, 17 Sep 1850, aged boy

Gibbon, Thomas, 13 Sep 1853, aged 60, Cartman, fell backwards over to the ground, the injuries he received were of such a nature as to cause his death shortly afterwards

Hall, C., 25 Nov 1931, (accident: 26 Feb 1931), aged 50, Hewer, fall of stone, died from injuries received

Hall, George, 16 Jul 1929, aged 55, Filler, crushed, Buried: Churchyard of St. Mary the Virgin, Sherburn

Hepburn, Taylor, 21 Nov 1844, aged 11, was ascending the shaft of Sherburn House Pit in a cage with a small tub of coals, and he somehow fell to the bottom of the shaft and was killed instantly

Hope, James, 26 Mar 1891, (accident: 19 Jan 1891, 9:45 a.m., 4th hour of shift), aged 16, Driver, severely crushed between tub and wall side

Hughes, Edward, 24 Jan 1852, aged 30, he was descending the shaft when an empty tub was 'blown down by violence of the wind', he was struck by the tub and killed instantly

Kirtley, Simon, 19 Apr 1859, aged 12, Pony Driver, crushed by a tub drawn by a pony, Buried: 22 Apr 1859

Lee, Abraham, 28 Dec 1922, aged 19, Shifter, killed by a fall of stone

Liddle, Joseph, 23 Mar 1919, (accident: 18 Mar 1919), aged 41, Stoneman, died from injuries received

Marley, Ralph, 16 Jun 1869, aged 43, Brakesman, explosion of a steam boiler [More information ...]

Mason, Wales, 31 Jan 1868, aged 29, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

McCormack, Patrick, 23 Dec 1890, aged 16, Putter, fell off his limbers and was run over by a full tub

McDonald, R., 01 Feb 1929, aged 58, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

Morgan, Edward, 23 Mar 1891, (accident: 13 Feb 1891, 7:30 a.m., 3rd hour of shift), aged 33, Hewer, injuries to back by fall of coal

Padgett, Thomas W. E., 12 Jun 1924, 2.45 p.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 17, Hand Putter, deceased, in his spare time, was hewing on a longwall face when a stone, 6 ft. by 3 ft. 6 ins. by 1 ft. thick, fell from a slip in the roof and killed him. The stone canted out a plank which was notched into the coal at one end and also two props with short head trees. Probably, through inexperience, he removed the coal supporting the plank end

Patterson, George, 05 Aug 1927, (accident: 26 Jul 1927), aged 58, Hewer, crushed by tubs, died from injuries received [More information ...]

Purvis, William Michael, 08 Sep 1887, aged 20, Shifter, leg torn and other injuries, being caught between rope and a sheave in rope drift where he had no business to go, Buried: Churchyard of St. Mary the Virgin, Sherburn

Rhodes, William, 11 Nov 1921, aged 25, Stoneman, fractured skull

Robson, John, 22 Jun 1927, (accident: 17 Jun 1927), aged 61, Drawer, killed by a fall of stone

Rule, Matthew, 11 Jul 1867, aged 15, Pony Putter, crushed between tub and side of mine

Salmon, William, 12 Aug 1909, aged 39, Hewer, He was killed in the face of a gateway immediately on returning to the place after firing a shot. The shot he had fired had been, contrary to the regulations, drilled in the solid and was a flanking hole ; it had been heavily charged and when fired had knocked out several of the props and so caused the roof to fall and kill him

Savage, Charles William, 10 Sep 1923, (accident: 07 Sep 1923), aged 16, Putter, he was struck by a set of tubs and sustained a fractured thigh, he was taken to Durham County Hospital where he died from his injury

Spedding, William, 19 Sep 1893, 8:40 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 17, Putter, Was sent to hew coal in a broken jud. He neglected to set necessary sprags, and the coal fell from a breaker and killed him. [More information ...]

Surtees, John, 16 Jun 1869, aged 19, Fireman, explosion of a steam boiler [More information ...]

Swann, Robert, 12 May 1905, aged 63, Hewer, apparently crushed against the roof when riding out-bye on a loaded tub without permission, Buried: Shincliffe, St. Mary the Virgin on 18 May 1905 {NBI} [More information ...]

Unsworth, Charles, 18 Jul 1919, aged 41, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Walker, William, 01 Apr 1865, aged 39, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Wilkinson, Matthew, 30 Sep 1927, (accident: 20 Sep 1927), aged 62, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

Williamson, John, 08 Aug 1893, 10:00 a.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 44, Hewer, Fall of a very large stone whilst at his work in an ordinary "bord." [More information ...]

Wilson, Thomas, 05 Jul 1915, aged 52, Stoneman, crushed to death by a fall of stone