	Scremerston Colliery	Index	Scremerston Colliery

Scremerston Colliery

Location:

Berwick
2½ miles [4 km] SSE of Berwick-upon-Tweed

Map Ref:

(Sheet 75) NU004497, 55° 44' 27" N, 1° 59' 37" W

Maps:

1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey

Opened:

Closed:

Sep 1944

Pits:

Engine Pit

Jack Tar Pit

Shaft details for Jack Tar Pit

Owners:

1820s - Robert Johnson

1830s - Robert Johnson & Co.

1840s - Carr & Co.

1860s - Johnson & Carr

1880s - Scremerston & Shoreswood Coal Co.

1890s - Scremerston Coal Co. Ltd.

1935 - Scremerston Main Collieries Ltd.

Output:

1860 - Coal.

1865 - Coal.

1882 - Coal (Landsale).

1883 - Coal.

1888 - Coal.

1890 - Coal.

1894 - Coal: Household.

1896 - Coal: Household.

1900 - Coal: Household. Fireclay.

1902 - Coal: Household. Fireclay.

1910 - Coal: Household. Fireclay.

1921 - Coal: Household.

1925 - Coal: Household.

1930 - Coal: Household.

1935 - Coal: Household.

1940 - Coal: Household. (100,000 tons)

1944 - Coal: Household. Clay.

Employment:

Year	Pit	Total	Below	Above
1894		180	151	29
1896		152	127	25
1900		185	160	25
1902		199	168	31
1905		177	125	52
1910		241	199	42
1915		216	173	43
1915	Jack Tar	Suspended
	Total	216	173	43
1921		275	207	68
1921	Jack Tar	Suspended
	Total	275	207	68
1925		254	168	86
1925	Jack Tar	Suspended
	Total	254	168	86
1930		216	154	62
1935		218	167	51
1940		200	173	27
1944		109	71	38
1944		Abandoned 9/44

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

Seams Worked:

1905 - Cooper Eye (Limestone Coal)

1910 - Cooper Eye (Limestone Coal)

1915 - Cooper Eye (Limestone Coal)

1921 - Cooper Eye (Limestone Coal)

1925 - Cooper Eye

1930 - Cooper Eye

1935 - Cooper Eye

1940 - Cooper Eye

1944 - Cooper Eye [Abandoned 9/44]

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Scremerston Colliery

Notes:

1944, Sep - Cooper Eye seam abandoned

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!

						Aitchison, John, 15 Dec 1821, [Not Employed], not a miner but a servant from Berwickshire, sent to collect coal, he walked across the pit site, the smoke hid the shaft and he fell in [date of report]
						Charlton, Alexander, 1919, [approximate date]
						Cockburn, John, 16 May 1867, aged 19, Hewer, fall of band
						Davidson, Robert, 1919, [approximate date]
						Dryden, Joseph, 24 Jun 1931, aged 35, Master Shifter, drowned [More information ...]
						Elliot, John, 12 Oct 1886, aged 21, Labourer, fell down shaft, affected by stythe, Buried: St. Peter's Churchyard, Scremerston
						Elliott, Oswald, 31 Mar 1810, on going down the pit in the morning, the rope broke and he was bruised to death at the bottom [date of report]
						Gibson, James R., 24 Jun 1931, aged 49, Stoneman, drowned [More information ...]
						Gregson, Henry, 07 Nov 1818, aged 16, having finished work, waited at the bottom of the pit, the chain pulling the other men to the surface fell on him [date of report]
						Grey, Ralph, 04 Apr 1829, aged 52, killed by a fall of coal [date of report]
						Hall, William, 02 Sep 1856, aged 20, Pitman, killed by a fall of stone
						Harbottle, John, 02 Nov 1865, aged 45, Buried: St. Peter's Churchyard, Scremerston
						Hattle, William, 1939, [approximate date]
						Hogarth, Joseph, 29 Sep 1876, (accident: 05 Jul 1876), aged 26, Sinker, struck by a stone in a sinking pit [More information ...]
						Ingles, Thomas, 07 Oct 1874, aged 25, Hewer, killed by a fall of coal
						Johnson, James, 05 Sep 1829, killed by accident [date of report]
						Moffit, Robert, 07 Jun 1881, aged 56, Shifter, fell from cage down shaft [More information ...]
						Nesbett, John, 24 Aug 1850, aged 47, Engineman, caught by machinery, left a widow and five children
						Sanderson, John, 21 Nov 1877, aged 20, Hewer, fall of coal while kirving, Buried: St. Peter's Churchyard, Scremerston
						Smith, John, 20 Feb 1865, he was descending the pit in the cage when he put his head out and died instantly after he struck the side., Buried: St. Peter's Churchyard, Scremerston
						Wilson, James, 07 Dec 1900, aged 66, Shifter, The deceased was following his usual occupation as a shifter when he was crushed by a fall of roof. The place had just been examined and was considered safe. There was plenty of timber near at hand.
						Wintrip, G., 13 Mar 1872, aged 22, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone
						Wright, John, 30 Nov 1839, aged 25, Engineman, working in the new pit when the pumps fell and fatally injured him [date of report]

						23 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 by the pupils of Longridge Towers School from their course work on the Industrial Revolution and are marked with .

more information on some of the fatalities shown above

The following unnamed fatalities are listed in the Mines Inspectors Reports, once again this collection is not complete!

Date							Inspectors Remarks
25 Oct 1856	–	–	–	–	1	1	boiler explosion, More information ...
07 May 1862	–	–	–	1	–	1	fall of coal and band
06 Nov 1862	–	–	–	–	1	1	death at pit heap

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Scremerston Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Scremerston Colliery

Gallery Images:

Scremerston Colliery horses drawing trucks

Memorial Images:

Credits

Sources:

1867 Mines Inspectors Report
1872 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 840), Northumberland, North Durham, and Cumberland District by George William Southern, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1874 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1216) Where to find this report
1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1734), Newcastle-on-Tyne District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 2003), Newcastle District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), 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
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), 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
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.
1944 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
Contributed by the pupils of Longridge Towers School from their course work on the Industrial Revolution
Contributions by members of the Public
Mineral Statistics for 1860 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
Mineral Statistics for 1865 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
Mineral Statistics for 1869 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
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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Pictures:

Colliery picture provided by David Kitching

Further Research:

Research Notes for Scremerston Colliery

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