	Storey Lodge Colliery	Index	Storey Lodge Colliery

Storey Lodge Colliery

Location:

Cockfield
13½ miles [22 km] SW of Durham

Map Ref:

(Sheet 92) NZ139253, 54° 37' 21" N, 1° 47' 5" W

Opened:

Closed:

Owners:

1860s - Thompson & Garbutt

1880s - Trustees of T. Charlton & Co.

1890s - North Bitchburn Coal Co. Ltd.

1950s - A. Teasdale & Sons

1960s - Storey Lodge Colliery Ltd.

Output:

1855 - Coal.

1860 - Coal.

1865 - Coal.

1873 - Coal.

1888 - Coal.

1894 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing.

1896 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing.

1900 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing.

1902 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing.

1905 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing.

1959 - Coal: Household, Industrial.

1960 - Coal: Household, Industrial.

1964 - Coal: Household, Industrial.

1965 - Coal: Household, Industrial.

1967 - Coal: Household, Industrial.

1968 - Coal: Household, Industrial.

1969 - Coal: Household, Industrial.

1970 - Coal: Household, Industrial.

1971 - Coal: Household, Industrial.

1972 - Coal: Household, Industrial.

1974 - Coal: Household, Industrial.

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1880	Standing
1883	147	147
1894	135	114	21
1896	160	129	31
1900	164	133	31
1902	153	122	31
1905	Abandoned. Plans to H.O. 1904.
1959	10	10
1960	10	7	3
1964	12	9	3
1965	12	9	3
1967	12	10	2
1968	12	10	2
1969	12	10	2
1970	12	10	2
1971	12	10	2
1972	12	10	2
1974	12	10	2

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

Seams Worked:

1905 - Brockwell, Harvey [Abandoned. Plans to H.O. 1904.]

1960 - Busty

1964 - Busty

1965 - Busty

1967 - Busty

1968 - Busty

1969 - Busty

1970 - Busty

1971 - Busty

1972 - Busty

1974 - Busty

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Storey Lodge Colliery

Notes:

1833 - A boring was put down from the surface (but near a drift working the Yard Coal Seam) at Storey Lodge.

1904 - Yard, Five Quarter, Brockwell seams abandoned - coal exhausted

Description

Coal is also extensively worked in this township [Evenwood], as will be seen by the following account of the several pits when in working order. The owners of Norwood colliery have two seams at work – the Brockwell, 5 ft. 6in., at the depth of 14 fathoms, which dips considerably to the north east, and the Busty, 4 feet thick, is worked by two drifts north and south. The annual output is 120,000 tons, and the number employed is over 200. Evenwood colliery, by the North Bitchburn Coal Co., have two pits working the Brockwell, 5 ft. 9 in., at the depth of 72 fathoms. Five Quarter from 1-9 to 3 feet at 58 fathoms, and the yard seam at 51 fathoms.

These seams are worked by a drift from Evenwood Colliery. The average output is 160,000 tons per annum, and the number employed is over 300. There are fifty coke ovens, but not in use at present. Storey Lodge Colliery, by the North Bitchburn Coal Co., working the Yard seam and the Five Quarter, 4 ft. 6 in. yielding an annual output of 80,000 tons, and employing 180 hands. Reiley Fell Colliery, by Messrs. Henry Stobart & Co. Here are the Busty, 3 ft. 8 in. to 4 ft., and the Brockwell, 5 ft. 10 in. This pit is at present idle ; but there are 70 coke ovens, which are supplied from the Lands Colliery, which was sunk in 1879, and at which are worked the Harvey, 2 ft. 4 in., the Busty, 4 ft. 6 in. to 6 ft., and the Brockwell, 5 ft. 10 in., employing 100 hands. At Morley Colliery, by Mr. Andrew Mein, is worked by a drift, the Main Coal seam, 5 ft. 6 in. to 6 ft., yielding 30,000 tons per annum, and employing 40 men and boys. Pit Close is another small colliery, where Mr. George Lowson is working also the Main Coal seam.

Whellan's 1894 Directory of County Durham

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!

						Blackett, Ezra, 26 Aug 1898, aged 19, Labourer, Head caught by descending apparatus cage. No one was present when the accident occurred, but it is assumed that he had been looking over a fence 4 ft. 9 in. high when the cage came down and caught and killed him. His work was nowhere near the apparatus cage, and he had no right to be where he was, Buried: St. John's Churchyard, Lynesack [More information ...]
						Henderson, John, 07 Feb 1900, (accident: 26 Jan 1900), aged 50, Hewer, Leg slightly bruised by a fall of coal when kirving a jud. Blood poisoning set in and he died on February 7th.
						Lawson, John, 22 Feb 1876, aged 11, Wailer, run over by trucks on surface while attempting to sprag them
						Parkin, Thomas, 13 Jan 1890, aged 25, Onsetter, severely crushed between tub and shaft side [More information ...]
						Place, Stephen William, 30 Apr 1875, aged 44, Screenman, crushed by a truck under screens
						Taylor, Benjamin, 11 Mar 1875, aged 26, Brakesman, by becoming entangled in the machinery while breaking an underground engine

						6 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.

more information on some of the fatalities shown above

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Storey Lodge Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Storey Lodge Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1873-4 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), Durham by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1734), Durham by Thomas Bell, 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)
1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1890 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6346), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, 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
1898 Mines Inspectors Report (C 9264), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536), Durham District (No. 4) by Ronald D. Bain, 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
1959 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1960 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
1967 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1968 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1969 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1970 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1971 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1972 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1974 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
Headstone(s) in St. John the Evangelist Churchyard, Lynesack
History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
Mineral Statistics for 1855 (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 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
Mineral Statistics for 1884 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4430), published in 1885 — includes List of Mines and Openworks
Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.

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