	Stiddle Hill Colliery	Index	Stiddle Hill Colliery

Stiddle Hill Colliery

also known as Ridsdale Colliery

Location:	Bellingham 13 miles [21 km] NNW of Hexham
Map Ref:	(Sheet 80) NY919853, 55° 9' 43" N, 2° 7' 36" W
Opened:
Closed:	29 Aug 1931
Pits:	Engine Pit, locn: (Sheet 80) NY919840
	Shaft details for Engine Pit
	Foaly (Folly) Pit, locn: (Sheet 80) NY916839
	Shaft details for Foaly (Folly) Pit
	Stiddle Hill Pit, sinking: Dec 1874
	Shaft details for Stiddle Hill Pit
Owners:	1880s - William Mundle
	1890s - Edward Armstrong
	1920s - Tyne Rede Mines Co.
	1920s - Ernest Barker
Output:	1882 - Coal (Landsale).
	1883 - Coal, Landsale.
	1888 - Coal (Landsale).
	1890 - Coal (Landsale).
	1910 - Coal.
	1921 - Coal.
	1923 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1924 - Coal: Steam.
	1925 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1927 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1929 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1930 - Coal: Household.
Employment:	1910 - 6 (5 below, 1 surface)
	1915 - 8 (6 below, 2 surface)
	1921 - 13 (11 below, 2 surface)
	1923 - 15 (12 below, 3 surface)
	1924 - 18 (13 below, 5 surface)
	1925 - 14 (10 below, 4 surface)
	1927 - 11 (5 below, 6 surface) [Temporarily closed]
	1930 - 5 (2 below, 3 surface)
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Seams Worked:	1910 - Limestone Coal
	1915 - Limestone Coal
	1921 - Limestone Coal
	1923 - Fourlaws
	1924 - Fourlaws
	1925 - Fourlaws
	1927 - Fourlaws [Temporarily closed]
	1929 - Fourlaws
	1930 - Fourlaws
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Stiddle Hill Colliery
Notes:	1894 - Thirty Inch seam abandoned - coal exhausted
	1931, 29 Aug - Fourlaws 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!

						Todd, George, 02 Mar 1876, aged 56, Overman, crushed by a waggon on surface

						1 name found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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list of collieries/pits etc. near to Stiddle Hill Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1734), Newcastle-on-Tyne 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)
1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1890 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
1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1924 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1927 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1929 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
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