	Stocksbridge Colliery	Index	Stocksbridge Colliery

Stocksbridge Colliery

Location:	7 miles [11 km] SW of Barnsley
Map Ref:	(Sheet 110 Sheffield and Huddersfield) SK265988, 53° 29' 9" N, 1° 35' 59" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Samuel Fox and Co.
	Fox and Co., Ltd., Samuel
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1894 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1905 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. Ganister. Fireclay.
	1910 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. Ganister. Fireclay.
	1915 - New - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. Ganister.
	1915 - No. 1 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. Ganister.
	1915 - No. 3 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. Ganister.
	1947 - Coal: Coking, Gas. (62,000 tons)
Employment:	1894 - 229 (217 below, 12 surface)
	1896 - 261 (240 below, 21 surface)
	1900 - 314 (289 below, 25 surface)
	1905 - 304 (282 below, 22 surface)
	1910 - 350 (292 below, 58 surface)
	1915 - New - 35 (17 below, 18 surface)
	1915 - No. 1 - 329 (266 below, 63 surface)
	1915 - No. 3 - 17 (14 below, 3 surface)
	1923 - 160 (120 below, 40 surface)
	1923 - 273 (243 below, 30 surface)
	1933 - 521 (448 below, 73 surface)
	1940 - 415 (327 below, 88 surface)
	1947 - 302 (210 below, 92 surface)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Halifax Hard and Soft
	1910 - Halifax Hard and Soft Beds
	1915 - New - Halifax Soft Bed
	1915 - No. 1 - Halifax Soft Bed
	1915 - No. 3 - Ganister, Halifax Hard
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

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!

						Ashton, Frederick, 18 Jun 1910, aged 35, Coal getter, A fall of roof in a working place. The fall displaced a number of props and disclosed a slip. Too great an area of roof was allowed to depend upon props
						Bailey, W., 22 Aug 1868, aged 13, Hurrier, Wagon which brings the tubs from botton of incline to surface broke, and part of it went back down the incline striking the boy
						Crossland, Hugh, 18 Dec 1933, aged 52, Ripper, He was building a gate pack and found with shovel in pack hole under a fall. Died when extracted
						Dyson, D., 06 Aug 1891, Gunpowder
						Heathcote, Thomas, 04 Dec 1872, aged 40, Bricklayer, Incline rope broke
						Marshall, Samuel, 02 Mar 1904, (accident: 23 Feb 1904), aged 59, Deputy, Died from injuries received on February 23rd last. He was walking down a road lowering two empty tubs, when he slipped and fell with ribs on to a full tub on the other side
						Pears, Walter, 10 Feb 1915, aged 14, Screen boy, Left his working place at screens and went to sidings to watch some wagons being lowered. He was last seen near a set of 7 empties which were moving at walking pace and shortly after he was found under last one with a broken neck
						Woodcock, Colin, 27 Jun 1935, Miner, killed by a fall of roof

						8 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.

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Some of the names of mining fatalities on this page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the Coal Mining History Resource Centre (CMHRC) and are marked with . The CMHRC is available here.

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Credits

Sources:

1868 Mines Inspectors Report, Yorkshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1872 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 840), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District by Frank N. Wardell, 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
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by W. Walker, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676), Yorkshire and North Midland District (No. 4) by W. H. Pickering, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian