	Tudhoe Park Drift	Index	Tudhoe Park Drift

Tudhoe Park Drift

(See also Tudhoe Colliery)

Location:

Tudhoe
4½ miles [7 km] S of Durham

Map Ref:

(Sheet 93) NZ268357, 54° 42' 56" N, 1° 35' 2" W

Maps:

1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian)

Opened:

1945

Closed:

23 May 1969

Owners:

1945 - Tudhoe Park Colliery Ltd.

1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)

Output:

1947 - Coal: Household, Industrial, Steam. (31,643 tons)

1948 - Coal: Manufacturing.

1949 - Coal: Manufacturing.

1950 - Coal: Industrial, Manufacturing.

1951 - Coal: Manufacturing.

1955 - Coal: Manufacturing.

1960 - Coal: Manufacturing.

1965 - Coal: Household, Industrial.

1969 - Coal: Coking, Household, Industrial.

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1945	137	106	31
1947	153	120	33
1948	211	165	46
1949	211	165	46
1950	132	108	24
1951	180	150	30
1955	194	161	33
1960	222	181	41
1965	231	200	31
1969	196	170	26

NCB Employment Figures

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

Seams Worked:

1948 - Bottom Hutton, Top Hutton

1949 - Bottom Hutton, Top Hutton

1950 - Bottom Hutton, Top Hutton

1951 - Bottom Hutton

1955 - Bottom Hutton

1960 - Bottom Hutton

1965 - Hutton

1969 - Hutton

Notes:

1945 - Tudhoe Colliery reopened at the end of WWII and worked as Tudhoe Park Drift

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!

						Wilkinson, William, 25 Oct 1948, aged 56, Surface Worker, he was assisting to tip tubs of stone on to the heap when the sleepers holding rails in position collapsed or tilted, and deceased was flung with the tub down the heap, he sustained severe injuries from which he died the same day, Buried: Rock Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

						1 name 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 , were killed in a disaster for which a memorial has been erected or for which we have images concerning the disaster, alternately their name may be mentioned on a memorial plaque. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the appropriate web page for the memorial.

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.

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Tudhoe Park Drift

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Tudhoe Park Drift

Credits

Sources:

1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1947 The 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
1948 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1949 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1951 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1960 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1965 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1969 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
Headstone(s) in Merrington Lane Cemetery, Spennymoor

Further Research:

Research Notes for Tudhoe Park Drift

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