	Throckley 'Maria' Colliery	Index	Throckley 'Maria' Colliery

Throckley 'Maria' Colliery

Location:

Throckley
6½ miles [10 km] WNW of Newcastle

Map Ref:

(Sheet 88) NZ156672, 54° 59' 59" N, 1° 45' 17" W

Maps:

1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide

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

Opened:

1908

Closed:

13 Mar 1953

Owners:

1910s - Throckley Coal Co. Ltd.

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

Output:

1910 - Coal: Manufacturing. Fireclay.

1921 - Coal: Manufacturing. Fireclay.

1925 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. Fireclay.

1930 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay.

1935 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay. Clay.

1950 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay.

Employment:

Year	Pit	Total	Below	Above
1910		270	233	37
1915	Maria	342	296	46
1921		506	431	75
1925		696	590	106
1930		841	436	405
1935		528	420	108
1940		519	414	105
1945		506	394	112
1950		450	346	104
1954		Closed

NCB Employment Figures

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

Seams Worked:

1910 - Engine Seam, Hodge, Main Coal, Stone Coal, Tilley

1915 - Maria - Brockwell, Engine, Hodge, Main Coal, Stone Coal, Tilley

1921 - Brockwell, Engine, Hodge, Main Coal, Stone Coal, Tilley, Victoria

1925 - Brockwell, Engine, Hodge, Main, Stone, Tilley

1930 - Brockwell, Engine, Main, Stone, Three Quarter, Tilley

1935 - Brockwell, Hodge, Main, Stone, Three Quarter

1950 - Blue Shale, Brockwell, Main, Stone, Three Quarter, Tilley

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Throckley 'Maria' Colliery

Notes:

1934, 08 Mar - Engine or Beaumont or Towneley seam abandoned

1950 - Main, Blue Shale & Stone seams discontinued

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!

						Brydon, Charles William, 1928, [approximate date]
						Burton, Henry, 21 May 1942, (accident: 14 May 1942), aged 51, Hewer, crushed by a fall of stone, address: 7 Oak Street, Throckley [Inquest: 22 May 1942, 29 May 1942]
						Dunn, William, 1926, [approximate date]
						Emmerson, Robert Rann, 1930, [approximate date]
						Scott, John J., 1923, [approximate date]
						Tweddle, John William, 1932, [approximate date]

						6 names found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Throckley 'Maria' Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Throckley 'Maria' Colliery

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Credits

Sources:

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.
1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
Contributions by members of the Public

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