Togston Colliery

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Disasters (5 or more killed)

Names of those killed at this colliery

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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	Togston Colliery	Index	Togston Colliery

Location:	nr. Amble 8½ miles [14 km] SSE of Alnwick
Map Ref:	(Sheet 81) NU251016, 55° 18' 30" N, 1° 36' 16" W
Maps:	1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey
Opened:
Closed:
Pits:	Shaft details for Togston Colliery
Owners:	1860s - Cowan & Co.
	1890s - Togston Coal Co. Ltd.
Output:	1855 - Coal.
	1855 - Coal.
	1860 - Coal.
	1860 - Coal.
	1865 - Coal.
	1894 - Coal: Steam.
	1896 - Coal: Steam.
Employment:	1894 - 62 (52 below, 10 surface)
	1896 - 56 (44 below, 12 surface)
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Togston Colliery

None found.

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a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Togston Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Togston Colliery

Cowell, Michael, 01 Dec 1859, aged 20, killed by lightning

Dawson, James, 19 Sep 1881, aged 28, Miner, killed by a fall of coal

Thompson, Thomas, 06 Jan 1868, aged 18, Sinker, fell down shaft

3 names found

1868 Mines Inspectors Report, Northumberland, North Durham and Cumberland District by George William Southern, H.M. Inspector of Mines
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
An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume S-T, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1894
Contributions from Ray Ditchburn from his research into mining fatalities in Northumberland
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.