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Tudhoe Grange Colliery
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| Location: | Spennymoor 5½ miles [9 km] S of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 93) NZ265338, 54° 41' 54" N, 1° 35' 20" W |
| Opened: | 1869 |
| Closed: | Mar 1885 |
| Owners: | 1880s - Weardale Iron & Coal Co. Ltd. |
| 1890s - Weardale Iron Co. Ltd. | |
| 1900s - Weardale Steel, Coal & Coke Co. Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1873 - Coal. |
| 1888 - Coal. | |
| 1894 - Coal. | |
| 1900 - Coal. | |
| Employment: | 1883 - 108 |
| 1884 - 0 [Standing] | |
| 1888 - 0 [Standing] | |
| 1890 - 0 [Standing] | |
| 1894 - 6 (2 below, 4 surface) [Standing] | |
| 1896 - 6 (2 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1900 - 0 [Standing] | |
| 1902 - 0 [Not Working] | |
 Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Tudhoe Grange Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1869, May 05 - The Weardale Iron Company commenced to sink the Tudhoe Grange Colliery ; reached the Brockwell Seam and finished sinking operations on 2 September, 1870. |
1931, 01 Jul - Brockwell seam abandoned |
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1936, 16 May - Harvey (known locally as Hutton), Busty seams abandoned |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Archer, James, 07 Jul 1871, aged 29, Deputy, looking over into the shaft from the surface, the descending cage caught his head, Buried: Holy Innocents Churchyard, Low Spennymoor on 10 Jul 1871 {NBI} | |||||
| Dobson, Mark, 14 Aug 1880, aged 48, Collier, slipped his foot while at work in the pit on the 12th ; died this day from an obstruction of the bowels, doctor reports, caused by the shock | |||||
| Gibson, Charles, 31 May 1876, aged 24, Collier, fall of top stone, not sufficiently timbered, in a broken jud | |||||
| Jackson, Joseph, 30 Dec 1880, aged 36, Stoneman, fall of stone while taking down top canch in a flat | |||||
| James, John, 02 Jul 1872, aged 20, Steampump Man, attempting to get out of cage before it stopped, was crushed between cage and bottom of mouthing, Buried: Holy Innocents Churchyard, Low Spennymoor on 05 Jul 1872 {NBI} | |||||
| James, Robert, 15 Jan 1877, aged 21, Locomotive Guard, fell before waggons and was run over, necessitating amputation of his leg | |||||
| Lax, Stephenson, 04 Nov 1871, aged 15, Pump Minder, fell from an intermediate seam to the bottom of the pit, Buried: Holy Innocents Churchyard, Low Spennymoor on 07 Nov 1871 {NBI} | |||||
| Wilkinson, William, 29 Jan 1873, aged 12, Driver, run over by tubs | |||||
| 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.
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.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Tudhoe Grange Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Tudhoe Grange Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1871 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 653), South Durham, Westmoreland, and Cleveland District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1872 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 840), South Durham, Westmoreland, and Cleveland District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1873-4 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1056), South Durham, Westmoreland, and Cleveland District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1734), Durham by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 2003), Durham District by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1880 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2903) Where to find this report
- 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
- 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
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- Headstone(s) in Holy Innocents Churchyard, Spennymoor
- Industrial Locomotives of Durham by The Industrial Railway Society, compiled by Colin E. Mountford and L. G. Charlton, published in 1977
- Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works
- Mineral Statistics for 1884 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4430), published in 1885 — includes List of Mines and Openworks
- National Burial Index published by The Federation of Family History Societies & Associates
- Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.
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Related Links:
None found
Further Reading:
- Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3, provides a brief history of the colliery along with the history of the associated Miners Lodge Banner
Further Research:
Research Notes for Tudhoe Grange Colliery
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