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Woodhouses Colliery
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| Location: | Bishop Auckland 10½ miles [17 km] SSW of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 92) NZ189280, 54° 38' 51" N, 1° 42' 25" W |
| Maps: |  1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| Owners: | 1880s - W. & J. May |
| 1890s - Etherley Grange & Woodhouse Coal Co. Ltd | |
| Output: | 1888 - Coal. |
| 1894 - Coal: Coking, Household. | |
| 1896 - Coal: Coking, Household. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Coking, Household. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 34 (29 below, 5 surface) |
| 1896 - 14 (13 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1900 - 11 (5 below, 6 surface) | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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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!
 | Barry, John, 08 Jun 1867, aged 18, Pony Putter, crushed between tub and roof | |||||
|  | West, John, 23 Apr 1867, aged 50, Rolleywayman, he was oiling the sheaves at a junction where two of the ways met when an empty set of tubs came towards him; thinking the points were set to put the tubs on the other line, he stepped to the left and was run down; he died an hour later | ||||
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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.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by
Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser
and Durham Chronicle) and are marked with
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Woodhouses Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Woodhouses Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1867 Mines Inspectors Report
- 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
- Contributions by members of the Public
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Related Links:
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