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West Hunwick Colliery
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| Location: | Willington (Hunwick) 7½ miles [12 km] SW of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 92) NZ194330, 54° 41' 30" N, 1° 41' 56" W |
| Maps: |  1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
| 1949 map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
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| Opened: | |
| Closed: | 1930's |
| Pits: | No. 1 Shaft |
| Shaft details for No. 1 Shaft |
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| Owners: | 1870s - Lackenby Iron Co. |
| 1890s - Joseph Torbock & Co. | |
| 1900s - Owners of West Hunwick Colliery | |
| 1910s - West Witton Ganister Firebrick Co. | |
| 1920s - West Hunwick Silica & Firebrick Co. Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1873 - Coal. |
| 1894 - Coal. Fireclay. | |
| 1896 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. Fireclay. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. Fireclay. | |
| 1902 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. Fireclay. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. Fireclay. | |
| 1910 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. Fireclay. | |
| 1921 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. Fireclay. | |
| 1925 - Coal: Manufacturing. Fireclay. | |
| 1930 - Coal: Manufacturing. Fireclay. | |
| 1935 - Coal: Manufacturing. Fireclay. | |
| Employment: | 1882 - 0 [Standing] |
| 1883 - 0 [Standing] | |
| 1894 - 0 [Standing] | |
| 1896 - 22 (17 below, 5 surface) | |
| 1900 - 161 (139 below, 22 surface) | |
| 1902 - 60 (48 below, 12 surface) | |
| 1905 - 27 (21 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1910 - 0 [Not worked] | |
| 1915 - 37 (27 below, 10 surface) | |
| 1921 - 56 (45 below, 11 surface) | |
| 1925 - 35 (29 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1930 - 26 (19 below, 7 surface) | |
| 1935 - 35 (29 below, 6 surface) | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Busty, Five Quarter |
| 1910 - Busty [Not worked] | |
| 1915 - Busty | |
| 1921 - Busty | |
| 1925 - "B", Busty | |
| 1930 - "B", Busty | |
| 1935 - "B", Busty |
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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!
 |  | Brown, Thomas G. W., 19 Feb 1935, (accident: 01 Aug 1933), aged 17, Pony Putter, he died as a result of a fractured spine sustained while working on 1 Aug 1933; he had been caught between he top of a tub and the roof | ||||
| Naisbitt, William, 20 Jul 1898, aged 68, Horse Keeper & Assistant Onsetter, when ascending the shaft he, by some means. fell out of the cage and was crushed between it and some of the shaft timber, and he then fell to the bottom of the shaft, a distance of 14 feet and was killed [More information ...] | |||||
| 2 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.
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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more information on some of the fatalities shown above
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of West Hunwick Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to West Hunwick Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1873-4 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
- 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
- 1898 Mines Inspectors Report (C 9264), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1919 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 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
- Contributions by members of the Public
- Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works
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Further Research:
Research Notes for West Hunwick Colliery
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