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Wigglesworth Colliery
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| Location: | Cockfield 15 miles [24 km] NNW of Richmond |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 92) NZ112241, 54° 36' 43" N, 1° 49' 36" W |
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| Owners: | 1920s - Wigglesworth Colliery Co. Ltd. |
| 1930s - A. Teasdale & Sons | |
| Output: | 1855 - Coal. |
| 1860 - Coal. | |
| 1865 - Coal. | |
| 1921 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1930 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1935 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. | |
| 1940 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. | |
| 1950 - Coal: Gas. | |
| 1955 - Coal: Gas. | |
| 1956 - Coal: Gas. | |
| 1957 - Coal: Gas. | |
| 1958 - Coal: Gas. | |
| Employment: | 1921 - 3 (2 below, 1 surface) |
| 1930 - 9 (5 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1935 - 12 (10 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1940 - 20 (16 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1945 - 28 (17 below, 11 surface) | |
| 1950 - 24 (19 below, 5 surface) | |
| 1955 - 22 (17 below, 5 surface) | |
| 1956 - 22 (17 below, 5 surface) | |
| 1957 - 22 (17 below, 5 surface) | |
| 1958 - 22 (17 below, 5 surface) | |
 Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1921 - Main Coal |
| 1930 - Hutton | |
| 1935 - Hutton | |
| 1940 - Hutton | |
| 1950 - Hutton, Jubilee | |
| 1955 - Hutton, Jubilee | |
| 1956 - Brass Thill, Chatam | |
| 1957 - Brass Thill, Chatam | |
| 1958 - Chatam | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Wigglesworth Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1925 - Hutton, Jubilee seams abandoned |
1933 - Hutton seam abandoned |
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1937, 30 Apr - Harvey seam abandoned |
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1938, 30 Apr - Jubilee seam abandoned |
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1943 - Hutton seam abandoned |
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1952 - Hutton seam abandoned |
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1955 - Busty, Jubilee seams abandoned |
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1957 - Low Main ('J'), Brass Thill ('K') 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
No names found.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Wigglesworth Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Wigglesworth Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1921 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
- 1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1956 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1957 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1958 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 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.
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