West Scrafton Colliery
| Location: |
West Scrafton, Bedale
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| Map Ref: |
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| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
1915 |
| Owners: |
1880s - James Craddock |
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1910s - West Scrafton Colliery Co. |
| Output: |
1888 - Coal. |
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1905 - Coal. |
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1910 - Coal. |
| Employment: |
1883 - 3 |
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1890 - 0 [Standing] |
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1905 - 0 [Opening] |
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1910 - 5 (3 below, 2 surface) |
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1915 - 0 [Abandoned] |
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 Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: |
1910 - Limestone Series |
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1915 - Limestone Series [Abandoned. Plans to H.O., Nov. 26th, 1915] |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for West Scrafton Colliery |
| Notes: |
1915 - Millstone Grit seam abandoned |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None Found
Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please
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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.
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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
.
more information on some of the fatalities shown above
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
Unable to generate - no grid reference supplied.
Credits
Sources:
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1915 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
- Mineral Statistics for 1884 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4430), published in 1885 — includes List of Mines and Openworks
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