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Earl of Dudley's Baggeridge Colliery Ltd.

Warning: This is not intended to be an exhaustive history of the company, but an indication of the changes of ownership and the links between companies and directors in those companies. The company may own other properties etc. and there may have been other changes of ownership etc. for which we currently do not have details.


1923

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Baggeridge  Gospel End, Sedgley  J. C. Van Loon  998  215  


1933

Company Details

Registered Office: Round Oak Offices, Brierley Hill, Staffs.
Seams Worked: Thick, Brooch, Heathen, Flying Reed
Power Used: Steam, Electric. Voltage: 550
Annual Output:  550,000 tons
Class of Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam
Source: 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian

Company Directors

Chairman: Dudley, Earl Of, Rt. Hon., M.C., Himley Hall, nr. Dudley
Vice-Chairman: Jenkinson, Mark Webster, Sir, K.B.E., Vicker's House, Broadway, Westminster, S.W.1
Directors: Burton, G. D., The Quarry, Pedmore, Stourbidge
 Clark, W. F., M.Inst.C.E., F.G.S., Aldridge, nr. Walsall
 Greg, John, Major, C.B.E., 10, Mayfair Place, London, W.1
 Wilkes, V. J., Fircroft, Chawn Hill, Stourbridge
General Manager: Poole, H. D., M.I.Min.E.
Secretary: Ballantyne, Thos. N., A.C.A.
Source: 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Baggeridge  Gospel End, Sedgley  B. Price  1,130  230  
Old Park, No. 30  Dudley  S. Dimmock  62  31  
 

 
 1,192 261  
 
 
 1,453  
 
 


1940

Company Details

Registered Office: Round Oak Offices, Brierley Hill, Staffs.
Seams Worked: Thick, Brooch, Heathen
Power Used: Steam, Electric. Voltage: 550
Annual Output:  550,000 tons
Class of Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam
Source: 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian

Company Directors

Chairman: Dudley, Earl Of, Rt. Hon., M.C., Himley Hall, nr. Dudley
Directors: Ballantyne, Thos. N., Somerleyton House, Kidderminster
 Burton, G. D., Wasperton House, Warwick
 Clark, F. B., Bensley House, Aldridge, nr. Walsall
 Greg, John, C.B.E., 10, Mayfair Place, London, W.1
Manager: Dando, J.
Secretary: McAllister, J. M., C.A.
Agent: Dando, J.
Source: 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Baggeridge  Sedgley  G. H. Jeavons  1,130  230  
Old Park, Nos. 22 and 27  Dudley  A. Hudson  136  59  
 

 
 1,266 289  
 
 
 1,555  
 
 


1947 - at the time of Nationalisation

Company Details

Registered Office: Round Oak Offices, Brierley Hill, Staffordshire
Source: 1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian

Company Directors

Chairman: Dudley, Earl Of, Rt. Hon., M.C., Himley Hall, nr. Dudley Worcestershire
Directors: Ballantyne, Thos. N., Somerleyton House, Kidderminster
 Burton, Geoffrey, Sir, Wasperton House, Warwick
 Greg, John, C.B.E., Corriehead, Kirriemuir, Angus
Secretary: McAllister, J. M., C.A.
Agent: Dando, J.
Source: 1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Baggeridge    G. H. Jeavons  1,220  280  


Sources
  • 1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
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