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Andrews House Colliery
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| Location: | Whickham 5 miles [8 km] SW of Newcastle |
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| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ205571, 54° 54' 30" N, 1° 40' 44" W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maps: |  1862 map [www.old-maps.co.uk] |
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 1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| 1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| Opened: | 1843 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed: | Dec 1920 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pits: | South Pit, sinking: 26 Oct 1840 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shaft details for South Pit |
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| Owners: | 1843 - John Bowes & Partners | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1850's - John Bowes & Co. (Messrs. Bowes, Hutt, Wood, & Charles M. Palmer) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1860's - Marley Hill Coal Co. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1880's - John Bowes & Partners | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1890's - John Bowes & Partners Ltd. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Output: | 1882 - Coal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1888 - Coal. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1890 - Coal. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1896 - Coal: Coking, Gas. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1902 - Coal: Coking, Gas. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1914 - Coal: Coking, Gas. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 - Coal: Coking, Gas. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: | 1894 - Main Coal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1914 - Hutton, Main Coal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 - Hutton, Main Coal [Abandoned] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Andrews House Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1840 - Andrews House Colliery commenced shipping coals at Shields. |
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1840, Oct 28 - A boring was put down below the Hutton Seam at Andrews House South Pit on 26 October. |
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Description
There are now three large collieries in this parish worked by John Bowes & Partners, Limited. At Marley Hill the following seams are worked :- Main Coal, 4 feet thick, at a depth of 35 fathoms ; the Busty, 5 feet 6 inches, 72 fathoms ; and the Brockwell, 3 feet, 86 fathoms, worked by two shafts. The average daily output is about 700 tons. There are 330 coke ovens, in which two thirds of the output is converted into coke. The total number of men and boys employed is about 520. Nearly one mile west is the Byermoor Colliery, working the Busty and Brockwell seams, having and output of 500 tons per day. Here are 156 coke ovens ; the number employed is 380. Andrews House Colliery, situated about one mile south of Marley Hill, was commenced in 1843 ; here the Main coal is only worked, giving employment to 170 men and boys ; the output averages 340 tons per day.
Whellan's 1894 Directory of County Durham
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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!
Anderson, Michael, 10 Feb 1863, aged 46, Michael Anderson and another miner were taking out a stook in the broken mine, the stone and coal gave way, and fell over Anderson, whose body was not extracted until after an interval of nine and a half hours; the other man escaped injury | ||||||
Bambridge, James, 16 Nov 1891, 8:30 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 52, Hewer, after holing into an old bord he neglected to set a prop as directed by the deputy and a stone fell on to him and killed him [Inquest attended] | ||||||
Brown, John, 29 Jul 1890, aged 50, Waggonman, foot caught in a switch and waggons ran over it | ||||||
Gray, William, 05 Mar 1895, aged 60, while employed in clearing the ashpits he fell from his loaded cart on to his head, and died within 15 minutes [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a colliery accident] | ||||||
 | Jackson, James, 22 Feb 1895, 3:45 p.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 34, Hewer, a fall of stone at a place considered to be safe, occurred on the engine plane and caught deceased as he was going from his work, Buried: Sacred Heart Churchyard, Byermoor | |||||
Lee, Isaac, 19 Jan 1869, aged 22, Onsetter, falling off top of cage | ||||||
Mitchell, James, 03 Oct 1877, aged 49, Switch Keeper, crushed by tubs on an incline plane - it is supposed he inadvertently placed the switches for the wrong way | ||||||
Oates, George, 31 Jan 1902, aged 50, Shifter, died suddenly in pit from heart disease, no inquest held | ||||||
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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.
The following unnamed fatalities are listed in the Mines Inspectors Reports, once again this collection is not complete!
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| 02 Aug 1856 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | fell out of cage |
| 11 Jan 1862 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | fall of stone |
| 23 Apr 1862 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | waggon at screens |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Andrews House Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Andrews House Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1854 List of mines by T. Y. Hall, published in Vol II (1853-4) of the Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining Engineers
- 1869 List of Mines
- 1869 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2003)
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1890 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6346), Newcastle District (No. 3) by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines, copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1891 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6625), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1895 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8074), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590)
- 1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 1914 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1919 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume A-B, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1878
- Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3
- Contributions by members of the Public
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
- Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.
Pictures:
- Colliery picture from old postcard
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Related Links:
None found
Further Reading:
- Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3, provides a brief history of the colliery along with the history of the associated Miners Lodge Banner
Further Research:
Research Notes for Andrews House Colliery
