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Blaydon Main Colliery
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| Location: | Blaydon 4 miles [7 km] W of Newcastle |
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| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ188632, 54° 57' 47" N, 1° 42' 23" W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maps: |  1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| Opened: | bef. 1828 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed: | Mar 1921 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pits: | Content Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ183623 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shaft details for Content Pit |
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| Garden Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ191660 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hazard Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ191619 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shaft details for Hazard Pit |
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| Milner Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ178634 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Speculation Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ190628 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owners: | 1830's - G. H. Ramsay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1860's - Messrs. Ramsay & Co. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1880's - George H. Ramsay & Son | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1880's - Stella Coal Co. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1910's - Priestman Collieries Ltd. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Output: | 1882 - Coal. Fireclay. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1888 - Coal. Fireclay. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1890 - Coal. Fireclay. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1896 - Coal: Coking, Gas. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1902 - Coal: Coking, Gas. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1914 - Coal: Coking, Gas. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 - Coal: Coking, Gas. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Employment: |
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| Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: | 1914 - Brockwell, Five Quarter, Stone Coal, Three Quarter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 - Brockwell, Three Quarter [Abandoned] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Blaydon Main Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1837, Sep 11 - Coal was obtained at Mr. G. H. Ramsay's colliery, called Blaydon Main, near Gateshead, the seam being 3 feet 8 inches in thickness. Great rejoicing took place in consequence of the discovery. |
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1862 - Staple sunk in the Hazard Pit, Blaydon Main Colliery, from the Five Quarter Seam to the Brockwell Seam. |
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1934 - Hodge, Towneley, Five Quarter, Stone seams abandoned |
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| Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Blaydon Main Colliery |
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Description
The Blaydon Main colliery, worked by the Stella Coal Company, is within this parish [Stella], but within the township of Winlaton, and at present working the Brockwell seam, 2 feet 10 inches, at a depth of 46 fathoms. The Hodge, or cannel seam, is being wrought at the Milner pit, Blaydon Burn, and is 3 feet 2 inches, including 22 inches of cannel coal, the depth being 14 fathoms. At the Blaydon Burn there are 400 men and boys employed, including the coke ovens at Derwenthaugh. The output is about 100,000 tons per year, principally shipped at Tyne Dock.
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!
Holmes, William, 27 Mar 1860, Brakesman, boiler explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Huddard, William, 27 Mar 1860, boiler explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Johnson, Daniel, 27 Mar 1860, Fireman, boiler explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Laverick, John, 27 Mar 1860, boiler explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
| 4 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.
more information on some of the fatalities shown above
The following unnamed fatalities are listed in the Mines Inspectors Reports, once again this collection is not complete!
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| 14 May 1852 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | Fall of stone |
| 04 Aug 1853 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
| 02 Feb 1854 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | fell down shaft |
| 08 Apr 1854 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | coal waggons |
| 06 Jul 1855 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
| 05 Oct 1855 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| 10 Nov 1855 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| 16 Dec 1855 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| 01 Oct 1856 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | fall of stone |
| 10 Sep 1857 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | explosion, More information ... |
| 26 Nov 1857 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | fall of stone |
| 15 Mar 1859 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | fell out of cage, More information ... |
| 08 Mar 1865 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | crush of tubs |
| 12 Jul 1874 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | fall of stone |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Blaydon Main Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Blaydon Main 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
- 1880 List of Mines
- 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.
- 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.
- 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, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910
- 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
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
- Local Records or Historical Register of Remarkable Events by John Latimer, Published in 1857
- Local Records or Historical Register of Remarkable Events by T. Fordyce, Published in 1867
- Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.
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Related Links:
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| | Evidence given to the 1842 Children's Employment Commission |
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 Blaydon Main Colliery
