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Barcombe Colliery
| Location: |
Bardon Mill
10 miles [16 km] W of Hexham
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 86, 87, OL43) NY782669, 54° 59' 46" N, 2° 20' 27" W |
| Maps: |
 1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
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1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
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| Owners: |
1850's - William Makepeace & Co. |
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1860's - Henderson & Co. |
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1880's - J. & B. Makepeace |
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1890's - Sharp, Harding, & Bros. |
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1900's - Barcombe Colliery Co.. |
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1910's - J. W. Sharpe |
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1920's - Henshaw & Barcombe Colliery Co. Ltd. |
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1920's - Henshaw & Barcombe Colliery Co. |
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1930's - Birkshaw Colliery Co. Ltd. |
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1950's - Errington, Reay & Co. Ltd. |
| Output: |
1882 - Coal (Landsale). |
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1888 - Coal (Landsale). Fireclay. |
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1890 - Coal (Landsale). Fireclay. |
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1896 - Coal: Household. Fireclay. |
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1902 - Coal: Household. |
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1914 - Coal: Household. |
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1921 - Coal: Household. |
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1930 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1940 - Coal: Household, Steam. (20,000 tons) |
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1954 - Fireclay. |
| Employment: |
1896 - 18 (16 below, 2 surface) |
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1902 - 25 (23 below, 2 surface) |
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1914 - 41 (30 below, 11 surface) |
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1921 - 63 (51 below, 12 surface) |
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1930 - 34 (22 below, 12 surface) |
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1940 - 34 (29 below, 5 surface) |
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Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: |
1914 - Little Limestone Coal |
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1921 - Little Limestone Coal |
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1930 - Little Limestone |
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1940 - Little Limestone |
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1954 - Little Limestone |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Barcombe Colliery |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
Names of those killed at this colliery
No names found.
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Barcombe Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Barcombe Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 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.
- 1914 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
- 1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
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