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  Crookhall Colliery  Index  Crookhall Colliery  

Crookhall Colliery


  Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Location: Consett
11 miles [18 km] WNW of Durham
Map Ref: (Sheet 88) NZ112503, 54° 50' 52" N, 1° 49' 28" W
Maps: 1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
1933 map from the Colliery Engineer magazine, shows the disposition of pits in the Conset iron Co. Ltd. group and the railway links between them
1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian), Humber Hill
Opened: 1830
Closed: 09 Nov 1963
Pits: Carr House Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ115510, opened: 1870, sinking: 1870
  Shaft details for Carr House Pit
Humber Hill Drift, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ140470
Stockerley House Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ127502, opened: 1839, sinking: Jul 1839
  Shaft details for Stockerley House Pit
Victory Pit
Woodside Winnings, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ138490
Owners: 1880's - Executors of Ralph Hedley
1910's - Consett Iron Co. Ltd.
1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output: 1888 - Humber Hill - Coal.
1896 - Humber Hill - Coal: Household.
1902 - Humber Hill - Coal: Household.
1914 - Humber Hill - Coal: Household.
1921 - Victory - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. Fireclay.
1925 - Humber Hill - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing.
1930 - Humber Hill - Coal: Coking.
1930 - Victory - Coal: Coking. Fireclay.
1930 - Woodside - Coal: Coking. Fireclay.
1947 - Coal: Coking. (234,000 tons)
1950 - Humber Hill - Coal: Coking.
1950 - Victory - Coal: Coking.
1950 - Woodside - Coal: Coking. Fireclay.
1955 - Coal: Coking. Fireclay.
1960 - Coal: Coking. Fireclay.
1961 - Coal: Coking. Fireclay.
Employment:
Year Pit  Total Below Above
1896Humber Hill431
1902Humber Hill22
1914Humber Hill33
1921Victory29222369
1930Humber Hill40632185
1930Victory574473101
1930Woodside20317627
Total1,183970213
1940928928
1945Humber Hill25418767
1945Victory35729463
1945Woodside25921940
Total870700170
1947814616198
19501,010780230
1955838661177
1960740590150
1961580470110
  NCB Employment Figures
  Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
Seams Worked: 1914 - Humber Hill - Busty
1921 - Victory - Brockwell, Busty, Three Quarter
1925 - Humber Hill - Brockwell, Busty
1930 - Humber Hill - Brockwell, Busty
1930 - Victory - Brockwell, Busty
1930 - Woodside - Busty
1950 - Humber Hill - Brockwell, Busty, Towneley
1950 - Victory - Brockwell, Busty
1950 - Woodside - Brockwell, Busty
1955 - Brockwell, Busty, Towneley
1960 - Brockwell, Busty, Towneley
1961 - Brockwell, Towneley
    Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Crookhall Colliery
Notes:

1838 - Boring operations from the surface were in progress in the vicinity of Crook Hall.

1839 - Stockerley House Pit, Crook Hall Colliery, was sunk from the surface to the Busty Seam.

1870 - Carr House Pit, Crook Hall Colliery, sunk from the surface to the Busty Seam.

1911 - Brockwell (temporarily abandoned)

1919 - Brockwell seam abandoned

1950 - Towneley seam abandoned



  Summary Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Description


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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!

      

Batley, George, 01 Jul 1928, (accident: 30 Jun 1928), aged 50, Stoneman, crushed

      

Brown, W. M., 24 Aug 1934, aged 29, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

      

Causer, Joseph, 10 Dec 1923, (accident: 03 Dec 1923), aged 46, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

      

Fielding, R., 25 Nov 1928, (accident: 20 Feb 1928), aged 21, Putter, slipped

      

Hall, Joseph, 28 Jul 1925, aged 50, Deputy, killed by a fall of stone

      

Herron, C., 18 Jun 1929, (accident: 26 Apr 1929), aged 30, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

      

Horsman, Benny, 29 Apr 1941, (accident: 29 Mar 1941), aged 64, Hewer, died from injuries received

      

Lowe, Michael, 20 Apr 1926, aged 25, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

      

Proud, J. W., 27 May 1934, aged 32, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

      

Reed, Ethelbert, 12 Jun 1935, aged 38, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Edmondsley Churchyard

      

Richardson, J., 06 Jul 1925, aged 23, Hewer, shot fired

      

Robinson, F., 06 Jan 1927, aged 41, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

      

Stebbings, J. E., 25 Feb 1927, aged 24, Putter, crushed

      

Taylor, W. L., 06 Apr 1936, (accident: 03 Apr 1936), aged 25, Landing Lad, run over by set, died from injuries received [More information ...]

 
  14 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!

Date Inspectors Remarks
08 Nov 1851 11Fall of coal
14 Apr 1852 11Examined
19 Sep 1856 11fall of stone

  Summary Description Disasters Names Credits  

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Crookhall Colliery

  list of collieries/pits etc. near to Crookhall Colliery


  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries  

Credits

Sources:

  • 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
  • 1884 List of Mines
  • 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
  • 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1925 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
  • 1936 Mines Inspectors Report
  • 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
  • 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1947 The 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
  • 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
  • 1960 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
  • 1961 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
  • An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume C-E, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1881
  • 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.
  • Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.

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Related Links:

On this site
 Article from Colliery Engineering (March 1933) — "The Consett Collieries"

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 Crookhall Colliery

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