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Fenwick Colliery
(See also East Holywell Colliery)
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| Location: | Backworth 7 miles [11 km] NNE of Newcastle |
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| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ312729, 55° 3' 1" N, 1° 30' 39" W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maps: |  1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian) |
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| Opened: | 1874 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed: | 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sinking Started: | 21 Apr 1873 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pits: | Shaft details for Fenwick Colliery |
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| Owners: | 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Output: | 1947 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. (225,000 tons) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1960 - Coal: Gas, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1970 - Coal: Gas, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1971 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1972 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seams Worked: | 1960 - Beaumont, Bensham, Five Quarter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1970 - Low Main, Top Busty | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1971 - Low Main, Maudlin, Top Busty | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1972 - Low Main, Maudlin, Top Busty | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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!
Alexander, Andrew, 09 Dec 1842, aged 14, drowned, brother of Thomas [More information ...] | ||||||
Alexander, Thomas, 09 Dec 1842, aged 24, drowned, brother of Andrew [More information ...] | ||||||
Cook, William Davison, 1936, [approximate date] | ||||||
Coulson, William G., 1940, [approximate date] | ||||||
Dawson, Thomas, 1933, [approximate date] | ||||||
Elvish, Frederick, 1941, [approximate date] | ||||||
Jewitt, John, 1946, [approximate date] | ||||||
Middlemiss, William, 1943, [approximate date] | ||||||
Skelton, John, 1935, [approximate date] | ||||||
Storey, Edwin Ogle, 1935, [approximate date] | ||||||
Tait, Cecil Montgomery, 1935, [approximate date] | ||||||
Wake, John, 1939, [approximate date] | ||||||
| 12 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 Oct 1855 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | death in shaft |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Fenwick Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Fenwick Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
- 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
- 1960 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1970 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1971 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1972 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1973 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume F-K, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1885
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