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Ferneybeds Colliery
also known as Ulgham Colliery
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| Location: | Widdrington 13 miles [21 km] SSE of Alnwick |
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| Map Ref: | (Sheet 81) NZ248938, 55° 13' 39" N, 1° 36' 19" W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maps: |  1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| Closed: | 1924 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pits: | Shaft details for Ferneybeds Colliery |
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| Owners: | ???? - Widdrington Coal Co. Ltd. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Output: | 1914 - Coal: Steam. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 - Coal: Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1923 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1924 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seams Worked: | 1914 - Yard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 - Yard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1923 - Yard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1924 - Yard [Abandoned] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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!
Noble, J., 1919, [approximate date] | ||||||
Rutherford, John, 1919, [approximate date] | ||||||
Spowart, Thomas, 1917, [approximate date] | ||||||
Telfer, James, 1919, [approximate date] | ||||||
Weddell, R. H., 1915, [approximate date] | ||||||
| 5 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.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Ferneybeds Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Ferneybeds Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 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.
- 1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1924 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 U-Z, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1897
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