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Farnacres Colliery
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| Location: | Whickham 2 miles [3 km] SW of Newcastle |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ228616, 54° 56' 54" N, 1° 38' 38" W |
| Maps: |  1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
| 1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| Pits: | Beams Wheels Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ234616, sinking: 1840 |
| Shaft details for Beams Wheels Pit |
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| Owners: | 1880's - E. Hogg. |
| 1890's - Atherton & Snowdon | |
| Output: | 1882 - Coal (Landsale). |
| 1896 - Coal: Household. Fireclay. | |
| Employment: | 1896 - 0 [Not Working] |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Farnacres Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1837 - Boring operations were in progress from the surface in the vicinity of Lobley Hill, Farnacres Colliery, and found the Hutton Seam worked out. |
1840 - Wheels Pit, Farnacres Colliery, was sunk from the surface to the Hutton Seam ; commenced to sink lower to Brockwell Seam on 4 April, 1842. |
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1842 - A staple at the back end of the Beams Wheels Pit, Farnacres Colliery, was sunk from the surface to the Hutton Seam. |
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1933, 10 Nov - Tilley seam abandoned |
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1935, 23 Oct - Three Quarter seam abandoned |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
| 23rd | Oct | 1840 | Drown'd from old workings, 5 lives lost (Show Names) |
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
Evans, Andrew, 23 Oct 1840, aged 29, killed in the 1840 disaster, single man [More information ...] | ||||||
Heslop, James, 23 Oct 1840, aged 40, Sinker, killed in the 1840 disaster, left a wife and 1 child [More information ...] | ||||||
Rankin, James, 23 Oct 1840, aged 40, Sinker, killed in the 1840 disaster, left a wife and 5 children [More information ...] | ||||||
Wetherby, William, 23 Oct 1840, aged 29, killed in the 1840 disaster, single man [More information ...] | ||||||
Wilkinson, William, 23 Oct 1840, aged 29, Hewer, killed in the 1840 disaster, widower and 1 child [More information ...] | ||||||
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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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| 18 Apr 1857 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | More information ... |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Farnacres Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Farnacres Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1880 List of Mines
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
- 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
- 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
- Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.
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Related Links:
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| | Names of those killed in the 1840 disaster |
Further Research:
Research Notes for Farnacres Colliery
