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Framlington Colliery |
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Framlington Colliery |
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Framlington Colliery
also known as Longframlington Colliery
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Longframlington
8 miles [13 km] SSW of Alnwick
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 81) NU123025, 55° 18' 59" N, 1° 48' 22" W |
| Maps: |
 1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
31 Dec 1931 |
| Pits: |
Fanny Pit, locn: (Sheet 81) NU128024 |
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Shaft details for Fanny Pit |
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Howey Pit |
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Shaft details for Howey Pit |
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John Pit, locn: (Sheet 81) NU126027 |
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Shaft details for John Pit |
| Owners: |
1860's - Messrs G. & W. Nicholson |
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1880's - Executors of George Nicholson |
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1890's - Leach & Weeks |
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1910's - South Shilbottle Collieries Ltd. |
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1910's - Long Framlington Coal Co Ltd. |
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1930's - Co-Operative Wholesale Society Ltd. |
| Output: |
1882 - Coal (Landsale). |
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1888 - Coal (Landsale). |
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1890 - Coal (Landsale). |
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1896 - Coal: Household. |
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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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1923 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. |
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1924 - Coal: Household, Steam. |
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1925 - Coal: Household. |
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1927 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1929 - Coal: Household. |
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1930 - Coal: Household. |
| Employment: |
1896 - 28 (23 below, 5 surface) |
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1902 - 44 (37 below, 7 surface) |
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1914 - 28 (23 below, 5 surface) |
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1921 - 32 (25 below, 7 surface) |
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1923 - 65 (48 below, 17 surface) |
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1924 - 50 (38 below, 12 surface) |
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1925 - 36 (27 below, 9 surface) |
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1927 - 57 (43 below, 14 surface) |
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1929 - 30 (20 below, 10 surface) |
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1930 - 39 (28 below, 11 surface) |
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Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: |
1914 - Shilbottle (Limestone Coal) |
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1921 - Shilbottle (Limestone Seam) |
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1923 - Shilbottle (Limestone Seam) |
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1924 - Shilbottle |
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1925 - Shilbottle |
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1927 - Shilbottle |
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1929 - Shilbottle |
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1930 - Shilbottle |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Framlington Colliery |
| Notes: |
1931, 31 Dec - Shilbottle seam abandoned |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None Found
Names of those killed at this colliery
No names found.
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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Inspectors Remarks |
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| 30 Dec 1855 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | fell down shaft |
| 07 Jan 1856 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | fell down shaft, More information ... |
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Framlington Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Framlington 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.
- 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.
- 1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1927 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1929 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.
- An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume L-R, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1887
- Colliery picture provided by David Kitching from the John Ryan Collection (©)
Related Links:
| On this site |
| | Article from Colliery Engineering (November 1930) regarding The Whittle and Longframlington Ropeway |
| | Pictures in the Gallery section for Longframlington Colliery |
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