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Greenside Colliery |
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Greenside Colliery |
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Greenside Colliery
| Location: |
Greenside
7 miles [12 km] W of Newcastle
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 88) NZ139619, 54° 57' 5" N, 1° 46' 59" W |
| Maps: |
1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian) |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
23 Jul 1966 |
| Pits: |
A Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ138619 |
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Shaft details for A Pit |
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B Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ142622 |
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Shaft details for B Pit |
| Owners: |
1880's - R. Simpson. |
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1890's - J. B. Simpson |
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1907 - Stella Coal Co. Ltd. |
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1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) |
| 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. Fireclay. |
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1930 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Steam. |
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1947 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing. (185,000 tons) |
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1950 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Steam. |
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1955 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing. Fireclay. |
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1960 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing. Fireclay. |
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1961 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing. Fireclay. |
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1964 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing. Fireclay. |
| Employment: |
| Year | Pit | Total |  | Below | Above |
| 1896 | | 12 |   | 10 | 2 |
| 1902 | | 20 |   | 17 | 3 |
| 1914 | | 871 |   | 772 | 99 |
| 1921 | | 985 |   | 861 | 124 |
| 1930 | | 1,157 |   | 982 | 175 |
| 1940 | | 1,035 |   | 916 | 119 |
| 1945 | | 957 |   | 734 | 223 |
| 1947 | | 934 |   | 729 | 205 |
| 1950 | | 990 |   | 807 | 183 |
| 1955 | | 620 |   | 510 | 110 |
| 1960 | | 540 |   | 440 | 100 |
| 1961 | | 520 |   | 440 | 80 |
| 1964 | | 515 |   | 446 | 69 |
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NCB Employment Figures
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Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: |
1914 - Brockwell, Five Quarter, Stone Coal, Three Quarter |
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1921 - Brockwell, Five Quarter, Stone Coal, Three Quarter, Tilley, Towneley |
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1930 - Brockwell, Five Quarter, Main, Stone, Three Quarter, Tilley, Towneley |
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1950 - Brockwell, Crow, Five Quarter, Old Five Quarter, Ruler, Stone, Three Quarter, Tilley, Towneley, Victoria |
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1955 - Brockwell, Five Quarter, Ruler, Stone, Three Quarter, Tilley, Towneley, Victoria |
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1960 - Five Quarter, Ruler, Tilley, Towneley |
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1961 - Five Quarter, Ruler, Tilley, Towneley |
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1964 - Crow Coal, Old Five Quarter, Ruler, Tilley |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Greenside Colliery |
| Notes: |
1902 - The A Pit, Greenside, Stella Royalty, was sunk from the surface to the Victoria Seam. |
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1951 - Victoria seam abandoned |
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1953 - Stone or Top Busty ('Q1') seam abandoned |
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1956 - Brockwell ('S'), Five Quarter or Bottom Busty ('Q2'), Three Quarter ('R') seams abandoned |
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1962-66 - Crow Coal or Bottom Brass Thill ('K2') seam abandoned |
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1965 - Tilley ('P') seam abandoned |
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1966 - Old Five Quarter or Hutton ('L'), Ruler or Plessey ('M'), Towneley or Harvey ('N') seams abandoned |
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Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Greenside Colliery |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None Found
Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
| | | | | | | Bates, Robert, 03 Oct 1913, aged 14, Pony Driver, deceased was coming outbye with three full tubs, and loosed the limbers off whilst the tubs were in motion in order to join them to other full tubs in the landing; he evidently fell in front of the tubs and was found lying face downwards across the way; the landing was level and had a uniform height of 5 feet 4 inches, and 3 feet clear space between full and empty tubs was provided, but there were no empties in the landing at the time of the accident |
| | |  | | | | Bell, William, jnr., 13 Apr 1916, aged 14, Coupler |
| | | | | | | Boyd, S., 02 Apr 1943, aged 68, Stoneman, crushed |
| | | | | | | Camerom, G. A. H., 25 Jul 1950, aged 63 |
| | | | | | | Carter, S., 19 Sep 1952, aged 23 |
| | | | | | | Clark, J., 03 Apr 1941, [details unknown] |
| | | | | | | Clark, W. A., 21 Aug 1946, aged 63 |
| | | | | | | Coxon, Thomas, 23 Jul 1923, (accident: 11 Oct 1921), aged 30, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone |
| | | | | | | Errington, J., 20 Jan 1960, aged 57 |
| | | | | | | Foster, John, 14 Oct 1910, aged 24, Stoneman, fall of side stone |
| | | | | | | Hall, E., 17 Aug 1938, (accident: 09 Aug 1938), aged 57, Hewer, died from injuries received |
| | | | | | | Heyworth, A., 17 Aug 1927, (accident: 16 Aug 1927), aged 30, Rolleyway Man, crushed |
| | | | | | | Hughes, J. A., 23 Dec 1936, aged 14, Rope Guider, caught by rope and crushed [More information ...] |
| | | | | | | Irving, James, 03 Nov 1925, aged 40, Cutter, fall |
| | | | | | | King, J., 08 May 1961, aged 27 |
| | | | | | | Leathard, Raymond, 15 May 1963, aged 37, fall of stone, address: Westburn. Crawcrook [More information ...] |
| | | | | | | Lowes, N., 26 Oct 1949, aged 42 |
| | | | | | | Lynch, Edward, 09 Jan 1911, aged 37, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone |
| | | | | | | Maguire, Henry, 15 May 1963, aged 47, fall of stone, address: Landscale Houses, Greenside [More information ...] |
| | | | | | | Marshall, T., 11 Mar 1939, (accident: 02 Mar 1939), aged 64, Shifter, septic poisoning |
| | | | | | | McHugh, J. J., 24 May 1957, aged 39 |
| | | | | | | Milburn, J. H., 02 Dec 1934, (accident: 30 Nov 1934), aged 64, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone |
| | | | | | | Orr, David, 09 Jan 1911, (accident: 10 Dec 1910), aged 23, Hewer, fall of stone, thigh broken |
| | | | | | | Pattison, Andrew, 12 Jan 1911, aged 54, Undermanager, crushed by runaway set |
| | | | | | | Pattison, T., 14 Jan 1938, aged 54, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone |
| | | | | | | Pool, Edward, 16 Oct 1877, aged 18, Driver, a waggon fell over upon him in the mine |
| | | | | | | Robertson, A., 11 Dec 1958, aged 53 |
| | | | | | | Scholey, Joseph, 15 May 1963, aged 51, fall of stone, address: Dodsworth Villas, Greenside [More information ...] |
| | | | | | | Spawton, W., 21 Oct 1949, aged 62 |
| | | | | | | Stobart, R. W., 29 Sep 1950, aged 63 |
| | | | | | | Swinburne, T., 31 Dec 1922, aged 59, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone |
| | |  | | | | Swinburne, Thomas, 31 Dec 1932, aged 59, [details unknown], Buried: Ryton Cemetery |
| | | | | | | Thompson, William, 23 Jun 1925, aged 42, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone |
| | | | | | | Tiplady, G. W., 01 Dec 1931, aged 46, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone |
| | | | | | | Waters, M., 13 Mar 1950, aged 30 |
| | | | | | | Watson, T. W., 21 Jan 1942, aged 43, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone |
| | | | | | | Watson, W. C., 20 Oct 1930, aged 28, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone |
| | | | | | | Waugh, John, 27 Nov 1913, aged 36, Hewer, deceased fired a shot in the coal which knocked four props out; as it was nearly the end of his shift he was anxious to get the coal filled out, and neglected to reset the props; deceased was engaged in shovelling the coal towards the gate end, when a fall of roof occurred, fatally injuring him |
| | | | | | | Wheatley, J., 09 Apr 1943, (accident: 18 Mar 1924), aged 76, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone |
| | | | | | | Wheatley, M., 31 Jan 1930, aged 55, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone |
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40 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.
Those names marked with ,
have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may
also include a photograph of the deceased.
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next to the name to see the web page.
Many of the post-nationalisation fatalities for Greenside Colliery were kindly provided by John Lawson.
more information on some of the fatalities shown above
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Greenside Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Greenside Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2003)
- 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
- 1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676)
- 1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), Newcastle District (No. 2) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1913 Mines Inspectors Report
- 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
- 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
- 1964 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3
- Contributions by members of the Public
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
- Tombstone(s) in Ryton Cemetery
- Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.
- Colliery picture from old postcard
Related Links:
| On this site |
| Newspaper articles |
| Pictures in the Gallery section of Greenside Colliery |
Further Reading:
- Collieries of Durham (Volume 2), David Temple, TUPS Books, ISBN 1-901237-01-X
- 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 Greenside Colliery
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