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Horton Grange Colliery |
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Horton Grange Colliery |
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| Location: |
Bebside, Blyth
11 miles [18 km] N of Newcastle
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 81) NZ284815, 55° 7' 37" N, 1° 33' 16" W |
| Maps: |
 1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian) |
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1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian) |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
1962 |
| Owners: |
1934 - Choppington Collieries Ltd. |
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1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) |
| Output: |
1934 - Coal: Household, Steam. |
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1947 - Coal: Household, Steam. (132,000 tons) |
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1950 - Coal: Household, Steam. Iron Pyrites. |
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1955 - Coal: Household, Steam. |
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1960 - Coal: Household, Steam. |
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1961 - Coal: Household, Steam. |
| Employment: |
| Year | Pit | Total |  | Below | Above |
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| 1934 | | 474 |   | 360 | 114 |
| 1940 | | 500 | | 400 | 100 |
| 1945 | | 488 | | 355 | 133 |
| 1947 | | 526 | | 392 | 134 |
| 1950 | | 561 | | 416 | 145 |
| 1955 | | 578 | | 424 | 154 |
| 1960 | | 432 | | 314 | 118 |
| 1961 | | 395 | | 295 | 100 |
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NCB Employment Figures
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Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: |
1934 - Five Quarter, Main |
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1950 - Bensham, Five Quarter, Main, Stone |
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1955 - Bensham, Stone Coal, Top Five Quarter, Top and Lower Main Coal |
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1960 - Lower Bensham, Top & Lower Main Coal |
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1961 - Lower Bensham |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Horton Grange Colliery |
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1945 - Yard 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
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Horton Grange Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Horton Grange Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 1934 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 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
Related Links:
None found
Further Reading:
- Collieries of Northumberland (Volume 2), James T. Tuck, TUPS Ltd., ISBN 1-871518-12-1
Further Research:
Research Notes for Horton Grange Colliery
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