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  Hedley Bank Colliery  Index  Hedley Bank Colliery  

Hedley Bank Colliery


  Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Location: Stocksfield
Map Ref:
Maps: 1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
Opened:
Closed: Jan 1950
Owners: 1890's - John T. Walker
1910's - Mrs. J. T. Walker
Output: 1896 - Coal: Household.
1902 - Coal: Household.
1914 - Coal: Household.
1921 - Coal: Household.
1930 - Coal: Household, Steam.
1940 - Coal: Household, Steam.
1948 - Coal: Household, Steam.
1949 - Coal: Household, Steam.
1950 - Coal: Household, Steam.
Employment: 1896 - 9 (8 below, 1 surface)
1902 - 15 (11 below, 4 surface)
1914 - 20 (16 below, 4 surface)
1921 - 17 (12 below, 5 surface)
1930 - 35 (25 below, 10 surface)
1940 - 30 (23 below, 7 surface)
1945 - 23 (18 below, 5 surface)
1948 - 20 (15 below, 5 surface)
1949 - 19 (15 below, 4 surface)
1950 - 16 (12 below, 4 surface) [Abandoned 1/50]
  Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
Seams Worked: 1914 - Brockwell, Six Quarter
1921 - Brockwell, Six Quarter, Three Quarter
1930 - Brockwell, Three Quarter
1940 - Brockwell, Three Quarter
1948 - Brockwell, Three Quarter
1949 - Brockwell, Three Quarter
1950 - Brockwell, Three Quarter [Abandoned 1/50]
    Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Hedley Bank Colliery
Notes:

1873 - Abandoned

1950, Jan - Three Quarter, Brockwell seams 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!

      

Blakey, William, 16 Oct 1897, aged 18, Breaker, He was found dead on the flat sheets of a small self-acting staple, but it is impossible to say how the accident happened. The machinery was in good order, with the exception of the drum, one of the cleadings of which had become disarranged and caught against the bolt of the brake strap. This may have been due to the cage running amain, as was stated by one of the witnesses. Probably, the lad was struck on the head by the brake handle, owing to the cleading and bolt coming into contact [Inspection made & inquest attended]

 
  1 name found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Unable to generate - no grid reference supplied.


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Credits

Sources:

  • 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
  • 1897 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8819), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 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.
  • 1930 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.
  • 1948 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1949 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian, 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.

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