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Holly Moor Colliery |
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Holly Moor Colliery |
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Holly Moor Colliery
| Location: |
Cockfield
15 miles [24 km] SW of Durham
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 92) NZ115246, 54° 36' 59" N, 1° 49' 19" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
29 May 1929 |
| Owners: |
1910's - Summersons Ltd. |
| Output: |
1914 - Coal. |
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1921 - Coal. |
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1923 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam. |
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1924 - Coal: Household, Steam. |
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1925 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1927 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. |
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1927 - Coal: Steam. |
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1929 - Coal: Household, Steam. |
| Employment: |
1914 - 34 (28 below, 6 surface) |
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1921 - 30 (25 below, 5 surface) |
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1923 - 34 (27 below, 7 surface) |
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1924 - 33 (24 below, 9 surface) |
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1925 - 30 (21 below, 9 surface) |
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1927 - 14 (7 below, 7 surface) [Closed 8/27] |
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1927 - 0 [Abandoned 1927] |
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1929 - 8 (6 below, 2 surface) [Abandoned 31/3/29] |
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 Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: |
1914 - Five Quarter (Busty), Main Coal (Brockwell) |
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1921 - Five Quarter (Busty), Main Coal (Brockwell) |
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1923 - Five Quarter (Busty), Main Coal (Brockwell) |
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1924 - Five Quarter, Main Coal |
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1925 - Five Quarter, Main |
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1927 - Main [Closed 8/27] |
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1927 - Five Quarter [Abandoned 1927] |
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1929 - Five Quarter, Main [Abandoned 31/3/29] |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Holly Moor Colliery |
| Notes: |
1929, 29 May - Five Quarter, Main seams abandoned |
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!
| | | | | | | Teesdale, Joseph Bertie, 02 Jan 1912, aged 19, Onsetter and Putter, he deceased was a putter and also acted as onsetter at an inset in a shaft six fathoms from the surface; he was killed by falling down the shaft [More information ...] |
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1 name found |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Holly Moor Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Holly Moor Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), Durham District (No. 3) by A. D. Nicholson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, 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
- 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
- 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
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