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Heaton Colliery
| Location: |
Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne
1½ miles [3 km] NNE of Newcastle
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 88) NZ264662, 54° 59' 24" N, 1° 35' 12" W |
| Maps: |
 1807 map from "The Picture of Newcastle Upon Tyne…", published in 1807 by D. Akenhead |
| Opened: |
1736 |
| Closed: |
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| Pits: |
C Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ274661, opened: 1805, sinking: 1805 |
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E Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ266668, opened: 1801, sinking: Jan 1801 |
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Shaft details for E Pit |
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Fortune Pit, sinking: 1736 |
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Shaft details for Fortune Pit |
| Owners: |
1820's - James Potts |
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1850's - Dalton & Co. |
| Employment: |
1854 - 0 [Working] |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Heaton Colliery |
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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| 29 Nov 1850 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | Examined |
| 05 May 1851 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | Rollies |
| 02 Feb 1853 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | falling into pond |
| 28 Jul 1856 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | fall of stone |
| 30 Jun 1857 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | fall of stone |
| 14 Oct 1859 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | man killed in shaft, More information ... |
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Heaton Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Heaton Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 1854 List of mines by T. Y. Hall, published in Vol II (1853-4) of the Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining Engineers
- An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume F-K, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1885
- Pigot & Co.'s Trade Directory of Northumberland. Published in 1822
Related Links:
| On this site |
| | Evidence given to the 1842 Children's Employment Commission |
Further Research:
Research Notes for Heaton Colliery
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