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Heugh Hall Colliery
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| Location: | Quarrington 4 miles [7 km] SE of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 93) NZ321379, 54° 44' 6" N, 1° 30' 5" W |
| Maps: |  1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | bef. 1894 |
| Owners: | 1860's - J. Morrison & Co. |
| Output: | 1914 - Coal. |
| Employment: | 1914 - 0 [Standing] |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Heugh Hall Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1877 - Five Quarter, Main, Harvey and Hutton seams abandoned |
1886 - Hutton and Low Main seam abandoned |
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Description
Coal was extensively worked in this township [Cassop-cum-Quarrington] at one time, Heugh Hall, Bowburn, and Crow Trees being the names of the collieries in the Quarrington township. Owing to these collieries being laid in, many of the cottages in the parish have fallen into ruin.
New Cassop is a village formerly entirely inhabited by miners, but since the collieries ceased to work it has fallen much into decay. It is still, however, inhabited principally by miners and quarrymen ; it is pleasantly situated on the hill side.
Whellan's 1894 Directory of County Durham
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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!
Bowes, John, 07 Aug 1858, (accident: 06 Aug 1858), aged 14, Pony Driver, crushed by tub against door frame | ||||||
Burrell, William, 31 Dec 1864, aged 15, Pony Putter, fall of stone; timber knocked out by pony | ||||||
Emmerson, Christopher, 02 Mar 1861, aged 53, Hewer, crushed by a horse in the rolley way | ||||||
 | James, William, 20 May 1857, (accident: 19 May 1857), Driver, he was driving a pony and tubs along the rolley way, when his head was crushed between a tub and the roof; he died the following morning | |||||
| Ramsay, John, 16 Nov 1852, (accident: 15 Nov 1852), aged 45, Onsetter, having taken an empty tub out of the cage at the shaft bottom of the pit, turned the wrong way with it and was crushed between it and six full tubs, he died the next day | |||||
| Rennison, Joseph, 11 Sep 1855, aged 12, Rolley Driver, he was attaching his horse to an empty rolley when he was struck on the head as the animal kicked out furiously, his skull was fractured and he died the same afternoon | |||||
White, Thomas, 17 Jan 1863, aged 35, Hewer, killed by a fall of coal after a shot missed | ||||||
| 7 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.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by
Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser
and Durham Chronicle) and are marked with
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The following unnamed fatalities are listed in the Mines Inspectors Reports, once again this collection is not complete!
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| 03 Aug 1855 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | kick of horse |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Heugh Hall Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Heugh Hall Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1858 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1861 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1863 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1864 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1869 List of Mines
- 1914 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- Contributions by members of the Public
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
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Related Links:
None found
Further Research:
Research Notes for Heugh Hall Colliery
