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Killingworth Colliery
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| Location: | Killingworth 5 miles [8 km] NNE of Newcastle |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ286707, 55° 1' 48" N, 1° 33' 9" W |
| Maps: |  1807 map from "The Picture of Newcastle Upon Tyne…", published in 1807 by D. Akenhead |
| 1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
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| Opened: | bef. 1806 |
| Closed: | |
| Pits: | Engine/A Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ272705 |
| Shaft details for Engine/A Pit |
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| Owners: | 1850's - John Bowes & Co. (Messrs. Bowes, Hutt, Wood, & Charles M. Palmer) |
| 1860's - John Thwaites | |
| 1880's - John Bowes & Partners Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1882 - Coal (Landsale). |
| Employment: | 1854 - 0 [Working] |
| 1902 - 41 (26 below, 15 surface) [Sinking] | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Killingworth Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1876 - High Main, Yard, Bensham, Low Main seams abandoned |
1884 - Abandoned |
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1934 - High Main seam abandoned |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
| 28th | Mar | 1806 | Explosion, 10 lives lost (Show Names) | ||
| 14th | Sep | 1809 | Explosion, 12 lives lost (Show Names) |
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
Brown, James, 28 Mar 1806, aged 19, killed in the 1806 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Brown, William, 28 Mar 1806, aged 34, killed in the 1806 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Burrel, John, 14 Sep 1809, aged 39, killed in the 1809 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Campbell, John, 14 Apr 1877, aged 34, Hewer, a piece of following stone fell off against his pick, forcing it into his left side, cutting an artery and causing him to bleed to death | ||||||
Carr, Peter, 07 May 1869, aged 13, Driver, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Cock, James, 14 Sep 1809, aged 18, killed in the 1809 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Curry, Robert, 28 Mar 1806, aged 60, killed in the 1806 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Davison, James, 14 Sep 1809, aged 23, killed in the 1809 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Dixon, Joseph, 13 Jan 1874, aged 24, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Gildroy, George, 14 Sep 1809, aged 27, killed in the 1809 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Gildroy, John, 14 Sep 1809, aged 42, killed in the 1809 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Hall, Robert, 14 Sep 1809, aged 34, killed in the 1809 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Jobbs, James, 28 Mar 1806, aged 56, killed in the 1806 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Mason, John, 14 Sep 1809, aged 50, killed in the 1809 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Mood, William, 28 Mar 1806, aged 44, killed in the 1806 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Mordew, George, 15 Oct 1870, aged 67, Shifter, explosion of powder | ||||||
Morpeth, John, 09 Oct 1871, aged 56, Shifter, killed by a fall of stone and coal | ||||||
Morpeth, Nicholas, 13 May 1850, aged 42, fall of coal and stone | ||||||
Nicholl, H., 1901, [approximate date] | ||||||
Orton, John, 06 Apr 1882, (accident: 05 Apr 1882), aged 61, Shifter, exhaustion caused by inhaling noxious gases [More information ...] | ||||||
Reed, William, 28 Mar 1806, aged 37, killed in the 1806 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Scott, William, 14 Sep 1809, aged 31, killed in the 1809 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Stewart, Moses, 14 Sep 1809, aged 32, killed in the 1809 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Taylor, William, 28 Mar 1806, aged 40, killed in the 1806 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Wakes, Edward, 28 Mar 1806, aged 22, killed in the 1806 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Wheeler, Robert, 14 Sep 1809, aged 18, killed in the 1809 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
White, Thomas, 07 May 1869, aged 84, Wasteman, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
| 27 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.
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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| 28 Dec 1850 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | Examined |
| 05 May 1851 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | Tub |
| 03 Oct 1851 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| 13 Dec 1852 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | Fell down the pit |
| 11 Apr 1853 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | going wrong of cage |
| 16 Apr 1853 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| 31 Aug 1854 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | cage in shaft |
| 06 Sep 1854 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | cage in shaft |
| 10 Nov 1854 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| 11 Nov 1854 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | killed by rollies |
| 21 Nov 1856 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | by railway |
| 16 Mar 1857 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | per coal waggons |
| 06 Jul 1857 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | crush of tubs |
| 11 Aug 1859 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | fall of stone |
| 27 May 1861 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | coal waggons |
| 13 Jun 1861 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | fall of stone |
| 22 Jul 1861 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | plane of water tub |
| 27 Nov 1861 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | waggon-way |
| 12 Feb 1862 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | crush of tubs |
| 06 Aug 1862 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | coal waggons |
| 09 Aug 1862 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | fall of stone |
| 12 Aug 1862 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | incline underground |
| 29 Oct 1862 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | killed on engine bank |
| 18 Dec 1862 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | waggon way |
| 27 Dec 1862 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | Deputy, fall of stone |
| 27 Jun 1863 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | above ground railway |
| 05 May 1864 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | under engine plane |
| 30 Mar 1865 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | crush of tubs |
| 21 Apr 1865 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | fall of stone |
| 12 Sep 1865 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | railway, run over by engine |
| 09 Nov 1865 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | waggonway, run over |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Killingworth Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Killingworth Colliery
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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
- 1869 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1870 Mines Inspectors Report (C 124)
- 1871 Mines Inspectors Report (C 456)
- 1874 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1216)
- 1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2003)
- 1880 List of Mines
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
- 1882 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3621)
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 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
- Contributions by members of the Public
- Parish Records
- Pigot & Co.'s Commercial Directory of Durham, Northumberland and Yorkshire. Published in 1834
Pictures:
- Colliery picture provided by David Kitching from the John Ryan Collection (©)
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Related Links:
| On this site | |
| | Newspaper articles |
| | Names of those killed in the 1806 disaster |
| | Names of those killed in the 1809 disaster |
| | Evidence given to the 1842 Children's Employment Commission |
| | Pictures in the Gallery section for Killingworth Colliery |
Further Reading:
- Explosions in Coal Mines by W. N. & J. B. Atkinson, published in 1886
Further Research:
Research Notes for Killingworth Colliery
