Kirkleatham (Ironstone)	Index	Kirkleatham (Ironstone)

Location:	Redcar 8½ miles [13 km] E of Middlesbrough
Map Ref:	(Sheet 94, OL26) NZ607184, 54° 33' 25" N, 1° 3' 41" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1870's - Edward Robinson & Co.
	1880's - Walker, Maynard & Co.
Output:	1873 - Ironstone.
	1882 - Ironstone.
	1884 - Ironstone.
	Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Kirkleatham (Ironstone)
Notes:	1886 - Cleveland Main seam abandoned - Minerals worked out.

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!

						Best, Thomas, 08 Jan 1874, aged 15, Stoker, run over by empty tubs, Buried: Kirkleatham, St Cuthbert on 19 Jan 1874 {NBI}
						Hayes, John, 24 Oct 1877, aged 20, Driver, crushed by tubs running back on him while sending them into a siding
						Hewitson, Robert, 10 Aug 1882, aged 43, Miner, fall of a piece of ironstone from a corner at top of place ; he was cutting a leg from under it while another man was preparing a shot to blast it, Buried: Kirkleatham, St Cuthbert on 13 Aug 1882 {NBI}
						3 names found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Kirkleatham (Ironstone)

  list of collieries/pits etc. near to Kirkleatham (Ironstone)

Credits

Sources:

Related Links:

	On this site
	Article on the discovery of Ironstone in Cleveland (published in 1857)
	External sites
	Cleveland Ironstone Mines web site by Peter Tuffs

Further Reading:

• Cleveland Ironstone by S. Keith Chapman, published by Peter Tuffs
• The Ironstone Mines and Railways of Cleveland and Rosedale by T.E. Rounthwaite, published by Peter Tuffs
• Kirkleatham Ironstone Mine by Simon Chapman, Cleveland Ironstone Series, published by Peter Tuffs
• Cleveland Mining Incidents by Simon Chapman, published by Peter Tuffs
• Cleveland Ironstone Mines and Iron Industry by Richard Mead, published by Peter Tuffs
• The Cleveland Ironstone Industry and its Impact on Teesside by S. Keith Chapman, published by Peter Tuffs
• Catalogue of Cleveland Ironstone Mines by Peter Tuffs, Cleveland Ironstone Series, published by Peter Tuffs