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  Lambley Colliery  Index  Lambley Colliery  

Lambley Colliery

(See also Naworth Colliery)


  Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Location: Midgeholme
8½ miles [13 km] NNW of Alston
Map Ref: (Sheet 86, OL43) NY663588, 54° 55' 22" N, 2° 31' 33" W
Maps: 1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian)
Opened:
Closed: 1958
Owners: 1860's - M. Thompson & Sons.
1920's - Coanwood Coal Co.
1920's - Lambley Coal Co. Ltd.
1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output: 1882 - Coal.
1914 - Coal: Household.
1921 - Coal: Household.
1930 - Coal: Steam.
1940 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
1947 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. (14,000 tons)
1948 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
1949 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
1950 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
1951 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
1954 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
1955 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
1956 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
1957 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
Employment:
Year Pit  Total Below Above
191424195
1921392811
1921Abandoned
1930756510
1940827210
1945695712
1947706010
1948867016
1949867016
195014311924
19511408060
195416013129
195516013129
195616013129
195718415529
  NCB Employment Figures
  Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
Seams Worked: 1914 - Three Quarter
1921 - Three Quarter [Abandoned]
1930 - Five Quarter, High Main, Slag, Three Quarter, Top, Well Syke
1940 - High Main, Low Main, Well Syke
1948 - High Main, Low Main, Upper Craig Neuk
1949 - High main, Low Main, Upper Craig Neuk
1950 - High Main, Low Main, Three Quarters, Upper Craig Nook, Wellsyke
1951 - Craignook, Low Main, Three Quarter
1954 - Craignook, High Main, Low Main, Three Quarter
1955 - Craignook, High Main, Low Main, Three Quarter
1956 - Craignook, High Main, Low Main, Three Quarter
1957 - Craignook, High Main, Low Main, Three Quarter
    Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Lambley Colliery
Notes:

1885 - Abandoned

1908 - Slag seam abandoned



  Summary Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Description


  Summary Description Names Local Collieries Credits  

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.


  Summary Description Disasters Local Collieries Credits  

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

      

Bright, John, 30 Oct 1869, aged 22, Hewer, killed by a fall of coal

      

Hewitson, William, 09 Sep 1880, aged 55, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

 
  2 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.


The following unnamed fatalities are listed in the Mines Inspectors Reports, once again this collection is not complete!

Date Inspectors Remarks
13 Feb 1851 11Fell down shaft
04 Dec 1865 11killed by fall of rope in shaft

  Summary Description Disasters Names Credits  

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Lambley Colliery

  list of collieries/pits etc. near to Lambley Colliery


  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries  

Credits

Sources:

  • 1869 List of Mines
  • 1869 Mines Inspectors Report
  • 1880 List of Mines
  • 1880 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2903)
  • 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
  • 1914 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
  • 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1947 The Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1948 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1949 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1951 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
  • 1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
  • 1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
  • 1956 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
  • 1957 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian

  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

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Further Research:

  Research Notes for Lambley Colliery

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