Marley Hill Colliery

1840, Jan 09 - The Lodge Pit, Marley Hill Colliery, was commenced and put down from the surface to the Busty Bank Seam.

1841 - Marley Hill Colliery, which appears to have been abandoned by the Grand Allies in 1815, as unprofitable, was re-established by a company consisting of Messrs. J. Bowes, W. Hunt, N. Wood, and C. M. Palmer, for the manufacture of coke.

Armstrong, John, 23 Feb 1910, aged 46, Engineman, Caught by Shafting, Buried: Tanfield Cemetery

Bainbridge, A. S., 29 Oct 1938, (accident: 28 Oct 1938), aged 47, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

Bainbridge, J., 16 Aug 1929, (accident: 17 Jul 1929), aged 34, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

Bewick, Thomas, 14 Jul 1893, 8:30 a.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 50, Shifter, Deceased and another man were working near the coal face, and after taking some props out had wedged down some stone and hand, when unexpectedly a further fall of stone took place and caught the deceased [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Coyle, James (Jimmy), 1965, aged 37, [approximate date]

Craig, David, 03 Aug 1922, aged 44, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Croft, James, 22 Oct 1879, aged 37, Rolleywayman, crushed by tubs on engine plane, Buried: St. Cuthbert's Churchyard, Marley Hill

Davies, John, 20 Apr 1905, aged 57, Hewer, Buried: St. Cuthbert's Churchyard, Marley Hill [More information ...]

Donkin, William, 12 Jul 1871, aged 64, Hewer, falling off tub on rolley way

Dye, Walter, 14 May 1880, aged 42, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone from roof

Ellis, James, 27 May 1866, aged 17, Fireman, the boiler exploded; he had been putting on fresh coals when the explosion occurred and was buried in fallen brickwork; the boiler plates were torn to pieces and fragments thrown a considerable distance

English, James, 09 Aug 1900, aged 45, Hewer, While hewing with another man a fall of roof took place from slips. The place was apparently well timbered and three props were displaced. [Inquest attended]

Fenwick, Robert, 14 Sep 1925, aged 59, Stoneman, explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Greveson, M. L., 28 Sep 1945, aged 45, Rolleyway Man

Heron, R., 26 Jun 1936, (accident: 25 Jun 1936), aged 43, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Langdon, Elizabeth J., 20 Mar 1888, aged 4, [Not Employed], run over by locomotive engine whilst walking on Marley Hill Cokeworks branch railway

Leighton, John Thomas, 09 Apr 1919, aged 23, Buried: St. Cuthbert's Churchyard, Marley Hill

Liddle, P. W., 05 Oct 1933, aged 28, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Massiter, William, 28 Dec 1910, aged 50, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Mitchell, John H., 07 Dec 1942, he was knocked down and killed by a locomotive as he was walking home from his work at the colliery

Morton, William Harrison, 06 Sep 1917, aged 29, Buried: St. Cuthbert's Churchyard, Marley Hill

Nichols, William, 13 Sep 1883, aged 40, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Nunn, Joseph F., 14 Dec 1925, (accident: 10 Dec 1925), aged 31, Stoneman, explosion, he was preparing a powder shot when apparently he knocked his candle off a prop onto the powder [More information ...]

Palmer, A. H., 21 Jun 1944, (accident: 07 Feb 1940), aged 64, Shifter, crushed

Parkin, Benjamin, 24 Nov 1900, aged 16, Incline Boy, A pony, attached to two tubs, on approaching the bank-head of a short self-acting incline, ran away. The tubs got amain, and crushed deceased against some tubs at the bottom of the incline. The brakesman had omitted to place the chock across the rails at the incline top. [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Pearson, William, 05 Mar 1902, aged 54, Waggon Rider, deceased received injuries causing his death the same day by his head coming in contact with an iron girder supporting a bridge across a private line of railway ; he was acting as waggon rider on some loaded waggons which were being drawn up an incline by

Richardson, George, 24 Sep 1845, (accident: Aug 1845), aged 33, his back was broken while ascending the shaft at Marley Hill Colliery and survived the accident six weeks; his brother (William) was killed in the same colliery is 1841, Buried: St. Andrews Churchyard, Lamesley

Richardson, William, 10 Apr 1841, aged 38, killed whilst working in the Stoddart Pit; his brother (George) was killed in the same colliery is 1845, Buried: St. Andrews Churchyard, Lamesley

Sharp, A., 12 Nov 1941, aged 61, Stoneman, caught by silvester chain

Sharp, Pearson, 23 Mar 1874, aged 63, Master Shifter, killed by a fall of stone

Snarr, John William, 25 Jan 1915, (accident: 18 Jun 1914), aged 32, Stoneman, Deceased and another man were engaged taking a top canch down on the main going bord. After drilling a shot hole in the canch, deceased went under the brow, and from the inbye end knocked one of the props out from under the first of three sets of gears he wished to remove, when the whole of the stone, measuring 12 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 2 feet 8 inches to 12 inches in thickness, fell upon him, running out the other two sets of gears. It came away from a slip at the side, and a coal piping above. Long punches are provided, but the deceased preferred to use a short mall. Had the punch been used, the accident should not have occurred. He died on 25th January, 1915.

Thompson, Joseph, 21 May 1873, aged 71, Fireman, explosion of a boiler [More information ...]

Thompson, Thomas, 23 Apr 1869, aged 10, Driver, crushed by tubs

Thompson, William, 11 Jul 1876, aged 45, Deputy, killed by a fall of stone

Turner, A., 14 Apr 1924, (accident: 09 Apr 1924), aged 43, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Vosper, Ezekiel, 16 Apr 1868, aged 54, Hewer, killed by a fall of coal

Watson, Andrew, 18 Oct 1925, (accident: 14 Oct 1925), aged 31, Shifter, explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

White, John, 08 Mar 1875, aged 27, Hewer, run over by tubs on an engine plane

Willey, Joseph, 21 Aug 1907, aged 23, Pump Attendant, Buried: St. Cuthbert's Churchyard, Marley Hill [More information ...]