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Mickley Bank Colliery |
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Mickley Bank Colliery |
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Mickley Bank Colliery
| Location: |
nr. Prudhoe
8½ miles [14 km] ESE of Hexham
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 88) NZ071605, 54° 56' 21" N, 1° 53' 21" W |
| Maps: |
 1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
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1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian) |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
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| Owners: |
1860's - Elizabeth Bewick |
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1890's - Isabella Bewick |
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1940's - R. J. Bewick |
| Output: |
1882 - Coal (Landsale). |
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1888 - Coal (Landsale). |
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1890 - Coal (Landsale). |
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1896 - Coal: Household. |
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1902 - Coal: Household. |
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1914 - Coal: Household. |
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1921 - Coal: Household. Fireclay. |
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1930 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. |
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1940 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1950 - Coal: Household, Steam. |
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1955 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1956 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. |
| Employment: |
1896 - 9 (7 below, 2 surface) |
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1902 - 11 (9 below, 2 surface) |
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1914 - 10 (8 below, 2 surface) |
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1921 - 5 (4 below, 1 surface) |
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1930 - 16 (14 below, 2 surface) [inc. Mickley Grange] |
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1940 - 24 (22 below, 2 surface) |
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1945 - 9 (8 below, 1 surface) |
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1950 - 11 (10 below, 1 surface) |
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1955 - 16 (14 below, 2 surface) |
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1956 - 16 (14 below, 2 surface) |
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Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: |
1914 - Six Quarter |
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1921 - Tilley |
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1930 - Five Quarter |
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1940 - Six Quarter |
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1950 - Five Quarter, Six Quarter |
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1955 - Five Quarter, Six Quarter, Tilley |
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1956 - Five Quarter, Six Quarters, Tilley |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Mickley Bank Colliery |
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1917 - Six Quarter seam abandoned |
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1936, 23 Jan - Six Quarter seam abandoned |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
Names of those killed at this colliery
No names found.
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Mickley Bank Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Mickley Bank Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 1869 List of Mines
- 1880 List of Mines
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 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.
- 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1956 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
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