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Merrington Colliery
also known as Spennymoor Pit
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| Location: | Spennymoor 5½ miles [9 km] SSW of Durham |
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| Map Ref: | (Sheet 93) NZ250337, 54° 41' 51" N, 1° 36' 43" W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maps: |  1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
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| Opened: | 1846 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed: | 03 Jun 1928 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owners: | 1920's - Bolckow, Vaughan & Co. Ltd. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Output: | 1921 - Coal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1923 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1924 - Coal: Coking, Household. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1925 - Coal: Coking, Household. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1927 - Coal: Coking, Household. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seams Worked: | 1921 - Brockwell, Harvey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1923 - Harvey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1924 - Busty, Harvey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1925 - Busty, Harvey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Merrington Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1846 - Sunk the Merrington Colliery shafts, Whitworth estate, from the surface to the Brockwell Seam. |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None Found
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Burnett, George, 10 Jul 1857, aged 22, Brakesman, boiler exploded, Buried: St. Helen's Parish Church/Cemetery, Kelloe [More information ...] | |||||
Cockcroft, Thomas, 26 Apr 1858, aged 40, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
| Gills, John, 10 Jul 1857, aged 17, Tub Coupler, boiler exploded, Buried: Whitworth [More information ...] | |||||
| Gills, Thomas, 10 Jul 1857, aged 45, Waggonwayman, boiler exploded, Buried: Whitworth [More information ...] | |||||
Heel, Richard, 19 Apr 1860, killed by a full tub of coals | ||||||
Hetherington, William, 21 Apr 1859, aged 14, Driver, crushed by a set of tubs in engine plane | ||||||
| Lightly, William, 22 Feb 1855, Putter, explosion of gas [date of inquest] [More information ...] | |||||
| McMillan, James, 10 Jul 1857, Fireman, boiler exploded, Buried: Ferryhill [More information ...] | |||||
| Robson, Matthew, 06 Feb 1854, (accident: 17 Jan 1854), aged 35, explosion of gas [More information ...] | |||||
Robson, Ridley, 21 Jul 1863, aged 25, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Sedgwick, Joseph, 20 Nov 1872, aged 35, Hewer, riding on a full set along engine plane either jumped off or fell off | ||||||
| Simpson, William, 16 Jun 1868, (accident: 11 Jun 1868), aged 47, was critically injured when a fall of stone came down and knocked his pick-shaft against the lower part of his bowels; he lingered until Wed. 16 June | |||||
Spence, John, 10 Oct 1870, aged 43, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Ward, Thomas, 30 Jul 1870, aged 17, Putter, accidentally struck by a pick | ||||||
| 14 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.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by
Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser
and Durham Chronicle) and are marked with
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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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| 03 Nov 1853 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| 24 Dec 1853 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| 22 Nov 1855 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Merrington Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Merrington Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1858 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1859 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1860 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1863 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1870 Mines Inspectors Report (C 124)
- 1872 Mines Inspectors Report (C 840)
- 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1924 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1927 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3
- Contributions by members of the Public
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
- Text kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle).
- Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.
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Related Links:
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Further Reading:
- Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3, provides a brief history of the colliery along with the history of the associated Miners Lodge Banner
Further Research:
Research Notes for Merrington Colliery
