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  Merrington Lane Colliery  Index  Merrington Lane Colliery  

Merrington Lane Colliery


  Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Location: Spennymoor
5½ miles [9 km] S of Durham
Map Ref: (Sheet 93) NZ268336, 54° 41' 48" N, 1° 35' 3" W
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  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!

      

Bowden, Henry, 03 Mar 1923, aged 59, Shifter, fell from loco

    

Chambers, George, 25 Dec 1920, (accident: 20 Dec 1920), aged 28, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

    

Hudson, George William, 21 Nov 1925, (accident: 16 Nov 1925), aged 48, Hewer, crushed between a tub and the roof

    

Norton, Richard, 13 Apr 1924, (accident: 10 May 1923), aged 30, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

    

Showler, Richard R., 19 Nov 1920, aged 32, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: York Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

    

Summergill, P. B., 10 Sep 1923, aged 37, Shifter, fractured neck

 
  6 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.

Those names marked with , were killed in a disaster for which a memorial has been erected or for which we have images concerning the disaster, alternately their name may be mentioned on a memorial plaque. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the appropriate web page for the memorial.

Those names marked with , have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the web page.


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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Merrington Lane Colliery

  list of collieries/pits etc. near to Merrington Lane Colliery


  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries  

Credits

Sources:

  • Text kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle).
  • Tombstone(s) and Memorial in York Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

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