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Nettlesworth Colliery
(See also Nettlesworth Drift)
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| Location: | Edmondsley 5 miles [8 km] NNW of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ241495, 54° 50' 23" N, 1° 37' 29" W |
| Maps: |  1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
| 1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| 1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| Opened: | |
| Closed: | 27 Sep 1974 |
| Owners: | 1850's - George Elliott & Johasshon |
| 1860's - Sir George Elliot, Bart. & William Hunter | |
| 1890's - Charlaw & Sacriston Collieries Co. Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1873 - Coal. |
| 1888 - Coal. | |
| 1896 - Coal for Colliery consumption. | |
| 1902 - Coal for Colliery consumption. | |
| 1914 - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing. Coal for Colliery consumption. | |
| Employment: | 1854 - 0 [Working] |
| 1896 - 7 (3 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1902 - 5 (2 below, 3 surface) [Pumping Station] | |
| 1914 - 2 [Pumping Station] | |
| 1921 - 1 [Pumping Station] | |
| 1923 - 1 [Pumping station] | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: | 1894 - Five Quarter, Hutton, Low Main, Main |
| 1914 - Brass Thill | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Nettlesworth Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1840 - Boring operations were in progress at Nettlesworth. |
1861 - Nettlesworth new pit sunk from the surface to the Hutton Seam. |
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1894 - Five Quarter, Main, Low Main, Hutton seams abandoned - coal exhausted |
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Description
The Nettlesworth and Kimblesworth collieries are carried on by the above firm [Messrs. Hunter and Elliott], the former in Plawsworth township, and the latter in that of Kimblesworth. Here are worked the "Five Quarters," 3 ft. at 14 fathoms, at Nettlesworth ; "Main Coal," 3 to 4 ft. at 26 fathoms , at Nettlesworth, and worked by a drift at Kimblesworth ; "Low Main," 2 to 3ft., 54 fathoms, at Nettlesworth, and about 26 at Kimblesworth ; "Hutton," from 2 ft. 4 in. to 3 ft. 6 in., at 66 fathoms, Nettlesworth, and 38 at Kimblesworth. The Busty is not yet won at these pits. The average daily output is 400 tons per Nettlesworth, and 1000 tons at Kimblesworth, and the numbers employed are 250 and 600 respectively. The coal, which is principally shipped at Tyne Dock, is known in the market by the name of "West Leverson Wallsend."
The Kimblesworth Colliery School was erected at the sole expense of the above named gentlemen in 1878, at the cost of about £520, and enlarged in 1884 at the further cost of £591. It is a good stone building, capable of accomodating 520, and the present average attendance is nearly 500.
Whellan's 1894 Directory of County Durham
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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!
Bainbridge, John, 10 Feb 1864, aged 27, Deputy, fall of stone while drawing a jud | ||||||
Cuthbert, W. R., 20 Dec 1890, (accident: Jun 1889), aged 20, Blacksmith, died from internal sprains alleged to have been received while lifting a large metal pipe in June 1889 | ||||||
Dawson, Thomas, 10 Apr 1863, aged 28, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Dawson, William, 09 Feb 1887, aged 13, Driver, fall of stone at end of broken jud, deceased left his work at the flat and went inbye where he had no business | ||||||
Dickinson, Hugh, 15 Nov 1864, aged 30, Hewer, killed by tub falling down shaft upon him [More information ...] | ||||||
Dooley, P., 16 Feb 1891, aged 62, Screenman, died from erysipelas in the leg caused by an old poisoned wound alleged to have been caused at his work; not a colliery accident | ||||||
Hall, Thomas, 03 Sep 1861, aged 23, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Johnson, Robert, 09 May 1889, aged 13, Driver, died from natural causes while driving a horse along the main rolleyway; this boy was very unhealthy | ||||||
McKenna, Edward, 16 Jun 1891, 3:45 p.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 40, Deputy, killed by a large fall of stone while drawing out a broken jud | ||||||
Proctor, John, 28 May 1879, aged 17, Onsetter, while descending shaft he appears to have put his head out of the cage to look for the landing, and was caught between the cage hoop and timber and killed | ||||||
Swinbank, Richard, 28 Jan 1858, Stone Worker, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
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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.
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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| 10 May 1856 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | fall of stone |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Nettlesworth Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Nettlesworth Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1854 List of mines by T. Y. Hall, published in Vol II (1853-4) of the Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining Engineers
- 1858 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1861 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1863 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1864 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1869 List of Mines
- 1873-4 List of Mines
- 1879 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2604)
- 1880 List of Mines
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
- 1884 List of Mines
- 1887 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5450)
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015)
- 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1890 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6346), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1891 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6625), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, 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.
- 1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 1914 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1919 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 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.
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
- Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.
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Related Links:
None found
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 Nettlesworth Colliery
