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Oxclose Colliery
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| Location: | Washington 4½ miles [8 km] WSW of Sunderland |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ323555, 54° 53' 35" N, 1° 29' 47" W |
| Maps: |  1807 map from "The Picture of Newcastle Upon Tyne…", published in 1807 by D. Akenhead |
| 1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
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| Opened: | bef. 1805 |
| Closed: | |
| Pits: | A Pit |
| B Pit | |
| Shaft details for B Pit |
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| Owners: | 1850's - George Elliott & Johasshon |
| Employment: | 1854 - 0 [Working] |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Oxclose Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1856 - A sinking was put down from the thill of the Hutton Seam at the B Pit, Oxclose Colliery, to the supposed Brockwell Seam, and a boring continued by G. Stott. |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
| 29th | Nov | 1805 | Explosion, 38 lives lost (Show Names) |
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
Armstrong, John, 29 Nov 1805, aged 18, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Washington [More information ...] | ||||||
Bradley, Isaac, 29 Nov 1805, aged 25, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Washington [More information ...] | ||||||
Carr, Robert, 29 Nov 1805, aged 24, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Washington [More information ...] | ||||||
Curry, Henry, 29 Nov 1805, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Penshaw? [More information ...] | ||||||
Davison, Joseph, 29 Nov 1805, aged 26, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Washington [More information ...] | ||||||
Dowell, George, 29 Nov 1805, aged 12, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Washington [More information ...] | ||||||
Dowell, Henry, 29 Nov 1805, aged 18, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Washington [More information ...] | ||||||
Dowell, William, 29 Nov 1805, aged 25, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Washington [More information ...] | ||||||
Dunn, Benjamin, 29 Nov 1805, aged 55, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Washington [More information ...] | ||||||
Errington, John, 29 Nov 1805, aged 24, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Washington [More information ...] | ||||||
Frost, Robert, 29 Nov 1805, aged 27, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Washington [More information ...] | ||||||
Hall, James, 29 Nov 1805, aged 24, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Washington [More information ...] | ||||||
Hamilton, Thomas, 29 Nov 1805, aged 30, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Washington [More information ...] | ||||||
Harrison, John, 29 Nov 1805, aged 26, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Washington [More information ...] | ||||||
Henderson, William, 29 Nov 1805, aged 25, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Washington [More information ...] | ||||||
Johnson, Henry, 29 Nov 1805, aged 26, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Washington [More information ...] | ||||||
Johnson, Ralph, 29 Nov 1805, aged 22, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Washington [More information ...] | ||||||
Knott, Edward, 29 Nov 1805, aged 12, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Washington [More information ...] | ||||||
Knott, Thomas, 29 Nov 1805, aged 15, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Washington [More information ...] | ||||||
Knott, William, 29 Nov 1805, aged 18, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Washington [More information ...] | ||||||
Knox, Thomas, 29 Nov 1805, aged 23, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Washington [More information ...] | ||||||
Lake, John, 29 Nov 1805, aged 32, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Washington [More information ...] | ||||||
Lake, Robert, 29 Nov 1805, aged 10, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Washington [More information ...] | ||||||
Mason, John, 29 Nov 1805, aged 10, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Washington [More information ...] | ||||||
Mason, Thomas, 29 Nov 1805, aged 29, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Washington [More information ...] | ||||||
Reay, John, 29 Nov 1805, aged 20, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Washington [More information ...] | ||||||
Reay, Thomas, 29 Nov 1805, aged 18, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Washington [More information ...] | ||||||
Robinson, Thomas, 29 Nov 1805, aged 30, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Washington [More information ...] | ||||||
Sadler, Daniel, 29 Nov 1805, aged 8, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Washington [More information ...] | ||||||
Sadler, Thomas, 29 Nov 1805, aged 33, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Washington [More information ...] | ||||||
Thirloway, Ralph, 29 Nov 1805, aged 46, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Washington [More information ...] | ||||||
Todd, John, 29 Nov 1805, aged 28, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Washington [More information ...] | ||||||
Todd, Thomas, 29 Nov 1805, aged 19, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Washington [More information ...] | ||||||
Vazie, William (jnr), 29 Nov 1805, aged 10, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Washington [More information ...] | ||||||
Vazie, William (snr), 29 Nov 1805, aged 34, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Washington [More information ...] | ||||||
Walker, Michael, 29 Nov 1805, aged 35, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Washington [More information ...] | ||||||
Walker, Richard, 29 Nov 1805, aged 33, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Washington [More information ...] | ||||||
Walker, William, 29 Nov 1805, aged 9, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: Washington [More information ...] | ||||||
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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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| 15 Mar 1851 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| 10 Aug 1853 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | cage in shaft |
| 30 Jul 1855 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | crab ran amain |
| 07 Feb 1859 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | fall of stone |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Oxclose Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Oxclose 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
- Parish Records
- Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.
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Related Links:
| On this site | |
| | Names of those killed in the 1805 disaster |
Further Reading:
- Explosions in Coal Mines by W. N. & J. B. Atkinson, published in 1886
Further Research:
Research Notes for Oxclose Colliery
