Prestwick Colliery

Location:

Prestwick, Ponteland
6½ miles [10 km] NW of Newcastle

Map Ref:

(Sheet 88) NZ185713, 55° 2' 9" N, 1° 42' 38" W

Maps:

1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide

1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian)

Opened:

1771

Closed:

Oct 1966

Pits:

Lizzie Ann Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ184720

Shaft details for Lizzie Ann Pit

Owners:

1771 - Jonathan Thompson

1860's - Turner & Young.

1910's - Callerton Collieries Ltd.

1940's - East Walbottle Coal Co. Ltd.

1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)

Output:

1882 - Coal (Landsale).

1888 - Coal (Landsale).

1890 - Coal (Landsale).

1896 - Coal: Household.

1902 - Coal: Household.

1914 - Coal: Household.

1921 - Coal: Household.

1930 - Coal: Steam.

1947 - Coal: Household, Steam.

1950 - Coal: Household, Steam.

1955 - Coal: Household, Steam.

1960 - Coal: Household, Steam.

1961 - Coal: Household, Steam.

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1896	17	11	6
1902	16	10	6
1914	30	24	6
1921	18	14	4
1930	61	50	11
1945	107	81	26
1947	110	90	20
1950	165	129	36
1955	176	130	46
1960	176	130	46
1961	176	130	46

NCB Employment Figures

Colliery Management (prior to 1955)

Seams Worked:

1914 - Four Feet

1921 - Brockwell

1930 - Brockwell

1950 - Brockwell, Busty

1955 - Brockwell, Busty

1960 - Brockwell, Busty

1961 - Brockwell, Busty

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Prestwick Colliery

Notes:

1858 - Abandoned

1903 - Brockwell Coal, and a seam lying 15 fathoms above it abandoned - exhaustion of coal and collapse of roads

1934, 17 May - Brockwell seam abandoned

1935, 17 Feb - Main seam abandoned

1937, 10 Nov - Beaumont or Engine 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 Prestwick Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Prestwick 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
1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1947 The Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., 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
1960 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1961 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910

Further Research:

Research Notes for Prestwick Colliery



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