Plenmeller Colliery

also known as Plainnmeller Colliery

Location:

Haltwhistle
9 miles [14 km] N of Alston

Map Ref:

(Sheet 86, 87, OL43) NY740606, 54° 56' 22" N, 2° 24' 19" W

Maps:

1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey

1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide

Opened:

Closed:

26 May 1932

Pits:

Engine Pit, closed: 13 Dec 1856

Shaft details for Engine Pit

Shaft details for Plenmeller Colliery

Owners:

1880's - Plenmeller Coal Co.

1890's - Plenmellor Colliery Co.

1910's - Plenmeller Collieries Ltd.

1920's - Owners of Plenmeller Colliery

Output:

1882 - Coal (Landsale).

1888 - Coal (Landsale).

1890 - Coal (Landsale).

1896 - Coal: Household.

1902 - Coal: Household.

1921 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Manufacturing. Iron Pyrites.

1923 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Iron Pyrites.

1924 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Steam. Iron Pyrites.

1925 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Steam.

1927 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam.

1929 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam.

1930 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam.

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1896	7	5	2
1902	10	8	2
1914	126	62	64
1921	714	603	111
1923	625	508	117
1924	611	487	124
1925	372	292	80
1927	418	336	82
1929	351	284	67
1930	337	274	63

Colliery Management (prior to 1955)

Seams Worked:

1914 - Little Limestone Coal

1921 - Little Limestone Coal

1923 - Little Limestone Coal

1924 - Little Limestone Coal

1925 - Little Limestone Coal

1927 - Little Limestone

1929 - Little Limestone

1930 - Little Limestone

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Plenmeller Colliery

Notes:

1874 - Comb Roof Coal, and probably a seam 2ft. 2ins. Thick about 11 fathoms above it abandoned - coal exhausted

1903 - Cannel seam abandoned - coal exhausted

1903, 11 Nov - Exploring drift abandoned. Too much water met with

1910 - Top seam abandoned

1932, 26 May - Little Limestone seam abandoned

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Brown, Edward, 1923, [approximate date]
						Davey, Richard Nicholas, 20 Jan 1927, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Haltwhistle Cemetery
						Dixon, W., 1922, [approximate date]
						Hall, Robert, 1920, [approximate date]
						Judge, Thomas, 1918, [approximate date]
						Nolan, M., 1917, [approximate date]
						Watson, Frederick, 1924, [approximate date]
						Wills, James, 1918, [approximate date]

						8 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.

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Plenmeller Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Plenmeller Colliery

Credits

Sources:

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.
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.
1929 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.
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