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Ravensworth Shop Colliery
also known as Allerdean Colliery
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| Location: | Lamesley 6½ miles [10 km] NNW of Durham |
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| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ257526, 54° 52' 3" N, 1° 35' 58" W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maps: |  1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
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| 1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| 1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| 1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian) |
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| Opened: | 1850 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed: | 23 Feb 1962 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owners: | 1850's - W. W. Burdon, W. Barkus, jun. & Co. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1860's - W. W. Burdon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1900's - Charles Perkins & Partners | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1910's - Birtley Iron Co. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1940's - Pelaw Main Collieries Ltd. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Output: | 1896 - Coal: Gas, Steam. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1902 - Coal: Gas, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1914 - Coal: Gas, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 - Betty/Shop - Coal: Gas, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1930 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1947 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Industrial. (150,000 tons) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1950 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Industrial, Manufacturing, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1955 - Coal: Coking. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1960 - Coal: Coking. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1961 - Coal: Coking. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| NCB Employment Figures
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| Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: | 1914 - Beaumont, Hutton, Low Main, Tilley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 - Betty/Shop - Beaumont, High Main, Hutton, Low Main, Maudlin, Six Quarter, Tilley, Yard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1930 - Busty, Five Quarter, Low Main, Maudlin, Towneley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1950 - Beaumont, Top Busty, Towneley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1955 - Beaumont, Top Busty, Towneley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1960 - Top Busty, Towneley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1961 - Busty, Towneley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Ravensworth Shop Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1930, 11 Jul - Yard seam abandoned |
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1933, 01 Jul - Maudlin seam abandoned |
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1938, 18 Jan - Low Main seam abandoned |
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1950 - Beaumont seam abandoned |
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| Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Ravensworth Shop Colliery |
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Description
The coal mining industry, carried on at the Betty and Shop pits of the Team Colliery, gives employment to 860 hands, who are engaged in working five seams. The Yard seam, 6 feet thick, is met with at a depth of 42 fathoms ; the Maudlin, 4 feet 6 inches, is 54 fathoms ; the Low Main, 3 feet 2 inches, 64 fathoms ; the Hutton, 5 feet, is 71 fathoms ; and Beaumont, which is 4 feet thick, is 97 fathoms deep. From these seams is obtained an output of over 1100 tons per day. This industry has been carried on continuously from the year 1703, and is now worked by Messrs. Charles Perkins and Partners. The Bewick Main Colliery is worked by the same company, is about 36 fathoms to the Hutton seam, employing about 300 men and boys, having a daily output of 300 tons. The Hutton and Low Main are the only seams worked.
Colliery School, Bewick Main, was erected by the Birtley Iron Company, in 1873, for 120 children ; the average attendance is 100. The schoolroom is used by the Primitive Methodists on Sundays.
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!
Armstrong, N., 30 Nov 1930, (accident: 25 Nov 1930), aged 17, Bank Hand, fell into machinert and died from injuries received | ||||||
Clark, Thomas, 20 Dec 1921, (accident: 09 Aug 1917), aged 30, Hewer, died from injuries received | ||||||
 | Cowen, Edward, 21 Aug 1936, aged 46, Coal Cutter, killed by a fall of stone [date of inquest] | |||||
Cummings, Thomas, 16 Sep 1913, aged 26, Hewer, deceased was engaged at the face of a 4-yard heading and was instantly killed by a large fall of roof, which rolled out several props; there was a slippery parting in each side of the fall; the stone was probably loosened by a shot fired shortly before, and was liberated when a "back" was reached at the coal face | ||||||
Harbin, W., 04 Mar 1931, aged 31, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Hymers, J. K., 26 Feb 1934, aged 54, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Kennedy, J. G., 15 Jan 1940, aged 29, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Peacock, W., 09 Apr 1937, (accident: 02 Apr 1937), aged 32, Stoneman, died from injuries received | ||||||
Reverley, John, 09 May 1914, (accident: 20 Mar 1914), aged 45, Deputy, Deceased was returning down a gateway in a seam 3 foot 6 inches thick, worked long wall, when at the junction of the gate with the crossgate a large stone, 12 foot long, 7 foot wide, and from 6 inches to 15 inches thick, fell from the roof, part of which caught him and injured his back. The stone came away from a smooth wavy parting between the blue and the post above. Side props were set, but no crossing plank. No timber was brought away by the fall. Deceased died on the 9th May. | ||||||
Smith, R., 28 Sep 1931, aged 41, Filler, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
| 11 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.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by
Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser
and Durham Chronicle) and are marked with
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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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| 11 May 1853 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | boiler explosion |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Ravensworth Shop Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Ravensworth Shop 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
- 1869 List of Mines
- 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
- 1913 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1914 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1914 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 8023)
- 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.
- 1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
- 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
- Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3
- Contributions by members of the Public
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
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Related Links:
| On this site | |
| | Article from Colliery Engineering (May 1930) regarding the Collieries owned by Pelaw Main Collieries Ltd. |
| | Pictures in the Gallery section of Ravensworth Shop Colliery |
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 Ravensworth Shop Colliery
