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Ramshaw Colliery |
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Ramshaw Colliery
| Location: |
West Auckland
11½ miles [19 km] SW of Durham
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 92) NZ165273, 54° 38' 26" N, 1° 44' 40" W |
| Opened: |
1942 |
| Closed: |
Oct 1959 |
| Pits: |
No. 1 Pit |
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No. 2 Pit |
| Owners: |
1942 - Ramshaw Coal Co. Ltd. |
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1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) |
| Output: |
1929 - Coal: Household. |
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1930 - Coal: Household. |
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1934 - Coal: Coking, Household. |
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1934 - No. 2 - Coal: Coking, Household. |
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1950 - No. 1 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam. |
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1950 - No. 2 - Coal: Coking, Steam. |
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1950 - No. 3 - Coal. |
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1955 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam. |
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1959 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam. |
| Employment: |
| Year | Pit | Total |  | Below | Above |
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| 1929 | | 43 |   | 31 | 12 |
| 1930 | | 34 | | 28 | 6 |
| 1934 | | 34 | | 26 | 8 |
| 1934 | No. 2 | 28 | | 23 | 5 |
| Total | 62 | | 49 | 13 |
| 1940 | No. 1 | 39 | | 29 | 10 |
| 1940 | No. 2 | 77 | | 67 | 10 |
| Total | 116 | | 96 | 20 |
| 1945 | No. 1 | 128 | | 107 | 21 |
| 1945 | No. 2 | 64 | | 54 | 10 |
| Total | 192 | | 161 | 31 |
| 1950 | | 236 | | 202 | 34 |
| 1955 | | 233 | | 199 | 34 |
| 1959 | | 98 | | 83 | 15 |
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 NCB Employment Figures
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Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: |
1929 - Brockwell |
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1930 - Brockwell |
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1934 - Brockwell |
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1934 - No. 2 - Brockwell |
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1950 - No. 1 - Harvey, Hutton |
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1950 - No. 2 - Brockwell, Busty |
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1950 - No. 3 - Brockwell, Busty, Harvey |
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1955 - Busty, Harvey, Hutton |
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1959 - Busty, Harvey, Hutton |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Ramshaw Colliery |
| Notes: |
1950 - Busty 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!
| | | | | | | Firby, C., 23 Dec 1946, aged 41, Shifter, explosion |
| | | | | | | Holmes, J. G., 15 Jun 1948, (accident: 14 Jun 1948), aged 35, Deputy, crushed by tubs |
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2 names found |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Ramshaw Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Ramshaw Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 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.
- 1934 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.
- 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
- 1959 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
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
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 Ramshaw Colliery
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