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  Shilbottle Colliery  Index  Shilbottle Colliery  

Shilbottle Colliery


  Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Location: Shilbottle
4 miles [6 km] SSE of Alnwick
Map Ref: (Sheet 81) NU215080, 55° 21' 56" N, 1° 39' 39" W
Maps: 1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey
1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian)
Opened:
Closed: 1982
Pits: East Pit, locn: (Sheet 81) NU198096, sinking: 14 Oct 1845
  Shaft details for East Pit
Engine Pit, locn: (Sheet 81) NU189089, sinking: 1807
  Shaft details for Engine Pit
Grange Pit, opened: 1925, sinking: 1921, first coal: 1925
Long Dyke Pit, locn: (Sheet 81) NU207101
  Shaft details for Long Dyke Pit
Smoke Staple, locn: (Sheet 81) NU189090, sinking: 22 Aug 1844
  Shaft details for Smoke Staple
Town Pit, locn: (Sheet 81) NU194083, sinking: 1844
  Shaft details for Town Pit
Owners: 1820's - Henry Taylor
1840's - Thomas & Hugh Taylor
1860's - Messr. Taylor.
1890's - Shilbottle Coal Co.
1910's - Co-Operative Wholesale Society Ltd.
1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output: 1882 - Coal.
1888 - Coal (Landsale).
1890 - Coal (Landsale).
1896 - Coal: Household.
1902 - Coal: Household.
1914 - Coal: Household.
1921 - Coal: Household.
1930 - Coal: Household.
1947 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. (101,000 tons)
1950 - Coal: Steam.
1960 - Coal: Household.
1970 - Coal: Household.
1975 - Coal: Household, Steam.
1980 - Coal: Household, Steam.
Employment:
Year Pit  Total Below Above
18961369541
190215511639
191430421688
192137328984
1921GrangeSinking
Total37328984
1930531375156
1940500370130
1945515387128
1947500370130
1950591448143
1960745599146
1970789646143
1975640519121
198054848464
  NCB Employment Figures
  Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
Seams Worked: 1914 - Shilbottle (Limestone Coal)
1921 - Shilbottle (Limestone Coal)
1930 - Shilbottle
1950 - Shilbottle
1960 - Shilbottle
1970 - Shilbottle
1975 - Shilbottle
1980 - Shilbottle
    Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Shilbottle Colliery
Notes:

1926 - Shilbottle seam abandoned

  Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Shilbottle Colliery


  Summary Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Description


  Summary Description Names Local Collieries Credits  

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None Found


  Summary Description Disasters Local Collieries Credits  

Names of those killed at this colliery

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

      

Alder, William, May 1940, explosion [More information ...]

      

Boyd, Stephen, 1941, [approximate date]

      

Chicken, Lancelot Wilkinson, 1925, [approximate date]

      

Connell, Joseph, 1939, [approximate date]

      

Cunningham, William, 28 Jun 1934

      

Davison, Thomas, 1905, [approximate date]

      

Foster, George, 1905, [approximate date]

      

Gray, Ralph, 02 May 1957, aged 27, died when a stone about 5 feet long, 2 feet wide and 10 inches thick crashed onto him, address: Howling Lane, Alnwick

      

Micheson, William Alexander, 1922, [approximate date]

      

Miller, Frederick J., 1941, [approximate date]

      

Newton, Thomas, 16 Jun 1905, aged 26, Shifter [More information ...]

      

Nicholson, William, May 1940, explosion, died in Anwick Infirmary [More information ...]

      

Peebles, Norman, 1938, [approximate date]

      

Pringle, William Rogers, 1920, [approximate date]

      

Ryan, Martin, 1917, [approximate date]

     

Scott, John Robert, 12 Apr 1958, (accident: 02 Apr 1958), was crushed by a coal cutting machine, died from his injuries in Ashington Hospital

      

Selby, George, 18 Jun 1905, (accident: 16 Jun 1905), aged 39, Shifter [More information ...]

      

Shell, John, 1916, [approximate date]

      

Shell, Robert Septimus, 1938, [approximate date]

      

Skinner, James, 1921, [approximate date]

      

Stewart, Henry, 1934, [approximate date]

      

Storey, John, 19 Apr 1911, (accident: 05 Dec 1910), aged 25, Deputy, killed by a fall of stone

      

Taylor, Charles, 29 Jan 1892, 6:30 p.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 44, Stoneman, Explosion of gunpowder [Inspection made & inquest attended] [More information ...]

      

Taylor, William, 1915, [approximate date]

      

Tennant, Thomas, 09 Dec 1901, aged 54, Hewer, The deceased was removing some of his clothes about three yards from the face, preparatory to commencing work, when some stone suddenly fell from slips in the roof. The place had been examined an hour and a half previously by the deputy, who detected one slip, but considered the roof secure [Inspection made & inquest attended]

      

Ternant, J., 1923, [approximate date]

     

Weightman, Frederick, 17 Jun 1881, aged 14, Putter, killed by a fall of stone

      

Wigglesworth, J., 01 Apr 1881, aged 40, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

      

Wilson, Henry, 1937, [approximate date]

      

Wilson, John, May 1940, explosion [More information ...]

 
  30 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.

Those names marked with , have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the web page.

Some of the details of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by The Woodhorn Colliery Museum and are marked with .

  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!

Date Inspectors Remarks
23 Jan 1856 11fall of stone
31 Mar 1858 11A man was killed at the foot of shaft at Shilbottle Colliery, by being entangled in the chain which attached the basket, which was drawn suddenly away, and so crushed him that he died.
17 Jan 1863 11fall of coal down shaft

  Summary Description Disasters Names Credits  

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Shilbottle Colliery

  list of collieries/pits etc. near to Shilbottle Colliery


  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries  

Credits

Sources:

  • 1869 List of Mines
  • 1880 List of Mines
  • 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
  • 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
  • 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
  • 1892 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6986), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, 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
  • 1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910)
  • 1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), Newcastle District (No. 2) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, 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
  • 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
  • 1960 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
  • 1970 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
  • 1975 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
  • 1980 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
  • An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume S-T, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1894
  • Contributions by members of the Public
  • Contributions from Woodhorn Colliery Museum
  • The Times Newspaper

  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Related Links:

On this site
 Newspaper articles
 Pictures in the Memorial section for Shilbottle Colliery

Further Reading:

  • Collieries of Northumberland (Volume 1), James T. Tuck, 1993, TUPS Ltd., ISBN 1-871518-08-3

Further Research:

  Research Notes for Shilbottle Colliery


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