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  Stobswood Colliery  Index  Stobswood Colliery  

Stobswood Colliery


  Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Location: Morpeth
12 miles [20 km] SSE of Alnwick
Map Ref: (Sheet 81) NZ236947, 55° 14' 47" N, 1° 37' 40" W
Maps: 1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey
1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian)
Opened:
Closed: 1965
Pits:   Shaft details for Stobswood Colliery
Owners: 1880's - John H. Burn
1900's - Stobswood Coal Co.
1940's - Stobswood Coal Co Ltd.
1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output: 1882 - Coal.
1888 - Coal.
1890 - Coal.
1896 - Coal: Steam.
1902 - Coal: Steam.
1914 - Coal: Steam.
1921 - Coal: Steam.
1930 - Coal: Steam. Fireclay.
1940 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay.
1947 - Coal: Household, Steam. (97,000 tons)
1950 - Coal: Household, Steam.
1955 - Coal: Household, Steam. Fireclay.
1960 - Coal: Household, Steam. Fireclay.
1961 - Coal: Household, Steam. Fireclay.
1964 - Coal: Household, Steam. Fireclay.
Employment:
Year Pit  Total Below Above
1896806317
190212310320
191424521134
192120715849
193040431490
194041733384
194535026783
194733325182
195041331499
195541432391
196043735186
196143735186
196435228468
  NCB Employment Figures
  Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
Seams Worked: 1914 - Beaumont, Main, Two Feet, Yard
1921 - Beaumont, Main, Two Feet, Yard
1930 - Beaumont, Five Quarter, Main, Yard
1940 - Beaumont, Five Quarter, Main, Yard
1950 - Beaumont, Five Quarter, Low Main, Main, Tilley, Yard
1955 - Beaumont, Low Main, Main, Yard
1960 - Low Main, Plessey, Widdrington Main, Widdrington Yard
1961 - Low Main, Plessey, Widdrington Main, Widdrington Yard
1964 - Low Main, Plessey, Widdrington Main, Widdrington Yard


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Description


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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!

      

Brown, Thomas James Green, 1935, [approximate date]

      

Buglass, George, 25 Feb 1892, 8:00 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 47, Shifter, Deceased and two other men were renewing timber in an old roadway, and when near a "trouble" a stone fell on to some of the old timber, and canted over on to the deceased [Inspection made]

      

Davis, George W., 1917, [approximate date]

      

Donald, John, 13 Aug 1883, aged 35, Hewer, fall of band stone

      

Dunn, Henry, 1942, [approximate date]

      

Edward, George, 1934, [approximate date]

      

Gray, Robert, 1924, [approximate date]

      

Hay, George Adam, 1929, [approximate date]

      

Jobson, Robert William, 22 Sep 1900, (accident: 15 Mar 1900), Hewer, received injuries to his side by a fall of stone at Widdrington Colliery, on March 15th, 1900, and again at Stobswood Colliery on July 30th; he died on September 22nd, and a post mortem examination showed that death was due to heart disease following rheumatic fever

      

King, Marshall, 1940, [approximate date]

      

Lee, Robert, 09 Jul 1888, aged 14, Driver, fell in front of pony and set of tubs and was crushed

      

Mavin, Charles, 1930, [approximate date]

      

Middlemiss, Robert, 1932, [approximate date]

      

Miller, James A., 1945, [approximate date]

      

Mitchell, Thomas Norman, 1934, [approximate date]

      

Nisbett, John Innes, 18 Mar 1910, He was not actually killed in the mine but murdered on his way to deliver the payroll and his body found on the train at Alnwick

      

Sanderson, James, 13 Apr 1882, aged 43, Hewer, fall of top coal

      

Scott, William, 1936, [approximate date]

      

Sim, A., 1923, [approximate date]

      

Weddell, Mark, 1929, [approximate date]

      

Young, Thomas, 1945, [approximate date]

 
  21 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.

  more information on some of the fatalities shown above


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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Stobswood Colliery

  list of collieries/pits etc. near to Stobswood Colliery


  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries  

Credits

Sources:

  • 1880 List of Mines
  • 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
  • 1882 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3621)
  • 1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078)
  • 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1888 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5779), Newcastle District (No. 3) by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines, 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
  • 1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536)
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 1964 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

Pictures:

  • Colliery picture provided by David Kitching from the John Ryan Collection (©)

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