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Sheriff Hill Colliery
also known as Ellison Main Colliery
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| Location: | Wrekenton 3 miles [5 km] SSE of Newcastle |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ273596, 54° 55' 50" N, 1° 34' 25" W |
| Maps: |  1807 map from "The Picture of Newcastle Upon Tyne…", published in 1807 by D. Akenhead |
| 1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
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| 1896 map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
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| Opened: | bef. 1793 |
| Closed: | bef. 1895 |
| Pits: | Fanny Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ267601 |
| Shaft details for Fanny Pit |
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| Isabella Pit | |
| Shaft details for Isabella Pit |
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| Owners: | 1860's - R. Foster & Co. |
| Output: | 1890 - Coal. |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Sheriff Hill Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1862 - In this year, the year of the great Hartley disaster, the law compelling each colliery to have at least two exits was passed, and second shafts were sunk at Sheriff Hill and Towneley to meet the requirements of the new Act. |
1892 - Metal seam abandoned |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
| 27th | Dec | 1793 | 14 lives lost (Show Names) | ||
| 21st | Dec | 1794 | ? lives lost | ||
| 27th | Jun | 1815 | Explosion, 11 lives lost (Show Names) | ||
| 11th | Dec | 1815 | Fire, 5 lives lost (Show Names) | ||
| 19th | Jul | 1819 | Explosion, 35 lives lost (Show Names) |
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Barker, Hugh, 27 Jun 1815, 4:00 a.m., aged 17, killed in the 1815 explosion [More information ...] | |||||
Foggett, George, 27 Jun 1815, 4:00 a.m., aged 70, killed in the 1815 explosion, brother of William and Robert [More information ...] | ||||||
Foggett, Robert, 27 Jun 1815, 4:00 a.m., aged 45, killed in the 1815 explosion, brother of William and George [More information ...] | ||||||
Foggett, William, 27 Jun 1815, 4:00 a.m., aged 60, Viewer, killed in the 1815 explosion, brother of George and Robert [More information ...] | ||||||
Freeman, Peter, 06 Jan 1871, aged 19, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
| Jamerson, James, 27 Jun 1815, 4:00 a.m., aged 18, killed in the 1815 explosion [More information ...] | |||||
King, Matthew, 23 Nov 1832, killed by a fall of stone [More information ...] | ||||||
Linsley, James, 23 Nov 1832, killed by a fall of stone [More information ...] | ||||||
Tempest, John, 22 Jul 1817, (accident: 21 Jul 1817), Hewer, explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
| Wind, George, 27 Jun 1815, 4:00 a.m., aged 20, killed in the 1815 explosion [More information ...] | |||||
| Wind, William, 27 Jun 1815, 4:00 a.m., aged 50, killed in the 1815 explosion [More information ...] | |||||
| Young, James, 27 Jun 1815, 4:00 a.m., aged 23, killed in the 1815 explosion [More information ...] | |||||
| 12 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 page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the
Coal Mining History Resource Centre
and are marked with , further details
may be obtained by contacting Ian by email at
ian.winstanley@blueyonder.co.uk
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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| 22 Feb 1859 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | fall of stone |
| 26 Mar 1861 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | fall of stone |
| 06 Aug 1861 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | fall of stone |
| 01 Dec 1863 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | fall of stone |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Sheriff Hill Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Sheriff Hill Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1869 List of Mines
- 1871 Mines Inspectors Report (C 456)
- 1880 List of Mines
- 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 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
- Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.
- Views of the Collieries in the Counties of Northumberland and Durham by T. H. Hair. First published in 1844.
Pictures:
- Views of the Collieries in the Counties of Northumberland and Durham by T. H. Hair. First published in 1844.
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Related Links:
| On this site | |
| | Newspaper articles |
| | Names of those killed in the 1815 disaster |
| | Views of the Collieries in the Counties of Northumberland and Durham by T. H. Hair (1844) — Ellison Main Colliery |
| | Pictures in the Gallery section for Sheriff Hill Colliery |
Further Reading:
- Explosions in Coal Mines by W. N. & J. B. Atkinson, published in 1886
Further Research:
Research Notes for Sheriff Hill Colliery
