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Tudhoe Park Drift |
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Tudhoe Park Drift |
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| Location: |
Tudhoe
4½ miles [7 km] S of Durham
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 93) NZ268357, 54° 42' 56" N, 1° 35' 2" W |
| Maps: |
 1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian) |
| Opened: |
1945 |
| Closed: |
23 May 1969 |
| Owners: |
1945 - Tudhoe Park Colliery Ltd. |
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1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) |
| Output: |
1947 - Coal: Household, Industrial, Steam. (31,643 tons) |
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1948 - Coal: Manufacturing. |
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1949 - Coal: Manufacturing. |
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1950 - Coal: Industrial, Manufacturing. |
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1951 - Coal: Manufacturing. |
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1955 - Coal: Manufacturing. |
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1960 - Coal: Manufacturing. |
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1964 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. |
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1969 - Coal: Coking, Household, Industrial. |
| Employment: |
| Year | Pit | Total |  | Below | Above |
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| 1945 | | 137 |   | 106 | 31 |
| 1947 | | 153 | | 120 | 33 |
| 1948 | | 211 | | 165 | 46 |
| 1949 | | 211 | | 165 | 46 |
| 1950 | | 132 | | 108 | 24 |
| 1951 | | 180 | | 150 | 30 |
| 1955 | | 194 | | 161 | 33 |
| 1960 | | 222 | | 181 | 41 |
| 1964 | | 221 | | 196 | 25 |
| 1969 | | 196 | | 170 | 26 |
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NCB Employment Figures
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Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: |
1948 - Bottom Hutton, Top Hutton |
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1949 - Bottom Hutton, Top Hutton |
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1950 - Bottom Hutton, Top Hutton |
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1951 - Bottom Hutton |
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1955 - Bottom Hutton |
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1960 - Bottom Hutton |
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1964 - Bottom Hutton |
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1969 - Hutton |
| Notes: |
1945 - Tudhoe Colliery reopened at the end of WWII and worked as Tudhoe Park Drift |
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!
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  ,
were killed in a disaster for which a memorial has been erected or for which we have
images concerning the disaster, alternately their name may be mentioned on a memorial plaque.
Click on the symbol
next to the name to see the appropriate web page for the memorial.
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.
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Tudhoe Park Drift
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Tudhoe Park Drift
Credits
Sources:
- 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
- 1948 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1949 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian, 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
- 1951 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1960 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1964 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1969 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
Related Links:
| On this site |
| | Names of those killed in the 1882 disaster |
| | Images in the Memorial section for the 1882 disaster where 37 lives were lost |
Further Research:
Research Notes for Tudhoe Park Drift
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