Twizell Burn Drift

Location:

Grange Villa
6 miles [10 km] NNW of Durham

Map Ref:

(Sheet 88) NZ232515, 54° 51' 28" N, 1° 38' 19" W

Maps:

1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide

1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian)

Opened:

1843

Closed:

01 Jul 1948

Owners:

1930's - Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Ltd.

1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)

Output:

1930 - Coal: Gas.

1947 - Coal: Coking, Gas. (55,000 tons)

1948 - Coal: Gas.

1949 - Coal: Gas.

1950 - Coal: Gas.

1951 - Coal: Gas.

1952 - Coal: Gas.

1953 - Coal: Gas.

1954 - Coal: Gas.

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1930	66	59	7
1940	10	8	2
1947	160	105	55
1948	174	125	49
1949	171	125	46
1950	178	133	45
1951	171	125	46
1952	171	125	46
1953	171	125	46
1954	171	125	46

NCB Employment Figures

Colliery Management (prior to 1955)

Seams Worked:

1930 - Main

1948 - Five Quarter, Main

1949 - Five Quarter, Hutton, Low Main, Main

1950 - Five Quarter, Main

1951 - Five Quarter, Hutton, Low Main, Main

1952 - Five Quarter, Hutton, Low Main, Main

1953 - Five Quarter, Hutton, Low Main, Main

1954 - Five Quarter, Hutton, Low Main, Main

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Twizell Burn Drift

Notes:

1950 - Five Quarter 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!

						Forster, Walter, 03 Dec 1923, aged 18, Putter, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Pelton Cemetery

						1 name 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.

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Twizell Burn Drift

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Twizell Burn Drift

Credits

Sources:

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.
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 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, 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
1952 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1953 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1954 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.
Tombstone(s) in Pelton Cemetery

Further Research:

Research Notes for Twizell Burn Drift



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