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Throckley 'Maria' Colliery
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| Location: | Throckley 6½ miles [10 km] WNW of Newcastle |
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| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ156672, 54° 59' 59" N, 1° 45' 17" W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maps: |  1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| 1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian) |
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| Opened: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed: | 1953 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owners: | 1910's - Throckley Coal Co. Ltd. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Output: | 1914 - Coal: Manufacturing. Fireclay. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 - Coal: Manufacturing. Fireclay. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1930 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1950 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| NCB Employment Figures
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| Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: | 1914 - Brockwell, Engine, Hodge, Main Coal, Stone Coal, Tilley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 - Brockwell, Engine, Hodge, Main Coal, Stone Coal, Tilley, Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1930 - Brockwell, Engine, Main, Stone, Three Quarter, Tilley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1950 - Blue Shale, Brockwell, Main, Stone, Three Quarter, Tilley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Throckley 'Maria' Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1934, 08 Mar - Engine or Beaumont or Towneley seam abandoned |
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1950 - Main, Blue Shale & Stone seams discontinued |
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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!
Brydon, Charles William, 1928, [approximate date] | ||||||
Dunn, William, 1926, [approximate date] | ||||||
Emmerson, Robert Rann, 1930, [approximate date] | ||||||
Scott, John J., 1923, [approximate date] | ||||||
Tweddle, John William, 1932, [approximate date] | ||||||
| 5 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 Throckley 'Maria' Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Throckley 'Maria' Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 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.
- 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
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