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Tudhoe Grange Colliery
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| Location: | Spennymoor 5½ miles [9 km] S of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 93) NZ265338, 54° 41' 54" N, 1° 35' 20" W |
| Opened: | 1869 |
| Closed: | Mar 1885 |
| Owners: | 1880's - Weardale Iron & Coal Co. Ltd. |
| 1890's - Weardale Iron Co. Ltd. | |
| 1900's - Weardale Steel, Coal & Coke Co. Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1873 - Coal. |
| 1888 - Coal. | |
| Employment: | 1884 - 0 [Standing] |
| 1888 - 0 [Standing] | |
| 1890 - 0 [Standing] | |
| 1896 - 6 (2 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1902 - 0 [Not Working] | |
 Colliery Management (prior to 1958)
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| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Tudhoe Grange Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1869, May 05 - The Weardale Iron Company commenced to sink the Tudhoe Grange Colliery ; reached the Brockwell Seam and finished sinking operations on 2 September, 1870. |
1931, 01 Jul - Brockwell seam abandoned |
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1936, 16 May - Harvey (known locally as Hutton), Busty seams abandoned |
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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!
Archer, James, 07 Jul 1871, aged 29, Deputy, looking over into the shaft from the surface, the descending cage caught his head, Buried: Holy Innocents Churchyard, Low Spennymoor on 10 Jul 1871 {NBI} | ||||||
Dobson, Mark, 14 Aug 1880, aged 48, Collier, slipped his foot while at work in the pit on the 12th ; died this day from an obstruction of the bowels, doctor reports, caused by the shock | ||||||
Gibson, Charles, 31 May 1876, aged 24, Collier, fall of top stone, not sufficiently timbered, in a broken jud | ||||||
Jackson, Joseph, 30 Dec 1880, aged 36, Stoneman, fall of stone while taking down top canch in a flat | ||||||
James, John, 02 Jul 1872, aged 20, Steampump Man, attempting to get out of cage before it stopped, was crushed between cage and bottom of mouthing, Buried: Holy Innocents Churchyard, Low Spennymoor on 05 Jul 1872 {NBI} | ||||||
James, Robert, 15 Jan 1877, aged 21, Locomotive Guard, fell before waggons and was run over, necessitating amputation of his leg | ||||||
Lax, Stephenson, 04 Nov 1871, aged 15, Pump Minder, fell from an intermediate seam to the bottom of the pit, Buried: Holy Innocents Churchyard, Low Spennymoor on 07 Nov 1871 {NBI} | ||||||
Wilkinson, William, 29 Jan 1873, aged 12, Driver, run over by tubs | ||||||
| 8 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.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Tudhoe Grange Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Tudhoe Grange Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1871 Mines Inspectors Report (C 456)
- 1872 Mines Inspectors Report (C 840)
- 1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1056)
- 1873-4 List of Mines
- 1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1734)
- 1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2003)
- 1880 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2903)
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
- 1884 List of Mines
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a 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
- 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- Industrial Locomotives of Durham by The Industrial Railway Society, compiled by Colin E. Mountford and L. G. Charlton, published in 1977
- National Burial Index published by The Federation of Family History Societies & Associates
- Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.
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Related Links:
None found
Further Reading:
- Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3, provides a brief history of the colliery along with the history of the associated Miners Lodge Banner
Further Research:
Research Notes for Tudhoe Grange Colliery
