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Witton Colliery |
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Witton Colliery |
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| Location: |
Sacriston
3 miles [5 km] NW of Durham
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 88) NZ238461, 54° 48' 33" N, 1° 37' 47" W |
| Maps: |
1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian) |
| Opened: |
1860 |
| Closed: |
08 Jan 1966 |
| Sinking Started: |
1859 |
| Pits: |
Shaft details for Witton Colliery |
| Owners: |
1890's - Charlaw & Sacriston Collieries Co. Ltd. |
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1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) |
| Output: |
1896 - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing. |
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1940 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household. (7,000 tons) |
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1947 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. (85,000 tons) |
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1948 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing. |
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1949 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1950 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing. |
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1951 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1952 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1953 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1954 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1955 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1956 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1957 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1964 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Manufacturing, Steam. |
| Employment: |
| Year | Pit | Total |  | Below | Above |
| 1896 | | 418 |   | 348 | 70 |
| 1940 | | 370 |   | 280 | 90 |
| 1940 | | 30 |   | 20 | 10 |
| Total | 400 |   | 300 | 100 |
| 1945 | | 958 |   | 727 | 231 |
| 1945 | | inc. Sacriston Busty |
| 1947 | | 320 |   | 220 | 100 |
| 1948 | | 963 |   | 680 | 283 |
| 1948 | | inc. Sacriston Busty |
| 1949 | | 946 |   | 680 | 266 |
| 1949 | | inc. Sacriston Busty |
| 1950 | | 685 |   | 498 | 187 |
| 1950 | | inc. Sacriston Busty |
| 1951 | | 946 |   | 680 | 266 |
| 1951 | | inc. Sacriston Busty |
| 1952 | | 946 |   | 680 | 266 |
| 1952 | | inc. Sacriston Busty |
| 1953 | | 946 |   | 680 | 266 |
| 1953 | | Inc. Sacriston |
| 1954 | | 946 |   | 680 | 266 |
| 1954 | | Inc. Sacriston |
| 1955 | | 814 |   | 585 | 229 |
| 1955 | | Inc. Sacriston |
| 1956 | | 518 |   | 422 | 96 |
| 1956 | | Inc. Sacriston |
| 1957 | | 566 |   | 422 | 144 |
| 1957 | | Inc. Sacriston |
| 1964 | | 467 |   | 376 | 91 |
| 1964 | | inc. Sacriston |
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NCB Employment Figures
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Colliery Management (prior to 1958)
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| Seams Worked: |
1940 - Hutton |
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1948 - Brass Thill, Brockwell, Busty |
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1949 - Brass Thill, Brockwell, Busty |
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1950 - Brass Thill, Brockwell, Busty, Low Main |
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1951 - Brass Thill, Brockwell, Busty |
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1952 - Brass Thill, Brockwell, Busty |
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1953 - Brass Thill, Brockwell, Busty |
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1954 - Brass Thill, Brockwell, Busty |
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1955 - Brass Thill, Brockwell, Busty |
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1956 - Brass Thill, Brockwell, Busty |
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1957 - Brass Thill, Brockwell, Busty |
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1964 - Brass Thill, Low Main, Victoria |
| Notes: |
1859 - Witton Pit, Charlaw Colliery, was sunk from the surface to the Hutton Seam. |
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1872 - Witton Pit, Charlaw Colliery, was sunk from the Hutton to the Busty Seam. |
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!
| | | | |  | | Bamford, Eli Wilfred, 17 Nov 1927, aged 25, Putter, killed by a fall of stone |
| | | | | | | Bamford, H. E., 08 Jul 1924, aged 29, Drawer, killed by a fall of stone |
| | | | | | | Blenkinsop, James Routledge, 1930, died after contracting gangrene in his leg because of a fall of stone [approximate date] |
| | | | |  | | Burlison, William, 19 Apr 1917, (accident: 03 Apr 1917), aged 61, Waggon Chocker, he was working at bank, riding on the step of a truck in order to hold the brake. While applying the brake he overbalanced and was caught between a pillar and the side of the truck. He died in hospital from septic poisoning following rupture |
| | |  | | | | Clark, John Henry, 26 Aug 1936, aged 42, Filler, killed by a fall of stone (his spine was fractured), he had suffered severe injuries in the same seam only a month before, Buried: Sacriston Cemetery |
| | | | | | | Cockbain, W. J., 11 Feb 1929, aged 31, Cutter Man, killed by a fall of stone |
| | |  | | | | Cooper, James, 22 Jul 1928, aged 37, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Sacriston Cemetery |
| | | | | | | Danby, Thomas, 31 Oct 1921, (accident: 09 Jun 1921), aged 24, Hewer, received a blow on the head from the pick |
| | | | | | | Eltringham, W., 26 Jan 1933, aged 16, Bank Hand, caught by cage |
| | |  | | | | Fairless, William, 15 Nov 1936, aged 55, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Sacriston Cemetery |
| | | | | | | Garforth, A., 28 Feb 1944, aged 34, Filler |
| | |  | |  | | Jacobs, James K., 26 Jun 1914, (accident: 10 Jun 1914), aged 34, Hewer |
| | | | | | | Naisbitt, N., 11 Jan 1947, (accident: 03 Dec 1946), aged 37, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone |
| | | | | | | Pearson, Joseph, 18 Dec 1942, aged 33, Cutter, killed by a fall of stone while working at the East Main face, he was buried by about a ton of stone |
| | |  | | | | Scott, John Thomas, 09 Apr 1941, aged 43, Filler, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Sacriston Cemetery |
| | | | | | | Showler, J., 10 Aug 1933, aged 32, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone |
| | | | | | | Truelock, William, 27 Mar 1897, aged 30, Gatewayman, while stowing a pack wall a large stone fell from the roof and killed him |
| | | | | | | Watt, J., 13 Mar 1942, (accident: 12 Mar 1942), aged 58, Filler, caught by tubs |
| | | | | | | Wilkin, Herbert, 31 Jan 1922, aged 47, Onsetter, caught by cage |
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19 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.
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.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by
Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser
and Durham Chronicle) and are marked with
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Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been
extracted from material deposited at the North East England Mining
Archive and Research Centre
(NEEMARC)
— principally the records of the Durham Miners' Association and are marked with
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Witton Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Witton Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 1880 List of Mines
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
- 1884 List of Mines
- 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
- 1897 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8819), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, 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
- 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
- 1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1956 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1957 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1964 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- NEEMARC - Ref: NUMDA/1/6/39, D.M.A. Minutes, Circulars etc. for 1914 (two volumes: covers Jan-Jun, Jul-Dec)
- Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3
- Contributions by members of the Public
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
- Tombstone(s) in Sacriston Cemetery
- Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.
Related Links:
None found
Further Reading:
- Collieries of Durham (Volume 1), David Temple, 1994, TUPS Ltd., ISBN 1-871518-11-3
- 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 Witton Colliery
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