Whittle Colliery

Location:

Newton-on-the-Moor
4½ miles [7 km] S of Alnwick

Map Ref:

(Sheet 81) NU176064, 55° 21' 5" N, 1° 43' 21" W

Maps:

1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide

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

Opened:

Closed:

1987

Owners:

1910's - South Shilbottle Collieries Ltd.

1940's - Co-Operative Wholesale Society Ltd.

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

1986 - British Coal (name change)

1990's - Whittle Colliery Ltd.

Output:

1921 - Coal.

1930 - Coal: Household.

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

1950 - Coal: Steam.

1960 - Coal: Household.

1970 - Coal: Household.

1975 - Coal: Household, Steam.

1980 - Coal: Household, Steam.

1985 - Coal: Household, Steam.

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1921	117	73	44
1930	208	136	72
1940	140	100	40
1945	231	174	57
1947	190	150	40
1950	241	190	51
1960	238	184	54
1970	626	515	111
1975	648	537	111
1980	512	427	85
1985	411	205	206

NCB Employment Figures

Colliery Management (prior to 1955)

Seams Worked:

1921 - Shilbottle Main

1930 - Shilbottle

1950 - Shilbottle

1960 - Shilbottle

1970 - Shilbottle

1980 - Shilbottle

1985 - Shilbottle

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Whittle Colliery

Notes:

Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Whittle Colliery

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!

						Campbell, William Athey, 1937, [approximate date]
						Dent/Duckershoffe, Richard (Dickie), 1946, aged 37, fall of stone, address: 12 Beacon Road, Shilbottle [More information ...]
						Duckershoffe/Dent, Richard (Dickie), 1946, aged 37, fall of stone, address: 12 Beacon Road, Shilbottle
						Hegarty, Ian, Nov 1985, Fitter, [approximate date]
						Hutchinson, James, 1939, [approximate date]
						Neal, William, 1938, [approximate date]

						6 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

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Whittle Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Whittle Colliery

Credits

Sources:

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
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
1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1960 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1970 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1975 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1980 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1985/6 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1991 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
Contributions by members of the Public

Further Research:

Research Notes for Whittle Colliery



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