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Windlestone Colliery
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| Location: | Ferryhill 8 miles [13 km] S of Durham |
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| Map Ref: | (Sheet 93) NZ288297, 54° 39' 41" N, 1° 33' 13" W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maps: |  1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| 1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian), although closed in 1951 Windlestone Colliery is shown at the extreme bottom of the map |
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| Opened: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed: | 1924 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owners: | 1880's - Joseph Pease & Partners | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Output: | 1873 - Coal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1914 - Coal. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 - Coal. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1923 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1924 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Colliery Management (prior to 1958)
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| Seams Worked: | 1914 - Brockwell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 - Brockwell, Busty, Harvey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1923 - Brockwell, Harvey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1924 - Brockwell, Harvey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Windlestone Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1877 - The 16 ft. shaft at Windlestone Colliery was finished in October for Messrs. Pease & Partners; put down from surface to Marshall Green Seam, and bored further. |
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1931, 04 Nov - Harvey, Busty, Brockwell seams abandoned |
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Description
Coal was formerly worked in this township [Chilton], but is not worked at present. The Windlestone pit was laid in 1874 ; and the Little Chilton colliery has long since been exhausted.
Windlestone Colliery is a village at the southern extremity of the township, which has become almost deserted, owing to Messrs. Pease and Partners closing the pit in 1874. It is close to Chilton Buildings, and about two miles south of Ferryhill.
Whellan's 1894 Directory of County Durham
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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!
Bellwood, James, 24 Aug 1908, aged 18, Landing Lad, A hauling rope broke when pulling 21 tubs up an incline rising 8 inches per yard; the tubs ran back and on to him at the foot of the incline. He should not have been standing where he was standing. There was plenty of room for him to have stood out of harm's way. The breaking strain of the rope 27 tons, and the working load a little over 3½ tons | ||||||
 | Daniels, Arthur, 21 Nov 1915, aged 36, He was killed by a fall of stone. The manager, Mr. Paxton, stated that deceased was one of his best and most careful workmen, and the accident could not have been foreseen. | |||||
 | Fenton, Thomas, 11 May 1916, aged 17, Buried: Quarrington Churchyard | |||||
Fish, Samuel, 26 Mar 1874, aged 27, Fireman, caught by spur gearing of engine | ||||||
| Hopper, James, 24 Feb 1908, (accident: 22 Jan 1908), aged 49, Hewer, he failed to sprag his jud, and it came over on to him and so severely injured him that he died two days afterwards, Buried: Rock Road Cemetery, Spennymoor | |||||
Hunter, John, 22 Jul 1909, aged 24, Locomotive Fireman, He was getting on to the buffer of a waggon in motion when he fell, and the first wheel passed over his thigh breaking it. He died the same day | ||||||
Pain, Edgar Mercer, 04 Jul 1912, aged 42, Deputy, he was going up a self-acting incline, 220 yards long, having an average gradient of 8 inches per yard, when two tubs ran amain from the incline top and, knocking him down, killed him; the bank top lad had forgotten to couple all the tubs together, and the first two of a set of four ran amain; a second protective chock nor yet a runaway switch was provided | ||||||
| Thompson, Thomas William, 25 Mar 1919, aged 42, Hewer, Buried: St. John the Evangelist Churchyard, Kirk Merrington | |||||
Watson, Matthew, 09 Sep 1890, aged 63, Enginewright, while removing a boiler he placed it on to two light trams which gave way and it fell upon him while attempting to put in chocks or stays | ||||||
| 9 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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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Windlestone Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Windlestone Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1873-4 List of Mines
- 1874 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1216)
- 1880 List of Mines
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
- 1884 List of Mines
- 1890 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6346), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1908 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4672)
- 1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 1909 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5177)
- 1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), Durham District (No. 3) by A. D. Nicholson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1914 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1919 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1924 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 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 St. John the Evangelist Churchyard, Kirk Merrington
- Tombstone(s) in St. Pauls Churchyard/Cemetery (Church demolished), Quarrington Hill
- Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.
Pictures:
- Colliery picture from old postcard
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Related Links:
| On this site | |
| | Newspaper articles |
| | Pictures in the Gallery section of Windlestone Colliery |
Further Research:
Research Notes for Windlestone Colliery
