Williams Colliery

Location:

Seaton Burn
6 miles [10 km] NNW of Newcastle

Map Ref:

(Sheet 88) NZ217731, 55° 3' 7" N, 1° 39' 37" W

Maps:

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

Opened:

Closed:

1954

Owners:

1940's - Hartley Main Collieries Ltd.

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

Output:

1947 - Coal: Household, Steam. (78,000 tons)

1948 - Coal: Household, Steam.

1949 - Coal: Household, Steam.

1950 - Coal: Household, Steam.

1951 - Coal: Household, Steam.

1952 - Coal: Household, Steam.

1953 - Coal: Household, Steam.

1954 - Coal: Household, Steam.

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1940	11		11
1945	222	155	67
1947	227	155	72
1948	229	149	80
1949	222	151	71
1950	212	152	60
1951	225	159	66
1952	225	159	66
1953	190	122	68
1954	155	102	53

Colliery Management (prior to 1955)

Seams Worked:

1948 - Main, Yard

1949 - Main, Yard

1950 - Low Main, Main, Yard

1951 - Main Coal, Yard Low Main

1952 - Low Main, Main Coal, Yard

1953 - Main Coal, Yard Low Main

1954 - Yard

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.

Names of those killed at this colliery

No names found.

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Williams Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Williams Colliery

Credits

Sources:

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



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