Whittonstall Drift

Location:

Whittonstall
10½ miles [17 km] ESE of Hexham

Map Ref:

(Sheet 88) NZ087572, 54° 54' 34" N, 1° 51' 51" W

Maps:

1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide

1933 map from the Colliery Engineer magazine, shows the disposition of pits in the Conset iron Co. Ltd. group and the railway links between them

Opened:

1907

Closed:

25 Nov 1966

Owners:

1910's - Consett Iron Co. Ltd.

1960's - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)

Output:

1914 - Coal: Coking, Gas.

1921 - Coal: Coking, Gas.

1925 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Steam.

1930 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Steam.

1934 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Steam.

1961 - Coal.

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1914	380	347	33
1921	401	322	79
1925	390	324	66
1925	Temporarily closed 27/06/25
1930	315	263	52
1934	141	128	13
1945	2	2
1945	Discontinued
1958	80	65	15
1959	133	115	18
1960	220	190	30
1961	220	190	30
1964	254	214	40

Colliery Management (prior to 1955)

Seams Worked:

1914 - Five Quarter, Stone Coal, Three Quarter

1921 - Five Quarter, Stone Coal, Three Quarter

1925 - Brockwell, Five Quarter, Stone, Three Quarter [Temporarily closed 27/06/25]

1930 - Brockwell, Five Quarter, Stone Coal, Three Quarter

1934 - Brockwell, Three Quarter

1958 - Brockwell

1959 - Brockwell

1960 - Brockwell

1961 - Brockwell

1964 - Brockwell

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Whittonstall Drift

Notes:

1936, 13 Mar - Stone, Five Quarter seams abandoned

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!

						Barker, Edwin, 21 Feb 1940, aged 27, Filler, killed by a fall of stone

						1 name 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.

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Whittonstall Drift

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Whittonstall Drift

Credits

Sources:

1914 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
1925 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.
1934 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
1958 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1959 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1960 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1961 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1964 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
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.

Further Research:

Research Notes for Whittonstall Drift



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