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Woodland Colliery
(See also Gallashiels Colliery)
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| Location: | Woodland 16½ miles [26 km] SW of Durham |
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| Map Ref: | (Sheet 92, OL31) NZ066266, 54° 38' 4" N, 1° 53' 52" W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maps: |  1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| Closed: | Mar 1921 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pits: | Cowley Shaft, locn: (Sheet 92, OL31) NZ067254, sinking: 1896 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shaft details for Cowley Shaft |
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| Shaft details for Woodland Colliery |
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| Owners: | 1880's - Woodland Coal Co. Ltd. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1890's - Woodland Collieries Co. Ltd. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1920's - Cargo Fleet Iron Co. Ltd. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Output: | 1888 - Coal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1896 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1902 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1923 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: | 1921 - Ballarat, Brockwell, Busty, Main Coal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1923 - Cowley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Woodland Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1874 - A series of borings was put down in the vicinity of Woodlands Colliery, proving the Brockwell Seam |
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1881 - A shaft was sunk from the surface to the Brockwell Seam north of the Woodlands Pit, Woodlands Colliery |
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1893 - A series of bore-holes was put down from the surface in the vicinity of Woodlands Colliery, proving the Brockwell Seam |
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1896 - The Cowley shaft, Woodlands Colliery, was sunk from the surface to the Brockwell Seam |
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1919 - Brockwell, Busty seams abandoned |
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1921 - Ballarat, Brockwell or Main, Busty or Five-Quarter seams abandoned |
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1924 - Brockwell or Main seam abandoned |
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| Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Woodland Colliery |
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Description
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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!
 | Blackett, John Thomas, 21 Feb 1919, aged 36, Buried: Woodland Cemetery | |||||
Freeman, Thomas, 12 Oct 1890, (accident: 11 Oct 1890), aged 16, Bankhead Lad, broken arm and serious other bruises; he was riding on an engine set contrary to rules, when he fell off and was dragged a considerable distance; died on following day | ||||||
Gill, Philip, 18 Aug 1916, aged 15, fell down shaft | ||||||
Kellett, John, 12 Apr 1884, (accident: Mar 1883), aged 60, Hewer, died from reputed injury to head, in March 1883; no proof of accident and no inquest held [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a colliery accident] | ||||||
Lowes, George, 02 Dec 1897, aged 38, Stoneman, Fell through a hole in a scaffold in a sinking shaft into 4½ fathoms of water 59 feet below, and was drowned [More information ...] | ||||||
Minto, John, 21 Mar 1892, 9:00 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 33, Hewer, fall of stone from a breaker while turning a place away out of an old bord | ||||||
Morton, Ralph, 04 Apr 1874, aged 20, Hewer, fell down pit ; he leaped from the cage, which had been drawn up to the pulleys | ||||||
Tarn, Joseph, 02 Apr 1897, aged 48, Stoneman, He had fired a powder shot in the bottom of a stone drift and waited about forty-five minutes, and then went back and commenced to loosen the stones with a pick, when another explosion occurred, injuring him so severely that he died shortly afterwards. The drift had been driven a short time before by means of gelatine dynamite, and it is supposed that a portion of a charge had not been detonated, and he struck it with his pick when loosening the stones [More information ...] | ||||||
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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.
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next to the name to see the web page.
more information on some of the fatalities shown above
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Woodland Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Woodland Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1874 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1216)
- 1880 List of Mines
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
- 1884 List of Mines
- 1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429)
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 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
- 1892 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6986), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 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
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 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
- Contributions by members of the Public
- Industrial Locomotives of Durham by The Industrial Railway Society, compiled by Colin E. Mountford and L. G. Charlton, published in 1977
- Tombstone(s) in Woodland Cemetery
- Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.
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Related Links:
| On this site | |
| | Newspaper articles |
| | Awards for Bravery |
| External sites | |
 | Gaunless Valley History Trust |
| | Woodland, County Durham, History |
Further Reading:
- 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
