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  Wigglesworth Colliery  Index  Wigglesworth Colliery  

Wigglesworth Colliery


  Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Location: Cockfield
15 miles [24 km] NNW of Richmond
Map Ref: (Sheet 92) NZ112241, 54° 36' 43" N, 1° 49' 36" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners: 1920's - Wigglesworth Colliery Co. Ltd.
1930's - A. Teasdale & Sons
Output: 1921 - Coal: Household.
1930 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
1934 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Steam.
1940 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam.
1950 - Coal: Gas.
1955 - Coal: Gas.
1956 - Coal: Gas.
1957 - Coal: Gas.
1958 - Coal: Gas.
Employment: 1921 - 3 (2 below, 1 surface)
1930 - 9 (5 below, 4 surface)
1934 - 12 (9 below, 3 surface)
1940 - 20 (16 below, 4 surface)
1945 - 28 (17 below, 11 surface)
1950 - 24 (19 below, 5 surface)
1955 - 22 (17 below, 5 surface)
1956 - 22 (17 below, 5 surface)
1957 - 22 (17 below, 5 surface)
1958 - 22 (17 below, 5 surface)
  Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
Seams Worked: 1921 - Main Coal
1930 - Hutton
1934 - Harvey, Jubilee
1940 - Hutton
1950 - Hutton, Jubilee
1955 - Hutton, Jubilee
1956 - Brass Thill, Chatam
1957 - Brass Thill, Chatam
1958 - Chatam
    Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Wigglesworth Colliery
Notes:

1925 - Hutton, Jubilee seams abandoned

1933 - Hutton seam abandoned

1937, 30 Apr - Harvey seam abandoned

1938, 30 Apr - Jubilee seam abandoned

1943 - Hutton seam abandoned

1952 - Hutton seam abandoned

1955 - Busty, Jubilee seams abandoned

1957 - Low Main ('J'), Brass Thill ('K') seams abandoned



  Summary Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Description


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Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.


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Names of those killed at this colliery

No names found.


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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Wigglesworth Colliery

  list of collieries/pits etc. near to Wigglesworth Colliery


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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
  • 1934 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
  • 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
  • 1956 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
  • 1957 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
  • 1958 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian

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