Wrightson Colliery

Location:

Cramlington

Map Ref:

Maps:

1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide

Opened:

Closed:

Owners:

1900's - Cramlington Coal Co. Ltd.

Output:

1902 - Coal: Steam. Fireclay.

1914 - Coal: Steam. Fireclay.

1921 - Coal: Steam.

1923 - Coal: Steam.

1924 - Coal: Steam.

1925 - Coal: Steam.

1927 - Coal: Steam.

1929 - Coal: Steam.

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1902	348	258	90
1914	366	283	83
1921	390	272	118
1923	409	258	151
1924	488	324	164
1925	537	381	156
1927	419	336	83
1927	Temporarily closed 20/6/27
1929	262	191	71

Colliery Management (prior to 1955)

Seams Worked:

1914 - Main Coal, Yard

1921 - Main Coal, Yard

1923 - Main Coal, Yard

1924 - Low Main, Main Coal, Yard

1925 - Low Main, Main, Yard

1927 - Low Main, Main, Yard [Temporarily closed 20/6/27]

1929 - Main

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!

						Docherty, John, 25 Mar 1900, aged 47, Hewer, died from syncope when at work in the mine
						Hamilton, William, 01 Jan 1940, aged 55, died injuries received at the Wrightson Pit, Buried: Cramlington Cemetery
						Nicholson, Norman, 1925, [approximate date]
						Oliver, William Hogg, 1920, [approximate date]
						Potts, John, 1916, [approximate date]
						Shotton, James E., 09 May 1902, aged 16, Shunter, three trucks were being lowered to a spout at the screens and deceased was crushed between them and the wall of the screen shed ; it was his first day's employment here
						Walford, Richard, 1917, [approximate date]

						7 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.

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Unable to generate - no grid reference supplied.

Credits

Sources:

1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536)
1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590)
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.
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.
1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
1927 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
1929 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
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