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Cramlington Coal Co. Ltd.

Warning: This is not intended to be an exhaustive history of the company, but an indication of the changes of ownership and the links between companies and directors in those companies. Only collieries, pits etc. in the North of England are shown - the company may own other properties etc. outside this area and there may have been other changes of ownership etc. for which we currently do not have details.

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1896

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Cramlington "High"  Cramlington  Robert Linsley  420  116  
Dudley  Cramlington  Robert Linsley  652  120  
Hartford  Hartford  Robert Linsley  463  129  
Shankhouse  Shankhouse  Robert Linsley  488  97  


1902

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Cramlington "Betsey"  Cramlington  J. H. B. Forster  –  –  
Cramlington "High"  Cramlington  J. H. B. Forster  440  219  
Cramlington "Lamb"  Cramlington  J. H. B. Forster  243  85  
Dudley  Dudley  J. H. B. Forster  580  148  
Hartford, "Scott"  Hartford  J. H. B. Forster  372  112  
Shankhouse "Amelia"  Shankhouse  J. H. B. Forster  163  81  
Wrightson  West Cramlington  J. H. B. Forster  258  90  


1914

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Cramlington "Ann"  Cramlington  Joseph Parkin  –  –  
Cramlington "Ann" & "Betsy"  Cramlington  Joseph Parkin  451  142  
Cramlington "Betsy"  Cramlington  Joseph Parkin  –  –  
Cramlington "Lamb"  Cramlington  Joseph Parkin  102  49  
Dudley  Dudley  N. L. Prest  548  154  
Hartford  Hartford  R. Parkin  532  14  
Shankhouse "Amelia"  Shankhouse  Joseph Parkin  233  80  
Wrightson  West Cramlington  N. L. Prest  283  83  


1921

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Cramlington "Ann"  Cramlington  Joseph Parkin  419  192  
Cramlington "Lamb"  Cramlington  Joseph Parkin  161  65  
Dudley  Dudley  A. Heatherington  537  181  
Hartford  Hartford  R. Parkin  –  –  
Hartford, "Daisy"  Hartford  R. Parkin  434  123  
Hartford, "Scott"  Hartford  R. Parkin  316  95  
Shankhouse "Amelia"  Shankhouse  Joseph Parkin  224  95  
Wrightson  West Cramlington  A. Heatherington  272  118  


1923

Company Details

Registered Office: 65 Quayside, Newcastle-on-Tyne
Class of Coal: Steam
Source: 1923 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.

Company Directors

Chairman: Scott, R., Lt.-Col., Newton House, Lesbury, S.O.
Managing Director: Morrison, John, 15 Windsor Terrace, Newcastle
Directors: Chichester, P. C., Frankton House, Rugby
 Lamb, S. E., Maj., 30 Redcliffe Square, Kensington, S.W.1
 Wrightson, T. G., Sir, Bt., Eryholme Manor, Darlington
 Wrightson, W. I., The Hall, Ryton-on-Tyne
Secretary: Irwin, Charles, J.P.
Agent: Wood, T. O.
Source: 1923 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.

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Cramlington "Ann"  Cramlington  Joseph Parkin  391  232  
Cramlington "Lamb"  Cramlington  Joseph Parkin  164  77  
Dudley  Dudley  A. Heatherington  584  263  
Hartford  Hartford    –  –  
Hartford, "Daisy"  Hartford  H. S. Evans  317  130  
Hartford, "Scott"  Hartford  H. S. Evans  290  148  
Shankhouse "Amelia"  Shankhouse  Joseph Parkin  182  133  
Wrightson  West Cramlington  A. Heatherington  258  151  


1925

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Cramlington "Ann"  Cramlington  Joseph Parkin  581  273  
Cramlington "Lamb"  Cramlington  Joseph Parkin  6  8  Closed 11/24
Dudley  Dudley  A. Heatherington  304  52  
Hartford, "Daisy" & "Scott"  Hartford  H. S. Evans  13  5  Closed 11/24
Shankhouse "Amelia"  Shankhouse  Joseph Parkin  273  139  
Wrightson  Cramlington  A. Heatherington  381  156  


1929

Company Notes

Report on 10th April 1929: Amalgamation Of Colliery Companies: The Railway and Canal Commission Court — Mr. Justice MacKinnon, Sir E. Tindal Atkinson, K.C., and Sir Lewis Coward, K.C. — granted an unopposed application by the Seaton Deleval Coal Company, Limited, and the Cramlington Coal Company, Limited, for the sanction of a scheme for the total amalgamation of the two companies, framed in accordance with the provisions of Part L of the Mining Industry Act, 1926. The collieries of the two companies are situated near Seaton Deleval and Cramlington, in Northumberland, and lie adjacent to each other. Each colliery produces the same class of coal, which is transported over the same private railway line to wharves at Howdon Dock, on the Tyne.

Source: The Times Newspaper

Company Mergers, Acquisitions etc.

Amalgamated with The Seaton Delaval Coal Company to form Hartley Main Collieries Ltd.
Source: Colliery Engineering Magazine


1932

Links to other areas of this site

1932, March  Article from Colliery Engineering — "The Hartley Main Collieries Limited"


1936

Links to other areas of this site

1936-03-27  Official Notice from The London Gazette
1936-05-01  Official Notice from The London Gazette
1936-05-22  Official Notice from The London Gazette


Sources
  • 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
  • 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 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 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.
  • 1923 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.
  • The Times Newspaper
  • Colliery Engineering Magazine

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