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Lambton & Hetton Collieries 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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1913


1913 - Advert from The Times (1913)
Source: The Times Newspaper


1914

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Bourn Moor, "D Pit"  Fence Houses  Jacob Sharp  1246  240  
Elemore  Hetton-le-Hole  Percy Barkes  1023  282  
Eppleton  Hetton-le-Hole  Robt. Stokoe  1565  454  
Harraton  Chester-le-Street  G. W. Minto  786  175  
Hazard  Hetton-le-Hole  W. O. Day  651  177  Hazard & Moorsley combined
Herrington  Fence Houses  Jas. Stokoe  915  173  
Hetton  Hetton-le-Hole  Earle Best  597  336  
Houghton  Fence Houses  A. L. S. Owen  1772  331  
Lumley "Sixth"  Fence Houses  J. W. Renwick  642  168  
Lumley Third (New Winning)  Fence Houses  J. W. Renwick  651  136  
Moorsley  Hetton-le-Hole  Thos. Wood  651  177  Hazard & Moorsley combined
Newbottle Dorothea  Fence Houses  S. Robinson  902  135  
Newbottle Margaret  Fence Houses  S. Robinson  659  117  
Nicholson Pit  Fence Houses  A. L. S. Owen  1  1  Pumping Station
North Biddick  Washington  R. C. Thomas  819  167  


1921

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Bournmoor "D"  Fence Houses  J. N. O. Rogers  1355  272  
Elemore  Hetton-le-Hole  Percy Barkes  974  380  
Eppleton  Hetton-le-Hole  Robt. Stokoe  1501  547  
Harraton  Fence Houses  G. W. Minto  760  189  
Hazard  Hetton-le-Hole  W. O. Day  878  353  
Herrington  Fence Houses  Jas. Stokoe  811  145  
Hetton  Hetton-le-Hole  E. Best  705  365  
Houghton  Fence Houses  John Stokoe  1705  364  
Lumley "Sixth"  Fence Houses  J. W. Renwick  606  180  
Lumley Third (New Winning)  Fence Houses  J. W. Renwick  519  136  
Newbottle Dorothea  Fence Houses  W. Stokoe  1027  172  
Newbottle Margaret  Fence Houses  W. Stokoe  828  153  
Nicholson  Fence Houses  W. Stokoe  –  –  Pumping Station, no coal worked
North Biddick  Washington  E. Minto  998  211  
Silksworth  Sunderland  Wm. Draper  1898  452  


1922

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Eppleton Quarry  Hetton Downs    8  –  
Lambton Quarry  Fence Houses    4  –  
Moorsley Quarry  Low Moorsley    1  –  Worked occasionally, or only for a short portion of the year 1922
Newbottle Quarry  Newbottle    3  1  


1923

Company Details

Registered Office: Dean Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne
Class of Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing
Other Minerals Worked: Fireclay
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: Joicey, Rt. Hon. Lord, Ford Castle, Berwick-on-Tweed
Managing Director: Joicey, J. Arthur, Hon., Longhirst Hall, n/r Morpeth
 Joicey, J. Geo., Meadowcroft, Acklington
Agent (Hetton Group): Bell, J. F.
Agent (Lambton Group): Scott-Owen, A. L.
Head Agent: Kirkup, Austin, Mining Office, Bunker Hill
Secretary: Nisbet, E. T., Cathedral Buildings, Newcastle-on-Tyne
Chief Engineer: Tulip, S., Lambton Engine Works, Fence Houses
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 Mergers, Acquisitions etc.

Consolidated subsidiaries as: Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Ltd.
Source: Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Bournmoor "D"  Fence Houses  M. Croudace  1421  302  
Elemore  Hetton-le-Hole  Percy Barkes  1036  407  
Eppleton  Hetton-le-Hole  Robt. Stokoe  1512  558  
Harraton  Fence Houses  G. W. Minto  817  242  
Hazard  Hetton-le-Hole  W. O. Day  842  327  
Herrington  Fence Houses  Jas. Stokoe  918  166  
Hetton  Hetton-le-Hole  E. Best  686  40  
Houghton  Fence Houses  John G. Stokoe  1764  358  
Lumley "Sixth"  Fence Houses  J. W. Renwick  608  194  
Lumley Third (New Winning)  Fence Houses  J. W. Renwick  480  137  
Newbottle Dorothea  Fence Houses  W. Stokoe  969  186  
Newbottle Margaret  Fence Houses  W. Stokoe  827  176  
Nicholson  Fence Houses  W. Stokoe  –  –  Pumping station
North Biddick  Washington  E. Minto  1062  231  
Silksworth  Sunderland  J. N. O. Rogers  2359  542  


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
  • 1922 List of Quarries - 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
  • Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3
  • 1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian

Further Research

  Research Notes for Lambton & Hetton Collieries Ltd.

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