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Naworth Collieries 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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Previous Companies: Naworth Collieries Co.


1934

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Craig Nook Drift  Midgeholme  M. B. Miller  23  8  
Denton  Hallbankgate  M. B. Miller  58  26  Discontinued 7/34
Gairs  Hallbankgate  M. B. Miller  9  6  
Gapshields  Greenhead  M. B. Miller  2  2  
Midgeholme East  Midgeholme  M. B. Miller  17  8  
Midgeholme West  Midgeholme  M. B. Miller  16  9  
Venture Arch Drift  Hallbankgate  M. B. Miller  41  15  


1940

Company Details

Registered Office: Hallbankgate, Carlisle, Cumberland
Seams Worked: Little Limestone, Craig Nook, Three Quarters, Wellsyke
Power Used: Electric. Voltage: 400
Annual Output:  60,000 tons
Class of Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam
Source: 1940 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

Directors: Finlayson, Herbert, "Glendhu," Station Road, Brampton, Cumberland
 Lowther, Edward, Warren Bank, Brampton, Carlisle
 Miller, M. B., Williamgill, Hallbankgate, Carlisle
 Nasymth, G. C. H., Badger's Holt, Boar's Hill, Oxford
 Papps, R., "Ramleigh," Middle Road, Brampton, Cumberland
 Roberts, C. H., Boothby, Brampton, Cumberland
 Roberts, W. H. W.
Secretary: Finlayson, H.
Source: 1940 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
Midgeholme & Gapshields    M. B. Millar  120  40  


1947 - at the time of Nationalisation

Company Details

Registered Office: Hallbankgate, Carlisle, Cumberland
Source: 1947 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

Directors: Finlayson, H.
 Finlayson, Herbert, "Glendhu," Station Road, Brampton, Cumberland
 Miller, M. B., Williamgill, Hallbankgate, Carlisle
 Papps, R., "Ramleigh," Middle Road, Brampton, Cumberland
 Roberts, C. H., Boothby, Brampton, Cumberland
 Roberts, W. H. W., 22 Gayfere Street, London
Secretary: Finlayson, H.
Source: 1947 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.


Sources
  • 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 The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., 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.
  • 1947 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.

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