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Steel's House Colliery 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.


1927

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Abbotts Close, No. 1  Crook    11  3  
Abbotts Close, No. 2  Crook    10  2  Abandoned 29/1/27
Steel House  Crook  H. Cooper  18  7  
Woodifield  Crook  H. Cooper  10  3  


1930

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Abbotts Close, No. 1  Crook  A. W. Parkin  –  –  Closed 2/6/28
Fir Tree  Harperley  A. W. Parkin  65  16  Fir Tree & Woodifield combined
Woodifield  Crook  A. W. Parkin  65  16  Fir Tree & Woodifield combined


1933

Company Details

Registered Office: Estate Offices, New Road, Crook, Co. Durham
Seams Worked: Main Coal
Power Used: Steam
Annual Output:  10,000 tons
Class of Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing
Source: 1933 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: Robinson, J., "Rosehill," Mown Meadows, Crook
 Wailes, S. N., "Blandyke," Mown Meadows, Crook
 Wailes, T., Foundry Fields, Crook
General Manager: Wailes, S. N.
Secretary: Robinson, J.
Agent: Wailes, S. N., "Blandyke," Mown Meadows, Crook
Source: 1933 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.


1934

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Mown Meadow  Crook  A. W. Parkin  –  –  Developing discontinued 9/32
Woodifield  Crook  A. W. Parkin  64  18  


1940

Company Details

Registered Office: Estate Offices, New Road, Crook, Co. Durham
Seams Worked: Main Coal
Power Used: Steam and Electricity
Annual Output:  30,000 tons
Class of Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing
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: Addison, S., Thistleflat House, Crook
 Robinson, J., "Rosehill," Mown Meadows, Crook
 Wailes, S. N., "Blandyke," Mown Meadows, Crook
 Wailes, T., Foundry Fields, Crook
General Manager: Wailes, S. N.
Secretary: Robinson, J.
Agent: Wailes, S. N., "Blandyke," Mown Meadows, Crook
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
Woodifield  Crook  A. W. Parkin  100  26  


1947 - at the time of Nationalisation

Company Details

Registered Office: Estate Offices, New Road, Crook, Co. Durham
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: Addison, S., Thistleflat House, Crook
 Robinson, J., "Rosehill," Mown Meadows, Crook
 Wailes, S. N., "Blandyke," Mown Meadows, Crook
 Wailes, T., Foundry Fields, Crook
General Manager: Wailes, S. N.
Secretary: Robinson, J.
Agent: Wailes, S. N., "Blandyke," Mown Meadows, Crook
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.


1952

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1952-07-01  Official Notice from The London Gazette


1954

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1954-07-23  Official Notice from The London Gazette


Sources
  • 1927 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.
  • 1933 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.
  • 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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