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  North Bitchburn Colliery  Index  North Bitchburn Colliery  

North Bitchburn Colliery

Colliery Management (prior to 1958)

YearPitPositionNameNo. & Class
of Certificate
 1882    Agent:  C. Widdas  
     Manager:  C. Widdas   
 1884    Agent:  C. Widdas  
     Manager:  C. Widdas   
 1902  Constantine  Manager:  S. P. Thompson  245 
   Constantine  Under Manager:  A. Curry  1,338 ; 1st 
   Five Quarter  Manager:  S. P. Thompson  245 
   Five Quarter  Under Manager:  W. Curry  1,084 ; 2nd 
   Shafto  Manager:  S. P. Thompson  245 
   Shafto  Under Manager:  W. Curry  1,084 ; 2nd 
 1909    Agent:  C. Widdas  
     Manager:  C. A. Pattison   
 1914    Manager:  Jas. Widdas Pescod  1,229 
     Under Manager:  Geo. French  7,920 ; 2nd 
 1919    Agent:  Thos. Heslop  
     Manager:  J. W. Pescod   
 1921    Agent:  T. Heslop  
     Manager:  Jas. Widdas Pescod  1,229 
     Under Manager:  Geo. French  7,920 ; 2nd 
 1930    Agent:  G. C. Heslop  
     Manager:  A. Suggett  3,638 
     Under Manager:  Geo. French  7,920 ; 2nd 
 1940    Manager:  C. A. Pattison   
 1945    Manager:  C. A. Pattison   
     Under Manager:  George French   
 1950    Manager:  C. A. Pattison  2,170 
     Under Manager:  E. Dawson  5,910 ; 2nd 
 1955    Agent:  A. E. Mounsey  
     Manager:  A. E. Mounsey  5,345 
     Under Manager:  E. Dawson  5,910 

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Sources:

  • 1854 List of mines by T. Y. Hall, published in Vol II (1853-4) of the Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining Engineers
  • 1869 List of Mines
  • 1873-4 List of Mines
  • 1880 List of Mines
  • 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
  • 1884 List of Mines
  • 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
  • 1914 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1919 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
  • 1921 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.
  • 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
  • 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian

 


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