Durham Mining Museum - Memorial Roll

Please note: not all of the sufferers listed here are shown in the other tables - the disaster index only shows those accidents where 5 or more lives were lost. This page is a summary of the information we have in our database - check the listing for the specific colliery (click on the colliery link) - this may provide further information e.g. burial place, family information, cause of death.

					Name	Age	Date	Colliery	Cnty
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					Nichol, Alexander	40	12 Feb 1877	Team	DUR
					Nichol, George	47	02 Sep 1901	North Walbottle	NBL
					Nichol, Henry	36	11 Dec 1900	Seaton Burn Railway	NBL
					Nichol, James	18	02 Mar 1860	Burradon	NBL
					Nichol, James		1944	Acomb	NBL
					Nichol, James William		04 Sep 1963	Kibblesworth	DUR
					Nichol, John George	44	01 Mar 1897	Newton Cap	DUR
					Nichol, John W.	25	18 Aug 1913	Easington	DUR
					Nichol, Richard	18	07 Jul 1899	Southam	CUL
					Nichol, Robert	41	24 Oct 1838	Harrington, John Pit	CUL
					Nichol, Thomas	19	06 Mar 1863	Coxlodge	NBL
					Nichol, Thomas	28	22 Apr 1870	Black Prince	DUR
					Nichol, Thomas	14	15 May 1906	Wheatley Hill	DUR
					Nichol, Thomas Dunlop	24	24 Aug 1914	Broomhill	NBL
					Nichol, William	26	02 Mar 1860	Burradon	NBL
					Nichol, William	64	04 Jun 1898	Seaton Burn	NBL
					Nicholl, H.		1901	Killingworth Railway	NBL
					Nicholls, Nicholas	22	11 Jun 1895	Greyside	NBL
					Nicholls, Richard	44	05 Jun 1897	Cramlington, Shankhouse Pit	NBL
					Nicholls, Thomas		20 Sep 1831	Willington, High Pit	NBL
					Nichols, Alfred	32	22 Jun 1877	Upleatham (Ironstone)	NRY
					Nichols, John Robert	45	23 Nov 1919	Page Bank	DUR
					Nichols, Thomas	47	22 Oct 1874	Cramlington, Daisy Pit	NBL
					Nichols, W.	48	26 Aug 1941	Lambton	DUR
					Nichols, Walter Heard		1932	Bedlington, Doctor Pit	NBL
					Nichols, William	40	13 Sep 1883	Marley Hill	DUR
					Nichols, William	60	26 Aug 1912	West Mickley	NBL
					Nicholson, Albert	37	17 Dec 1963	Deaf Hill	DUR
					Nicholson, Arthur	17	08 Sep 1892	South Pelaw	DUR
					Nicholson, Arthur	43	17 May 1914	Oughterside	CUL
					Nicholson, Ben		29 Dec 1722	Unknown	DUR
					Nicholson, Benjamin	43	02 Mar 1860	Burradon	NBL
					Nicholson, Bramwell	18	22 Oct 1913	Wingate Grange	DUR
					Nicholson, Edward	19	28 Sep 1844	Haswell	DUR
					Nicholson, Edward	30	26 Feb 1904	Ryhope	DUR
					Nicholson, Edward	34	11 May 1910	Wellington Pit	CUL
					Nicholson, G.	25	12 Dec 1934	Delight	DUR
					Nicholson, George	21	02 Dec 1886	Elemore	DUR
					Nicholson, George		1923	Hazlerigg	NBL
					Nicholson, George	27	29 Mar 1934	South Medomsley	DUR
					Nicholson, Henry	58	19 Sep 1873	Bigrigg, No. 6 Pit (Metalliferous)	CUL
					Nicholson, Henry	22	19 Apr 1888	St. Helen's, Workington	CUL
					Nicholson, Henry	67	13 Nov 1900	Shildon	DUR
					Nicholson, Isaac		1926	Seghill	NBL
					Nicholson, J.	40	19 Nov 1866	East Holywell	NBL
					Nicholson, J.	43	31 Dec 1888	Ushaw Moor	DUR
					Nicholson, J. C.	14	11 Dec 1872	Beamish	DUR
					Nicholson, J. W.	19	11 Jul 1890	South Hetton	DUR
					Nicholson, James	13	24 Feb 1854	Elemore, Isabella Pit	DUR
					Nicholson, James	64	13 Aug 1924	North Hetton	DUR
					Nicholson, James M.	22	18 Dec 1889	Trimdon Grange	DUR
					Nicholson, John	37	18 Jan 1844	Killingworth, West Moor	DUR
					Nicholson, John	10	12 Mar 1845	South Hetton	DUR
					Nicholson, John		14 Sep 1858	Stanhope Railway	DUR
					Nicholson, John	14	16 Jan 1862	Hartley	NBL
					Nicholson, John	58	19 Mar 1875	East Holywell	NBL
					Nicholson, John	53	05 Sep 1877	Haswell	DUR
					Nicholson, John	13	19 Apr 1880	Harton	DUR
					Nicholson, John	60	12 Jul 1883	Beamish (Chop Hill)	DUR
					Nicholson, John	44	20 Apr 1887	South Medomsley	DUR
					Nicholson, John	34	19 Apr 1888	St. Helen's, Workington	CUL
					Nicholson, John	29	17 Aug 1896	Holbarrow Iron Ore Mine	CUL
					Nicholson, John		1906	Montagu Fireclay	NBL
					Nicholson, John		1944	Hazlerigg	NBL
					Nicholson, John George		11 Oct 1934	Ellington	NBL
					Nicholson, John P.	67	17 Oct 1940	Brancepeth	DUR
					Nicholson, John Patrick		19 Mar 1934	Fishburn	DUR
					Nicholson, John Porter	30	23 Mar 1905	Beckermet (Iron Ore)	CUL
					Nicholson, John William		1937	Bedlington, A Pit	NBL
					Nicholson, John Wilson	62	Apr 1930	Seaton Burn	NBL
					Nicholson, Jonathan	77	18 Mar 1869	Wearmouth	DUR
					Nicholson, Joseph	21	16 Jan 1862	Hartley	NBL
					Nicholson, Joseph	48	21 Feb 1868	North Bitchburn	DUR
					Nicholson, Joseph	37	02 Sep 1908	Leasingthorne	DUR
					Nicholson, Joshua	52	16 Jan 1862	Hartley	NBL
					Nicholson, Lancelot	29	03 May 1815	Heaton Main	DUR
					Nicholson, Mark	21	17 May 1864	Brancepeth	DUR
					Nicholson, Matthew	29	25 Jul 1903	Woodifield	DUR
					Nicholson, Matthew	32	27 Feb 1913	Throckley	NBL
					Nicholson, Norman		1925	Cramlington, Wrightson Pit	NBL
					Nicholson, Norman	29	29 May 1951	Easington	DUR
					Nicholson, R. T.	16	22 Sep 1887	Hetton	DUR
					Nicholson, Ralph	66	30 Dec 1856	Thornley	DUR
					Nicholson, Ralph	20	21 Nov 1921	Louisa	DUR
					Nicholson, Richard	39	13 Nov 1877	Horton	NBL
					Nicholson, Robert	11	28 Sep 1844	Haswell	DUR
					Nicholson, Robert		16 Oct 1895	Seghill	NBL
					Nicholson, Robert	66	14 Oct 1904	Seaton Delaval	NBL
					Nicholson, Robert	29	28 Jul 1908	Witham Hall (Whinstone quarry)	DUR
					Nicholson, Robert	29	27 Nov 1922	St. Helen's No.3, Workington	CUL
					Nicholson, Robert Armstrong	13	18 Sep 1894	Margaret Pit, Newbottle	DUR
					Nicholson, T.	62	05 Jan 1951	Hobson	DUR
					Nicholson, Thomas	16	28 Sep 1844	Haswell	DUR
					Nicholson, Thomas	25	08 Jul 1846	Shotton Moor	DUR
					Nicholson, Thomas	17	10 Nov 1900	Springwell Bank Head	DUR
					Nicholson, Thomas	56	19 Nov 1900	Eston (Ironstone)	NRY
					Nicholson, Thomas	41	31 Jul 1906	Gascow (Limestone)	LAN
					Nicholson, Thomas	57	18 Aug 1913	Langley Park	DUR
					Nicholson, Thomas	56	01 Oct 1913	South Elswick	NBL
					Nicholson, Thomas Moses	20	13 Apr 1896	Brancepeth, A Pit	DUR
					Nicholson, W. R.	24	15 Apr 1946	Sherburn Hill	DUR
					Nicholson, William	18	28 Sep 1844	Haswell	DUR
					Nicholson, William	25	06 Mar 1894	Whitehaven	CUL
					Nicholson, William	35	16 Feb 1909	West Stanley	DUR
					Nicholson, William	35	20 Sep 1918	Lady Ann Pit, Lambton	DUR
					Nicholson, William		May 1940	Shilbottle	NBL
					Nicholson, William	33	15 Aug 1947	Whitehaven, William Pit	CUL
					Nicholson, William Gray	1	27 Jul 1905	Bebside	NBL
					Nicol, Robert	27	18 Dec 1908	Hepscott	NBL
					Nieland, John		08 Sep 1864	Seghill	NBL
					Nimmo, John	67	25 Aug 1890	Seaton Delaval	NBL
					Nisbett, John Innes		18 Mar 1910	Stobswood	NBL
					Nisbett, Thomas	20	04 Jan 1892	Seaton Delaval	NBL
					Nixon, Abraham Joseph	39	08 Oct 1900	Black Prince	DUR
					Nixon, Benjamin	14	22 Dec 1858	Bournmoor	DUR
					Nixon, Benjamin		1917	Montagu	NBL
					Nixon, George S.	29	05 Jun 1889	Moorhouse	CUL
					Nixon, James		30 Mar 1925	Montagu, View Pit	NBL
					Nixon, John	56	26 Apr 1888	Ellenborough	CUL
					Nixon, John	54	10 Oct 1912	Charlaw	DUR
					Nixon, John Thomas	24	16 Feb 1909	West Stanley	DUR
					Nixon, John William Milbourne	21	18 Mar 1901	Seaham	DUR
					Nixon, Joseph	19	05 Jun 1849	Hebburn	DUR
					Nixon, Joseph	25	05 Aug 1883	Gillhead	CUL
					Nixon, Joseph	21	26 Nov 1886	Ellenborough	CUL
					Nixon, Joseph	24	23 May 1897	Unknown	CUL
					Nixon, Joseph	16	16 Feb 1909	West Stanley	DUR
					Nixon, Joseph		30 Mar 1925	Montagu, View Pit	NBL
					Nixon, Joseph	17	17 Jul 1930	South Medomsley	DUR
					Nixon, Matthew	31	23 Sep 1908	Throckley, Blucher Pit	NBL
					Nixon, Matthew Henry	39	26 Jun 1903	Throckley	NBL
					Nixon, Robert	34	09 Dec 1875	Cambois	NBL
					Nixon, Robert	50	27 Aug 1877	Montreal, No. 12 Pit (Metalliferous)	CUL
					Nixon, Robert	56	10 Aug 1896	Walker	NBL
					Nixon, Robert A.		1918	Throckley	NBL
					Nixon, T.	51	01 Nov 1943	Dawdon	DUR
					Nixon, Thomas	55	10 May 1894	Coanwood	NBL
					Nixon, Thomas	20	13 Jan 1904	Barrasford (Whinstone)	NBL
					Nixon, Thomas Anthony	48	03 May 1904	Charlaw	DUR
					Nixon, Thomas Edward	7	15 Aug 1895	Dinnington Railway	NBL
					Nixon, Thomas Rutherford		07 Nov 1932	Lynemouth	NBL
					Nixon, William	25	05 Jun 1850	Usworth, Wellington Pit	DUR
					Nixon, William	54	13 Dec 1875	Tanfield Moor	DUR
					Nixon, William	61	19 Feb 1877	East Hetton	DUR
					Nixon, William	19	09 Aug 1879	Charlaw	DUR
					Nixon, William	17	30 Aug 1882	East Hetton	DUR
					Nixon, William	66	10 Dec 1897	Frizington Parks	CUL
					Nixon, William		1920	Dinnington	NBL
					Nixon/Marshall, Robert	16	14 Jun 1884	East Howle	DUR
For those names marked a web page providing more details of the accident is available online. Click on the icon to display the page.
For those names marked the text of the Mines Inspectors report into the incident is available online. Click on the icon to display the report.
Those names marked with , were killed in a disaster for which a memorial has been erected or for which we have images concerning the disaster, alternately their name may be mentioned on a memorial plaque. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the appropriate web page for the memorial.
Those names marked with , have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the web page.
For those names marked we have a digital photograph of the tombstone, see the information page for further details.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the Coal Mining History Resource Centre and are marked with , further details may be obtained by contacting Ian by email at ian.winstanley@blueyonder.co.uk
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by The Wheatley Hill History Club and are marked with .
Some of the details of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by The Woodhorn Colliery Museum and are marked with .
The list of the fatalities from the 1860 Burradon disaster were kindly provided by Bill Henderson.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle) and are marked with .

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