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Matthew Chapman
(Born: 1828)
Warning: This is not intended to be an exhaustive history of this individual, but an indication of the changes of positions and the links between companies, directors and managers in those companies. Only collieries, pits etc. in the North of England are shown - the individual may be involved with other companies or collieries outside this area and there may have been other positions for which we currently do not have details.
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Membership
1870-1871, North of England Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Plashetts Colliery, Falstone, Northd.; Elected: Aug 1, 1868
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Managers Certificate
28 February 1873, Certificate Number: 334 (1st), Inspector: Mr. Southern, Mine: Plashetts
First Class Certificate of Service as a Manager of Mines granted under the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. Cap. 76, Sec. 31), including the name of the mine (if any) in which acting as Manager at the time of grant of certificate.
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Membership
1880-1881, North of England Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Plashetts Colliery, Northumberland; Elected: Aug 1, 1868
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Census
Address: Plashetts Colliery, Plashetts & Tynehead
(Ref: RG11/5111/54/11)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born |
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| CHAPMAN, Matthew | 53 | Head | Mar | Mining Engineer | DUR: Hebburn |
| CHAPMAN, Mary A. | 49 | Wife | Mar | DUR: Low Felling | |
| CHAPMAN, George | 25 | Son | Unn | Art Student Edinburgh | DUR: Low Felling |
| CHAPMAN, Joseph | 23 | Son | Unn | Mining Student Plashetts | DUR: Low Felling |
| CHAPMAN, Mary A. | 20 | Dau | Unn | Teacher | NBL: Ratcliffe |
| CHAPMAN, Matthew | 18 | Son | Unn | Grocer | NBL: Ratcliffe |
| CHAPMAN, Hannah J. | 14 | Dau | Scholar | CUL: G Clifton | |
| CHAPMAN, Dorothy | 12 | Dau | Scholar | NBL: Falstone | |
| CHAPMAN, Robert D. | 9 | Son | Scholar | NBL: Falstone | |
| DAGG, Isabella | 24 | Serv | Unn | Domestic Servant | NBL: Falstone |
| HUNT, Chas. (Rev) | 30 | Visitor | Mar | United Methodist Minister | DBY: Southwingfield |
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Colliery Staff Positions held
| Position | Colliery | Company |
| Manager: | Plashetts | C. U. Laws & Co., Plashetts Colliery, Plashetts, R.S.O. |
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- 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
- Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XX published in 1871
- Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XXX published in 1881
