Wheldon Hepburn
(Born: 1861)
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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.
Census
Address: Littletown, Pittington
(Ref: RG11/4962/55/5)
| Name |
Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born |
|---|
| HEPBURN, Henry |
64 |
Head |
Wid |
Overman In Coal Mine |
DUR: Chester Le St |
| HEPBURN, Wheldon |
20 |
Son |
Unn |
Back Overman In Coal Mine |
DUR: Pittington |
| HEPBURN, Isabella |
30 |
Dau |
Unn |
Housekeeper |
DUR: Pittington |
| HEPBURN, Jane Ann Mary |
23 |
Domestic |
Unn |
General Servant |
DUR: Pittington |
Managers Certificate
20 October 1887, Certificate Number: 2,320 (1st), District: Durham
First Class Certificate of Competency as a Manager of Mines granted under the Coal Mines Regulation Acts, 1872 and 1887 (35 & 36 Vict. Cap. 76, Sec. 30 ; 50 & 51 Vict. Cap. 58, Sec 23.)
Colliery Staff Positions held
Colliery Staff Positions held
Commercial/Trade Directory
Page 524: Durham - Hepburn, Wheldon, Manager, Earl of Durham (John Allsopp Ramsay, agent; Wheldon Hepburn, certificated manager), Sherburn Hill & Lady Durham collieries, Sherburn ; & Sherburn House colliery, Sherburn Hospital
Source: Kelly's Directory of Durham, 1890
Commercial/Trade Directory
Page 289: Pittington - Hepburn, Wheldon, Manager of Littletown Colliery
Source: History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
Colliery Staff Positions held
Membership
1896-1897, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Littletown Colliery, near Durham.
Colliery Staff Positions held
- 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
- Kelly's Directory of Durham, 1890
- Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XIII published in 1897
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