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Philip Kirkup
(Born: 1859, Died: Apr 10th, 1936)
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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| 17 Dec 1906 | — | Involved with the Urpeth Explosion |
| 20 Feb 1908 | — | Involved with the Washington Glebe disaster |
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Membership
1880-1881, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: Student; Address: Peases’ West Collieries, by Darlington; Elected: 02 Mar 1878
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Census
Address: Billy Row, Crook & Billy Row
(Ref: RG11/4928/53/26)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born |
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| CHIPCHASE, John | 58 | Head | Mar | Cow Keeper Ag Lab | DUR: St Helens |
| CHIPCHASE, Anne | 63 | Wife | Mar | YKS: Commondale | |
| CHIPCHASE, Isabella | 25 | Dau | Unn | Sales Woman | DUR: West Auckland |
| LIDDELL, Isabella | 14 | Serv | Unn | Domestic Ser | NBL: Backworth |
| KIRKUP, Philip | 21 | Boarder | Unn | Assistant Colliery Viewer | DUR: Birtley |
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Managers Certificate
07 February 1882, Certificate Number: 1,647 (1st), District: Newcastle
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.)
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| 1888 | |
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Colliery Staff Positions held
| Position | Colliery | Company |
| Agent: | Cornsay | Ferens & Love |
| Manager: | Cornsay | Ferens & Love |
| Agent: | Colepike Drift | Ferens & Love |
| Manager: | Colepike Drift | Ferens & Love |
Membership
1888-1889, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Cornsay Colliery Office, Esh, near Durham; Elected: 02 Mar 1878
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Membership
1889-1890, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Cornsay Colliery Office, Esh, near Durham.
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| 1890 | |
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Colliery Staff Positions held
| Position | Colliery | Company |
| Agent: | Cornsay | Ferens & Love |
| Manager: | Cornsay | Ferens & Love |
| Agent: | Colepike Drift | Ferens & Love |
| Manager: | Colepike Drift | Ferens & Love |
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| 1894 | |
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Commercial/Trade Directory
Page 285: Hamsteels - Kirkup, Philip, Manager of Cornsay Colliery
Source: History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
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| 1896 | |
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Colliery Staff Positions held
| Position | Colliery | Company |
| Manager: | Cornsay | Ferens & Love |
| Manager: | Colepike Drift | Ferens & Love |
Membership
1896-1897, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Cornsay Colliery Office, Esh, near Durham.
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Membership
1900-1901, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Council Member
1900-1901, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Council Member; Address: Leafield House, Birtley, R.S.O., Co. Durham
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Census
Address: Birtley, Co. Durham
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born |
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| KIRKUP, Philip | 41 | Head | Mar | Mining Engineer | DUR: Birtley |
| KIRKUP, Mary Ann | 42 | Wife | Mar | DUR: Sacriston | |
| KIRKUP, Constance D. | 12 | Dau | DUR: Cornsay | ||
| KIRKUP, Philip | 7 | Son | DUR: Cornsay |
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Membership
1902-1903, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Council Member
1902-1903, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Council Member; Address: Leafield House, Birtley, R.S.O., Co. Durham
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Membership
1907-1908, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Council Member; Address: Leafield House, Birtley, S.O., County Durham.
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Colliery Staff Positions held
| Position | Colliery | Company |
| Agent: | Bewicke Main | Charles Perkins & Partners |
| Agent: | Mill Drift | Charles Perkins & Partners |
| Agent: | Ouston "A" | Charles Perkins & Partners |
| Agent: | Ouston "E" | Charles Perkins & Partners |
| Agent: | Ouston "Winning" | Charles Perkins & Partners |
| Agent: | Ravensworth "Shop" | Charles Perkins & Partners |
| Agent: | Riding Drift | Charles Perkins & Partners |
| Agent: | Ravensworth "Betty" | Charles Perkins & Partners |
| Agent: | Urpeth "C" | Charles Perkins & Partners |
| Agent: | Urpeth "B" | Charles Perkins & Partners |
Membership
1909-1910, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Council Member; Address: Leafield House, Birtley, County Durham.
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Colliery Staff Positions held
| Position | Colliery | Company |
| Agent: | Bewicke Main | Birtley Iron Co. |
| Agent: | Blackhouse | Birtley Iron Co. |
| Agent: | Mill Drift | Birtley Iron Co. |
| Agent: | Ouston "A" & "Winning" | Birtley Iron Co. |
| Agent: | Ouston "E" | Birtley Iron Co. |
| Agent: | Ravensworth "Shop" | Birtley Iron Co. |
| Agent: | Riding Drift | Birtley Iron Co. |
| Agent: | Ravensworth "Betty" | Birtley Iron Co. |
| Agent: | Urpeth "C" | Birtley Iron Co. |
| Agent: | Urpeth "Busty" | Birtley Iron Co. |
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Colliery Staff Positions held
| Position | Colliery | Company |
| Agent: | Hamsteels "Biggen" | Jos. Johnson (Durham) Ltd. |
| Agent: | Hamsteels "Clifford Drift & West Harvey" | Jos. Johnson (Durham) Ltd. |
| Agent: | Hamsteels "Main Coal Drift" | Jos. Johnson (Durham) Ltd. |
| Agent: | Hamsteels "Taylor" | Jos. Johnson (Durham) Ltd. |
Membership
1919-1920, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Council; Address: M.Inst.C.E., Briermede, Low Fell, Gateshead, B.O.
1919-1920, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Briermede. Low Fell, Gateshead, B.O.
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Biographical Notes
Kirkup, Philip (Briermede, Low Fell, Gateshead). Past President, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers; a Past Vice-President of the Institution of Mining Engineers; a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Born at Birtley, County Durham, 1859. Educated at Brampton and College of Science, Newcastle. Served apprenticeship as mining engineer in Durham and West Yorkshire Coalfields. Past President of North of England Branch of National Association of Colliery Managers. J.P. for Durham County, being Chairman of Chester-le-Street Division.
Source: 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory
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1936 - Tombstone in St. Andrew's Churchyard, Lamesley
Source: Picture copyright © by Kev Duncan
In
loving
memory
Of
Mary Ann
beloved wife of
Philip Kirkup
Briermede, Low Fell
who died April 22nd 1926
aged 67 years.
Also the above Philip Kirkup,
who died April 10th 1936
aged 76 years
also Jane,
wife of the above
Philip Kirkup
who died April 25th
1955
also Philip
their younger son
beloved husband of
Kathleen Kirkup
who died June 9th 1959
aged 65 years
and Kathleen
died 22nd August 1978
aged 76 years
In Memory of
Ernest Hodgson
Kirkup
Born 6th May 1887
died 5th September 1978
Annette Mary
Howells
beloved wife of
Victor J. Howells
daughter of
Philip and Kathleen
Kirkup
who died 20th Dec 1998
aged 68 years
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- 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
- 1901 Census — taken 31st March, 1901
- 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
- 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
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
- Picture copyright © by Kev Duncan
- Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume I published in 1890
- Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume LIX published in 1920
- Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XIII published in 1897
- Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XX published in 1902
- Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XXI published in 1903
- Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XXIV published in 1904
- Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XXV published in 1904
- Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XXXIV published in 1908
- Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XXXIX published in 1910
- Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Volume XXX published in 1881
- Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Volume XXXVIII published in 1889
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