Edward Nicholson
(Born: 1810)
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.
Membership
1870-1871, North of England Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Beamish Colliery, by Chester-le-Street, Fence Houses; Elected: Aug 7, 1869
Managers Certificate
3 February 1873, Certificate Number: 127 (1st), Inspector: Mr. Southern, Mine: Beamish
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.
Membership
1880-1881, North of England Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Beamish Colliery, Chester-le-Street; Elected: Aug 7, 1869
Census
Address: Poplar Villas, Urpeth
(Ref: RG11/4980/98/31)
| Name |
Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born |
|---|
| NICHOLSON, Edward |
71 |
Head |
Mar |
Colliery Manager |
NBL: Plessy |
| NICHOLSON, Elizabeth |
50 |
Wife |
Mar |
|
DUR: Tanfield |
| ATKINSON, Margaret A. |
16 |
Neice |
|
Visitor |
NBL: Newcastle |
| DODD, Jane |
18 |
Serv |
|
General Servant |
DUR: Tanfield |
| NICHOLSON, Edward |
37 |
Head |
Mar |
Colliery Manager |
DUR: Whitworth |
| NICHOLSON, Mary J. |
31 |
Wife |
Mar |
|
DUR: Outside Hall |
| NICHOLSON, George W. |
8 |
Son |
|
Scholar |
DUR: Chester Le Street |
| NICHOLSON, Margaret A. |
7 |
Dau |
|
Scholar |
DUR: Chester Le Street |
| NICHOLSON, Ethel G. |
5 |
Dau |
|
Scholar |
DUR: Chester Le Street |
| NICHOLSON, Frank H. |
2 |
Son |
|
|
DUR: Chester Le Street |
| NICHOLSON, Claude P. |
2m |
Son |
|
|
DUR: Chester Le Street |
| GOWLAND, Mary |
19 |
Serv |
|
General Servant Domestic |
DUR: Kibblesworth |
| GARDENER, Martha N. |
16 |
Serv |
|
Nurse |
DUR: Chester Le Street |
Colliery Staff Positions held
Colliery Staff Positions held
Colliery Staff Positions held
Membership
1888-1889, North of England Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Beamish Colliery, Chester-le-Street; Elected: Aug 7, 1869
Membership
1889-1890, Federated Institution of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Beamish Colliery, Chester-le-Street.
Colliery Staff Positions held
Commercial/Trade Directory
Page 1216: Beamish - Nicholson, E., Colliery Manager, Poplat Villas
Source: History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
Page 1216: Beamish - Nicholson, Edward, Resident Manager for James Joicey & Co.
Source: History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
- 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
- 1884 List of Mines
- 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.
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
- Transactions of the Federated Institution of Mining Engineers, Volume I published in 1892
- 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
- Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XXXVIII published in 1891
