John Joseph Prest
(Born: 1859)
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| Feb 1924 |
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Article in Colliery Engineer Magazine |
Managers Certificate
30 September 1880, Certificate Number: 1,424 (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.)
Membership
1880-1881, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: Student; Address: St. Helen’s Colliery, Bishop Auckland; Elected: 01 May 1875
Census
Address: St Helens Colliery, Auckland St Helen
(Ref: RG11/4916/79/4)
| Name |
Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born |
|---|
| PARRINGTON, Thomas |
53 |
Head |
Mar |
Heap Inspector Coal Mines |
YKS: Dent |
| PARRINGTON, Annie |
47 |
Wife |
Mar |
|
DUR: Heighington |
| OLDERS, Annie |
6 |
Niece |
|
|
DUR: St Helens Colliery |
| PREST, John J. |
22 |
Lodger |
Unn |
Colliery Overman |
YKS: Ayton E |
Colliery Staff Positions held
Membership
1888-1889, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Kimblesworth Colliery, Chester-le-Street; Elected: 01 May 1875
Membership
1889-1890, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Kimblesworth Colliery, Chester-le-Street.
Colliery Staff Positions held
Commercial/Trade Directory
Page 525: Chester-le-Street - Prest, J. J., Colliery Viewers, Kimblesworth
Source: Kelly's Directory of Durham, 1890
Commercial/Trade Directory
Page 312: Kimblesworth - Prest, John Joseph, Under Manager
Source: History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
Membership
1896-1897, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Shelton Iron, Steel and Coal Company, Limited, Stoke-upon-Trent.
Membership
1900-1901, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Civil Engineer, Easington, County Durham.; Elected: 09 Feb 1901
Colliery Staff Positions held
Membership
1907-1908, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Council Member; Address: Hardwick Hall, Castle Eden, S.O., County Durham.
Colliery Staff Positions held
Membership
1909-1910, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Council Member; Address: M.Inst.C.E., Hardwick Hall, Castle Eden, County Durham.
Colliery Staff Positions held
Colliery Staff Positions held
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
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 1919 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1923 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 I published in 1890
- Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XIII published in 1897
- Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XXI published in 1903
- 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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