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Jacob Walton

(Born: 1847)

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.


1881

Census

Address: Busty Pit, Medomsley

(Ref: RG11/4950/22/37)

Name  Age  Rel  Mar OccupationWhere Born
WALTON, Jacob  34 Head Mar Overman Coal Mine  DUR: Leadgate
WALTON, Jane  33 Wife Mar   DUR: Medomsley
WALTON, William  12 Son Scholar  DUR: Medomsley
WALTON, Esther Ann  10 Dau Scholar  DUR: Medomsley
WALTON, Joseph  6 Son Scholar  DUR: Medomsley
WALTON, Thomas  3 Son Scholar  DUR: Medomsley
WALTON, Harry  1 Son   DUR: Medomsley
ERRINGTON, Isabel  15 Servant Unn Domestic Serv  CUL: Alston
WILKINSON, Robert  22 Boarder Unn School Master  YKS: Northallerton
MINTO, Clement  37 Bro In Law Unn Labourer  DUR: Medomsley


1888

Managers Certificate

04 February 1888, Certificate Number: 414 (2nd), Inspector: Mr. Bell, Mine: Medomsley Colliery

Certificate of Service (Second Class Certificate) as an Under Manager of Mines granted under the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1877 (50 & 51 Vict. Cap. 58, Sec. 80), including the name of the mine (if any) in which acting as Manager at the time of grant of certificate.

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Under Manager:   Medomsley   Consett Iron Co. Ltd.


1890

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Under Manager:   Medomsley   Consett Iron Co. Ltd.


1894

Commercial/Trade Directory

Page 1267: Medomsley - Walton, Jacob, Under Manager
Source: History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.


1896

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Under Manager:   Medomsley   Consett Iron Co. Ltd.


1902

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Under Manager:   Medomsley   Consett Iron Co. Ltd.


Sources
  • 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.

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