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Nicholas Wood
(Born: 1796, Died: Dec 12th, 1865)
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.
Links to other pages on this site
| 08 Dec 1835 | — | Newspaper article (Accidents In Mines) |
| 15 Dec 1835 | — | Newspaper article (Official Notice) |
| 09 Dec 1837 | — | Newspaper article (Dreadful and Lamentable Accident) |
| 12 Dec 1837 | — | Newspaper article (Colliery Explosion – Twenty-seven Lives Lost) |
| 18 Jun 1841 | — | Newspaper article (Official Notice) |
| 04 Oct 1844 | — | Newspaper article (The Colliery Explosion at Haswell) |
| 11 Oct 1844 | — | Newspaper article (The Colliery Explosion at Haswell) |
| 14 Oct 1844 | — | Newspaper article (The Late Explosion at Haswell Colliery) |
| 12 Apr 1845 | — | Newspaper article (The Killingworth Explosion) |
| 25 May 1846 | — | Newspaper article (Extensive New Colliery) |
| 29 Aug 1851 | — | Newspaper article (Washington Colliery Explosion) |
| 23 Oct 1855 | — | Newspaper article (Official Notice) |
| 23 Oct 1855 | — | Newspaper article (Official Notice) |
| 25 May 1858 | — | Newspaper article (Official Notice) |
| 04 Oct 1858 | — | Newspaper article (The Fire At The Page Bank Pit) |
| 14 Oct 1858 | — | Newspaper article (The Fire In The Page Bank Pit) |
| 15 Oct 1858 | — | Newspaper article (The Fire At The Page Bank Colliery) |
| 27 Dec 1859 | — | Newspaper article (Official Notice) |
| 1861 | — | Article in the Transactions of the Mining Engineers |
| 03 Feb 1862 | — | Newspaper article (The Hartley Colliery Accident) |
| 18 Dec 1862 | — | Newspaper article (Letters to the Editor) |
| 11 Aug 1868 | — | Newspaper article (Official Notice) |
| 28 Oct 1871 | — | Newspaper article (The Colliery Explosion At Seaham) |
| 03 Dec 1886 | — | Newspaper article (Fatal Colliery Explosion) |
| 23 Sep 1920 | — | Newspaper article (Obituary) |
| 12 Jul 1963 | — | Newspaper article (Obituary) |
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| 1834 | |
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Colliery Staff Positions held
| Position | Colliery | Company |
| Viewer: | Glebe | Gordons & Co. |
| Viewer: | Killingworth | Right Hon. Lord Ravensworth & Co. |
Commercial/Trade Directory
Page 575: Blyth - Wood, Nicholas, Colliery Viewer, Gordons & Co., Glebe Colliery
Source: Pigot & Co.'s Commercial Directory of Durham, Northumberland and Yorkshire. Published in 1834
Page 606: Newcastle - Wood, Nicholas, Coal Agent, 12 Quay Side (for Right Hon. Lord Ravensworth & Partners), Coals: LIDDELL'S MAIN, PEARETH, SHIPCOTE, KILLINGWORTH, LONG-BENTON, AND PEARETH WALLSEND
Source: Pigot & Co.'s Commercial Directory of Durham, Northumberland and Yorkshire. Published in 1834
Page 606: Newcastle - Wood, Nicholas, Colliery Viewer, Killingworth
Source: Pigot & Co.'s Commercial Directory of Durham, Northumberland and Yorkshire. Published in 1834
Page 627: North Shields - Wood, Nicholas, Colliery Viewer, Killingworth Colliery (for Right Hon. Lord Ravensworth & Partners)
Source: Pigot & Co.'s Commercial Directory of Durham, Northumberland and Yorkshire. Published in 1834
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Positions held
| Position | Company | Correspondence Address |
| Partner | John Bowes & Partners | |
| Source: Victoria County History of Durham (1907) | ||
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| 1842 | |
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Positions held
| Position | Company | Correspondence Address |
| Partner | Nicholas Wood & Partners | |
| Source: 1842 Report on Employment of Children | ||
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| 1848 | |
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Colliery Staff Positions held
| Position | Colliery | Company |
| Agent: | Killingworth | Right Hon. Lord Ravensworth & Partners |
Commercial/Trade Directory
Page 184: Bishop Auckland - Wood, Nicholas, Coal Owner, Westerton Colliery, Nicholas Wood & Co.
Source: Pigot & Co.'s Commercial Directory of Durham. Published in 1848
Page 215: Heworth - Wood, Nicholas, Colliery Viewer, Tyne Main Colliery, for Wright, Losh & Co.
Source: Pigot & Co.'s Commercial Directory of Durham. Published in 1848
Page 218: Houghton-le-Spring - Wood, Nicholas, Colliery Agent, to the Hetton Coal Company, Hetton Hall
Source: Pigot & Co.'s Commercial Directory of Durham. Published in 1848
Page ?: Newcastle - Wood, Nicholas, Colliery Agent, to Right Hon. Lord Ravensworth & Partners, 12 Quay Side, Coals: LIDDELL'S MAIN, PEARETH, SHIPCOTE, KILLINGWORTH, LONG BENTON, AND PEARETH WALLSEND
Source: Slater's Trade Directory for Northumberland, 1848
Page ?: North Shields - Wood, Nicholas, Colliery Agent, Right Hon. Lord Ravensworth & Partners, Killingworth Colliery
Source: Slater's Trade Directory for Northumberland, 1848
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Census
Address: Hetton le Hole
(Ref: HO107/2393/479)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born |
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| WOOD, Nicholas | 55 | Head | Mar | ||
| WOOD, Maria F. | 55 | Wife | Mar | ||
| WOOD, Jane A. | 22 | Dau | Unn | ||
| WOOD, Collingwood L. | 20 | Son | Unn | ||
| WOOD, Maria A. | 15 | Dau | Unn | ||
| WOOD, Fanny | 13 | Dau | Unn |
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Membership
1852-1853, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: President; Address: Hetton Hall, Fence Houses.
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Membership
1853-1854, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Hetton Hall, Fence Houses.
1853-1854, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: President; Address: Hetton Hall, Fence Houses.
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| 1854 | |
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Positions held
| Position | Company | Correspondence Address |
| Partner | John Bowes & Partners | |
| Partner | Nicholas Wood & Partners | |
| Source: List of mines in 1854 | ||
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| 1858 | |
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Positions held
| Position | Company | Correspondence Address |
| Partner | Nicholas Wood & Partners | |
| Source: 1858 Mines Inspectors Report | ||
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| 1859 | |
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Positions held
| Position | Company | Correspondence Address |
| Partner | Nicholas Wood & Partners | |
| Source: 1859 Mines Inspectors Report | ||
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| 1860 | |
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Positions held
| Position | Company | Correspondence Address |
| Partner | Nicholas Wood & Partners | |
| Source: 1860 Mines Inspectors Report | ||
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| 1861 | |
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Periodicals
Paper published in the Transactions of the Institution of Mining Engineers: "On the Explosion at Hetton Colliery, on the 20th day of December, 1860"
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| 1862 | |
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Positions held
| Position | Company | Correspondence Address |
| Partner | Nicholas Wood & Partners | |
| Source: 1862 Mines Inspectors Report | ||
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| 1863 | |
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Positions held
| Position | Company | Correspondence Address |
| Partner | Nicholas Wood & Partners | |
| Source: 1863 Mines Inspectors Report | ||
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Positions held
| Position | Company | Correspondence Address |
| Partner | Nicholas Wood & Partners | |
| Source: 1864 Mines Inspectors Report | ||
Membership
1864-1865, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Hetton Hall, Fence Houses.
1864-1865, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: President; Address: F.G.S., &c., Hetton Hall, Fence Houses.
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Biographical Notes
Died, at London, whither he had gone to consult some physicians as to his failing health, after a protracted illness, Mr. Nicholas Wood, esq., the eminent engineer. Mr. Wood was the first patron of the celebrated George Stephenson, at Killingworth. His remains were interred in Hetton Churchyard, on the 23rd, and were attended by a great number of friends and gentlemen connected with the coal trade.
Source: Local Records (Fordyce)
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1866 - Tombstone in St. Nicholas's Churchyard, Hetton le Hole
Source: Picture copyright © by Kev Duncan
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This is a simulated Family Group Sheet using information from elsewhere on this site (census returns, tombstones, newspapers, etc.). It is not intended to be a definitive rendition of the family relationships - we do not have detailed knowledge of the family.
| 1 Nicholas WOOD (b: 1796, d: 1866) |
| + Maria Forster ? (b: 1796, d: 1855) |
 2 Jane A. WOOD (b: 1829) |
| 2 Collingwood Lindsay WOOD (b: 1831) |
| 3 Dulcihella M. L. WOOD (b: 1873) |
| 3 Ethel L. WOOD (b: 1874) |
| 3 Jannettie L. WOOD (b: 1876) |
| 3 Muriel L. WOOD (b: 1880) |
| 2 Lindsay WOOD (b: 1834, d: 1920) |
| + Emma BARRETT (d: 1891) |
| 3 Arthur Nicholas Lindsay WOOD (b: 1875, d: 1939) |
| 3 Maria L. WOOD (b: 1877) |
| 3 Henry Lindsay WOOD (b: 1878, d: 1939) |
| 3 Elsie E. L. WOOD (b: 1880) |
| 3 Robert Lindsay WOOD (b: 1884, d: 1937) |
| 2 Maria A. WOOD (b: 1836) |
| 2 Fanny WOOD (b: 1838) |
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- 1851 Census — taken 30th March, 1851
- 1854 List of mines by T. Y. Hall, published in Vol II (1853-4) of the Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining Engineers
- 1858 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1859 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1860 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1862 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1863 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1864 Mines Inspectors Report
- Local Records or Historical Register of Remarkable Events by T. Fordyce, Published in 1867
- Picture copyright © by Kev Duncan
- Pigot & Co.'s Commercial Directory of Durham, Northumberland and Yorkshire. Published in 1834
- Pigot & Co.'s Commercial Directory of Durham. Published in 1848
- Report to the Commissioners on the Employment of Children, 1842
- Slater's Trade Directory for Northumberland, 1848
- Slater's Trade Directory of Northumberland. Published in 1848
- Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Volume I published in 1853
- Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Volume II published in 1854
- Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Volume XIV published in 1865
- Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.
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