(North) Durham's Mining Industry in 1896 - A List of Coal Mines
Britain's Active Mining History Society
From the Tables compiled by John L. Hedley, H.M.Inspector for the Newcastle District in his Report for 1896
Name of Mine | Situation | Owner and Postal Address | Manager | Under-
| Workers | Minerals Worked | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
U/G | Sur. | |||||||
Addison |
Blaydon-on-Tyne |
Stella Coal Co., Hedgefield, Blaydon-on-Tyne |
Wm. Rochester |
John Bell |
240 |
137 |
Coal, C & G |
|
Andrews House |
Gateshead |
John Bowes and Partners Ltd., Quay Side, Newcastle-on-Tyne |
R.W. Berkley |
Wm. Middleton |
148 |
39 |
Coal, C & G |
|
Anna, Lintz |
Lintz Green |
South Garesfield Colliery Co., Lintz Green |
Wm. Braidford |
83 |
8 |
Coal, C & G |
||
Axwell Park |
Swalwell |
Hannington and Co. Ltd., Swalwell |
Robt. Rutherford |
Thos. Berry |
177 |
42 |
Coal, H, M & S, Fireclay |
|
Beamish, Air |
Chester-le-Street |
James Joicey & Co. Ltd., Quay Side, Newcastle-on-Tyne |
John Humble |
William Severs |
220 |
51 |
Coal, C & G |
|
Beamish, Mary |
Chester-le-Street |
James Joicey & Co. Ltd., Quay Side, Newcastle-on-Tyne |
John Humble |
William Severs |
398 |
110 |
Coal, C & G |
|
Beamish, Second & Burn |
Chester-le-Street |
James Joicey & Co. Ltd., Quay Side, Newcastle-on-Tyne |
M.J. Starford |
Wm. Pattinson |
316 |
83 |
Coal, C & G |
|
Bewick Main |
Birtley |
Charles Perkins & Partners, Birtley, Chester-le-Street |
A.P. Stoker |
John Coates |
214 |
46 |
Coal, G & S |
|
Blaydon Burn |
Blaydon-on-Tyne |
Joseph Cowen & Co., Blaydon-on-Tyne |
Robert Oliver |
Wm. Wilson |
258 |
40 |
Coal, C & M, Fireclay |
|
Blaydon Main, Hazard & Milner |
Blaydon-on-Tyne |
Stella Coal Co., Hedgefield, Blaydon-on-Tyne |
Robert Richardson |
Matthew Forster |
306 |
105 |
Coal, C & G |
|
Boldon |
South Shields |
Harton Coal Co. Ltd., South Shields |
L.W. Chicken |
Andrew Robinson |
1007 |
248 |
Coal, G |
|
Burnopfield |
Burnopfield |
John Bowes & Partners Ltd., Quay Side, Newcastle-on-Tyne |
Rodger Mason |
Benjn. Mason |
201 |
105 |
Coal, C, G & S, Fireclay |
|
Byer Moor |
Burnopfield |
John Bowes & Partners Ltd., Quay Side, Newcastle-on-Tyne |
H.F. Bulman |
John Pickering |
202 |
110 |
Coal, C & S, Fireclay |
|
Chopwell |
Lintz Green |
Consett Iron Co. Ltd., Consett |
J.R. Gilchrist |
Thos. Vipond |
50 |
30 |
Sinking |
|
Clara Vale |
Wylam |
Stella Coal Co., Hedgefield, Blaydon-on-Tyne |
E.T. Cheesman |
Wm. Rochester, jun. |
402 |
69 |
Coal, G |
|
Dipton |
Dipton |
John Bowes & Partners Ltd., Quay Side, Newcastle-on-Tyne |
Robt. Mitchinson |
Thomas Clark |
5 |
7 |
Coal, C & G |
|
Dunston |
Gateshead |
John Bowes & Partners Ltd., Quay Side, Newcastle-on-Tyne |
Claud B. Palmer |
Wm. R. Handyside |
463 |
62 |
Coal, G & H |
|
East Castle |
Anfield Plain |
East Pontop Coal Co. Ltd., Anfield Plain |
John Swallow |
Thos. Johnson |
135 |
39 |
Coal, C & G |
|
East Pontop |
Anfield Plain |
East Pontop Coal Co. Ltd., Anfield Plain |
John Swallow |
George Browell |
179 |
91 |
Coal, C & G |
|
East Tanfield |
Stanley |
James Joicey & Co. Ltd., Quay Side, Newcastle-on-Tyne |
Thos. Pringle |
Thos. Ford |
466 |
180 |
Coal, C & G |
|
Esther, Lintz |
Lintz Green |
South Garesfield Colliery Co., Lintz Green |
Wm. Braidford |
73 |
8 |
Coal, C & G |
||
Farnacre |
Dunston |
Atherton and Snowdon, Cockfield, Co. Durham |
Coal, H, Fireclay |
Not Working |
||||
Felling |
Felling |
John Bowes and Partners Ltd., Quay Side, Newcastle-on-Tyne |
John Douglas |
John S. Smith |
429 |
87 |
Coal, G & H |
|
Garesfield |
Lintz Green |
Consett Iron Co. Ltd., Consett |
J.R. Gilchrist |
John English |
483 |
103 |
Coal, C & G, Fireclay |
|
Garesfield, Lilly |
Rowland's Gill |
Joseph Cowen & Co., Blaydon-on-Tyne |
Robt. Oliver |
John Joicey |
211 |
29 |
Coal, G & M, Fireclay |
|
Greenside |
Ryton |
J.B. Simpson, Bradley Hall, Wylam |
Wm. Rochester |
10 |
2 |
Coal, H |
||
Handen Hold |
Chester-le-Street |
James Joicey and Co. Ltd., Quay Side, Newcastle-on-Tyne |
John Humble |
Joseph Severs |
228 |
48 |
Coal, C & G |
|
Harton |
South Shields |
Harton Coal Co. Ltd., South Shields |
Geo. Robinson |
James Heslop |
571 |
179 |
Coal, G, H & S |
|
Hebburn "A" |
Hebburn-on-Tyne |
Wallsend and Hebburn Coal Co., Hebburn-on-Tyne |
John Smailes |
William Grey |
289 |
128 |
Coal, G & S |
|
Hebburn " C" |
Hebburn-on-Tyne |
Wallsend and Hebburn Coal Co., Hebburn-on-Tyne |
John Smailes |
William Sewell |
741 |
188 |
Coal, G & S |
|
Heworth |
Gateshead |
The Owners of Heworth Colliery, Gateshead |
John Simpson |
John Southern |
1069 |
263 |
Coal, G & S |
|
Kibblesworth |
Lamesley |
John Bowes and Partners Ltd, Quay Side, Newcastle-on-Tyne |
W.S. Harris |
Herbert Nicholls |
234 |
64 |
Coal, G & H |
|
Marley Hill, Busty and Main |
Whickham |
John Bowes and Partners Ltd., Quay Side, Newcastle-on-Tyne |
R.W. Berkley |
Matthew Errington, Busty Pit |
249, Busty |
192 |
Coal, C, G & S |
|
Norwood |
Gateshead |
John Bowes and Partners Ltd., Quay Side, Newcastle-on-Tyne |
Claud B. Palmer |
Pumping. Included in Dunston. |
||||
Ouston "A" |
Birtley |
Charles Perkins & Partners, Birtley, Chester-le-Street |
Wm. Hedley |
Henry Laidler |
412 |
125 |
Coal, G & S |
|
Ouston "E" |
Birtley |
Charles Perkins & Partners, Birtley, Chester-le-Street |
A.P. Stoker |
T.C.A. Longridge |
200 |
66 |
Coal, G & S |
|
Pontop |
Anfield Plain |
John Bowes and Partners Ltd., Quay Side, Newcastle-on-Tyne |
R. Mitchinson |
Thomas Bowes |
229 |
118 |
Coal, C & G |
|
Priestfield Drift, Lintz |
Lintz Green |
South Garesfield Colliery Co., Lintz Green |
Wm. Braidford |
6 |
1 |
Coal, H |
||
Ravensworth, Betty and Shop |
Lamesley |
Charles Perkins and Partners, Birtley, Chester-le-Street |
D.W. Robson |
Wm. Stephenson, Betty |
449, Betty |
136 |
Coal, G & S |
|
Redheugh |
Gateshead |
The Owners of Redheugh Colliery, Gateshead |
C.H. Steavenson |
John Turnbull |
318 |
56 |
Coal, G, H & S |
|
Saint Hilda |
South Shields |
Harton Coal Co. Ltd., South Shields |
Geo. Robinson |
Thos. Shewan |
504 |
196 |
Coal, G, H & S |
|
South Birtley |
Birtley |
Wm. Allison, Birtley |
Wm. Allison |
13 |
4 |
Coal, H |
||
South Derwent, Cresswell |
Anfield Plain |
The Owners of South Derwent Colliery, Anfield Plain |
Wm. Rutherford |
Thomas U. Ord |
178 |
84 |
Coal, C & G |
|
South Derwent, Willy |
Anfield Plain |
Owners of South Derwent Colliery, Anfield Plain |
Wm. Rutherford |
Wm. Eltringham |
182 |
55 |
Coal, C & G |
|
South Garesfield |
Lintz Green |
South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd., Lintz Green |
Wm. Braidford, jun. |
204 |
48 |
Coal, C, Fireclay |
||
South Medomsley, Annie and Drift |
Dipton |
South Medomsley Colliery Co. Ltd., Lintz Green |
John T. Robinson |
Abraham Mason |
134 |
39 |
Coal, C & G |
|
South Tanfield |
Stanley |
James Joicey and Co. Ltd., Quay Side, Newcastle-on-Tyne |
Robert Kay |
505 |
102 |
Coal, C & G |
||
Springwell |
Gateshead |
John Bowes and Partners Ltd., Quay Side, Newcastle-on-Tyne |
R.B. Clark |
Geo. R. Pratt |
615 |
138 |
Coal, G & H |
|
Stanley |
Stanley |
James Joicey and Co. Ltd., Quay Side, Newcastle-on-Tyne |
M.J. Starford |
Ed. Mackinlay |
212 |
65 |
Coal, C & G |
|
Stargate |
Ryton |
Stella Coal Co., Hedgefield, Blaydon-on-Tyne |
Wm. Rochester |
Shield Rochester |
296 |
59 |
Coal, C & G, Fireclay |
|
Swalwell |
Swalwell |
Geo. R. Ramsay, Swalwell |
Wm. Bates |
98 |
17 |
Coal, H & S, Fireclay |
||
Tanfield Lea, Ann |
Stanley |
James Joicey and Co. Ltd., Quay Side, Newcastle-on-Tyne |
Thos. Pringle |
Thos. Pringle, jun. |
289 |
71 |
Coal, C & G |
|
Tanfield, Bute |
Stanley |
James Joicey and Co. Ltd., Quay Side, Newcastle-on-Tyne |
Thos. Pringle |
Thos. Adamson |
290 |
74 |
Coal, C & G |
|
Tanfield Moor |
Stanley |
James Joicey and Co. Ltd., Quay Side, Newcastle-on-Tyne |
Thos. Pringle |
Thos. Gibbon |
277 |
71 |
Coal, C & G |
|
Towneley, Emma |
Ryton |
Stella Coal Co., Hedgefield, Blaydon-on-Tyne |
Wm. Rochester |
Shield Rochester |
316 |
77 |
Coal, C & G |
|
Twizell |
Chester-le-Street |
James Joicey and Co. Ltd., Quay Side, Newcastle-on-Tyne |
John Humble |
Wm. Severs |
103 |
25 |
Coal, C & G |
|
Urpeth, Busty |
Birtley |
Charles Perkins and Partners, Birtley, Chester-le-Street |
Wm. Hedley |
John Hall |
386 |
72 |
Coal, C, G & S |
|
Urpeth "C" |
Birtley |
Charles Perkins and Partners, Birtley, Chester-le-Street |
A.P. Stoker |
John Harrison |
234 |
50 |
Coal, C, G & S |
|
Usworth |
Washington |
John Bowes and Partners Ltd., Quay Side, Newcastle-on-Tyne |
M.H. Douglas |
John Urwin |
988 |
198 |
Coal, G |
|
Victoria Garesfield |
Lintz Green |
Priestman and Peile, Lintz Green |
Wm. Archer |
James Ford |
346 |
135 |
Coal, C & G, Fireclay |
|
Wardley |
Pelaw |
John Bowes and Partners Ltd., Quay Side, Newcastle-on-Tyne |
R.B. Clark |
John Bell |
584 |
155 |
Coal, G |
|
Washington |
Washington |
Washington Coal Co. Ltd., Washington |
Robt. Fowler |
Joseph Marley |
864 |
177 |
Coal, G |
|
Wearmouth "A" |
Sunderland |
Wearmouth Coal Co. Ltd., Sunderland |
J.H. Young |
Robt. Snowball |
590 |
129 |
Coal, G & H |
|
Wearmouth "B" |
Sunderland |
Wearmouth Coal Co. Ltd., Sunderland |
H.T. Stobart |
Josh. S. Cowell |
1059 |
211 |
Coal, G & H |
|
West Pelton |
Chester-le-Street |
James Joicey and Co. Ltd., Quay Side, Newcastle-on-Tyne |
John Humble |
Geo. Middlemiss |
274 |
54 |
Coal, C & G |
|
West Shield Row |
Stanley |
The Owners of South Derwent Colliery, Lintz Green |
Wm. Rutherford |
Wm. Simpson |
150 |
74 |
Coal, C & G |
|
Whickham |
Swalwell |
Hannington and Co., Swalwell |
Robt. Rutherford |
Coal, H |
Included in Axwell Park |
|||
Whitehall |
West Pelton |
James Joicey and Co. Ltd., Quay Side, Newcastle-on-Tyne |
John Humble |
Coal, C & G |
Included in West Pelton |
|||
Whitburn |
South Shields |
Harton Coal Co. Ltd., South Shields |
R. Richardson |
Fredk. Jefferson |
1429 |
473 |
Coal, G, H & S, Fireclay |
|
Total |
23171 |
6248 |
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The initial letters attached to the word "Coal" in the column "Minerals Worked" indicate the kind of Coal produced, as C Coking Coal; G Gas Coal; H Household Coal; M Manufacturing Coal; S Steam Coal.
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