Prince albert frederick arthur george, duke of york, future george vi, 1895 1952. Is it possible that anyone has a photograph of my uncle william potts born 1899 kibblesworth and aunt nancy potts his wife. The shafts were filled in and covered with concrete caps. A back street of the colliery village of craghead, durham. Work began on sinking the shaft in 19, when the northern union mining company was set up. Featured texts all books all texts latest this just in smithsonian libraries fedlink us genealogy lincoln collection.
Nov 22, 2012 haunting photographs unlock the story of a colliery tragedy forty miners died in an explosion but the son of one of them went on to become a respected trade union leader. Search the history of over 421 billion web pages on the internet. Stephenson persuaded sir thomas liddle, later lord ravensworth, that the colliery would benefit from the use of steam locomotives and in 1814 he was allowed to construct his first locomotive the blucher. Durham mining museum kibblesworth colliery shaft details. Account of strata sunk through at robert pit, kibblesworth colliery.
Kibblesworth was a mainly rural community until the development of the pit and brickworks and the resulting increase in population. For statistics about kibblesworth itself, go to units and statistics. Remembering the oaks colliery disaster the friends of. On 12th december 1866 a terrible mining disaster occurred, caused by a series of explosions, igniting gas underground and claiming the lives of hundreds of workers, changing the lives of many more family members and friends.
Kibblesworth coal mine information and photos aditnow. This was with an investment in german equipment and men, but with the start of the first world war 19141918 the german workers were interned and the companys assets were impounded by the government, and so construction was halted. View and ssarch thousands of mining history photographs and modern mine exploration photos. The village grew in size after the sinking of the colliery in 1842. Kibblesworth colliery robert pit account of strata sunk and bored through from the bottom of the hutton seam in the fan shaft of the robert pit, kibblesworth colliery, 35 feet westnorthwest from the pit shaft, january to august, 1908. Information, photographs and plans for kibblesworth coal mine on the mine exploration web site uk.
Newton chambers and company established rockingham colliery in the 1870s, leasing 1,200 acres of mineral from earl fitzwilliam. History of railways in county durham this refers to the pre1974 boundary of county durham, after which gateshead, south tyneside, sunderland, darlington, stockton on tees and hartlepool became independent local government authorities. Relatively little recent work published, but there is the durham mining museum website which also covers cumberland, westmorland, northumberland and north yorkshire. The miners lived nearby in long row, short row, lane row, cross row, crank row, high row, paradise row and office row. Brodsworth colliery was a coal mine north west of doncaster and west of the great north road. Kibblesworth photos, maps, books, memories francis frith. A colliery was opened in kibblesworth in 1717 by cotesworth, james clavering, henry liddell and john hedworth. Over the years more than 200 men and boys died in these pits. The duke and duchess of york, at kibblesworth colliery, jarrow in 1936. This concert, and others that followed, was in lieu of rent payable for their use of the schoolroom for practices.
Haunting photographs unlock the story of a colliery tragedy. Kibblesworth colliery kibblesworth durham county record office. Designed with stateoftheart plant and equipped for coke production, the pit worked the parkgate, thorncliffe thin and the silkstone coal seams. In 1850 the biolers at hobson pit were blownup with gun powder, by striking miners from marley hill. Dorothys new book will be launched this weekend with an exhibition in the hall of. Aditnow the definitive online resource for the mine explorer and mining historian mine explorer and mining history videos on youtube connect with other mine explorers on facebook. Wikipedia is the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Kibblesworth, a township in chesterlestreet parish, durham. Heworth colliery had 5 owners over its 142 year history. Two shafts were sunk between october 1905 and 1907 in a joint venture by the hickleton main colliery company and the staveley coal and iron company the colliery exploited the coal seams of the south yorkshire coalfield including the barnsley seam which. The colliery gave rise to the pit village of hobson, just south of buropfield.
There was the amateur dramatic society and kibblesworth colliery band who gave a concert at the chapel in the late 1940s following extensive redecoration and repairs to the church. See more ideas about coke, local history and westmoreland county. Request to remove whickham and district motor club. British coal mines 19471994 washington f colliery closed in june 1968 courtesy of photographer, stafford linsley, july 1968 usworth colliery closed in august 1974 courtesy of photographer, stafford linsley, 1974. Kibblesworth colliery banner society has 303 members. In 187072, john marius wilsons imperial gazetteer of england and wales described kibblesworth like this. After years in a prisoner of war camp in japan he arrived home when i was 5 years old. History of kibblesworth, in gateshead and county durham. Total national output was 2,612,000 tons 1705 most shafts were 7 to 8 feet in diameter and up to 360 feet in depth. History of kibblesworth, in gateshead and county durham map. By 1894 the combined output was done 1,600 tons per day. Messrs platts of oldham, the textile machinery makers, who needed coke for their iron works, sank a.
Information, photographs and plans for kibblesworth coal mine on the mine. December 3, 2019 a collection of photos submitted from members of blackhall colliery and surrounding areas to keep the memory of the colliery alive on this page. Information, history photographs current and archive and. Landsale collieries in northumberland and north durham. Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of kibblesworth colliery main page for kibblesworth colliery in the following table the value given for the distance mileskilometres from kibblesworth colliery are as the crow flies and are provided as an indication only. Although there had been coalmining in the kibblesworth area from medieval times, relatively few men were employed in the industry until the sinking of robert pit in 1842. Now, after the closure of the pit, few of the residents work in the village. Guy and atkinson 2008, 4175 includes a good overview of. Wikipedia contains pages for most towns and vilages in britain, and our web site tries to link you to them, but you must decide for yourself whether you can rely on the information you find there. I went to kibblesworth primary school from 1945 till 1951 when i went to chester le street secondary modern sshool. From this date the fortunes of the village followed those of the industry with particular black spots during the strikes of 1921 and 1926 and the depression of.
Kibblesworth colliery ww1 war imperial war museums. The book closes with a full copy of the warsop vale1946 electoral roll. Kibblesworth, a hamlet in lamesley parish, durham, 1 mile from lamesley station on the n. Gb historical gis university of portsmouth, history of kibblesworth, in gateshead and county durham map and description, a vision of britain through time. Account of strata sunk and bored through from the bottom of the hutton seam in the fan shaft of the robert pit, kibblesworth colliery, 35 feet westnorthwest from the pit shaft, january to august, 1908. Former kibblesworth teacher documents villages past. Nov 14, 2012 former kibblesworth teacher documents villages past. Burnopfield colliery 1725 1968 burnopfield colliery also known as hobson colliery or hobson pit was first sunk in c. Sinking commenced in 1802 and the high main seam was reached in 1805. Hobson had been supplying marley hill coke ovens with small. Approximate surface level 150 feet above sea ordnance datum switch to measurements in. D34111212 plan of colliery stie, with key plan, scales 16 feet to 1 inch and 12500. Kibblesworth colliery ww1 at present no image of this war memorial is available for online display.
Washington glebe colliery, usually known as the glebe pit, was established only four years ago, the shafts being sunk through the surface deposits by the freezing process, and is one of two collieries, the other and much older colliery being known as. Fretwell 1700 two thirds of the national coal output was produced on the banks of the rivers tyne and wear. William was the son of william potts born 1854 and his wife eliza eltringham nee dixon. National grid references are shown to the nearest kilometre. Gwent collieries plans and drawings of surface buildings. Banners of the durham coalfield, norman emery, 1998, sutton publishing ltd. Richardson, michael the durham miners gala 19351960 breedon books. The colliery shown on ordnance survey first edition however opened in 1842 and closed on 4 october 1974. Members of the warsop vale local history society and other warsop vale veterans provided other contributions included in the book. Now, in 2016, 150 years later, we remember the tragedy and horror of those events, and commemorate the lives. Gwent collieries plans and drawings of surface buildings 1916. I hope we can continue to show them and guide them into the values of village life and to the history of our coal mining heritage, and why we should rightly be proud of our history as a village and as a community that ive always been proud to. This article looks briefly at the history of the durham miners gala and the colliery bands that performed at it. Haunting photographs unlock the story of a colliery tragedy forty miners died in an explosion but the son of one of them went on to become a respected trade union leader.
Kibblesworth, durham genealogy heraldry and history. The book includes postcards of kibblesworth colliery, tribley pit, the alma colliery grange villa, thomas pit craghead and several pit disaster poscards particularly the burns pit at west stanley where 168 men and boys lost there lives in february 1909. My dad left when i was 6 weeks old to fight in the second world war. King of the united kingdom and the dominions of the british commonwealth. Georges son robert attended long benton parish school in the 1800s and the family home of dial cottage still stands on great lime road. London, 1860 main text of book durham county record office library. The shafts were called the frederick pit, the victoria pit and the wellington pit.
Burnopfield colliery also known as hobson colliery or hobson pit was first sunk in c. Planning document from gateshead council includes sections on history of. Buy point of ayr colliery by mostyn history preservation society isbn. Kibblesworth colliery banner society public group facebook. Haunting photographs unlock the story of a colliery. Coal mining a general history timeline by ernest t. Duchess of york, future queen elizabeth, the queen mother. Usworth colliery sinking of the shaft at usworth was commenced in 1845. Mention of workmen at killingworth moor colliery in 1761 george stephenson worked as an enginewright at the west moor colliery and it was here that he developed his expertise as a locomotive engineer.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Killingworth colliery, west moor pit 18021882 cocurate. This concert, and others that followed, was in lieu of rent payable for their use of. Synopsis moston was an early 19th century pit, which was flooded, quite dramatically but without loss of life to the men, boys or horses that were working underground at the time. Family history book history bookscoal miningdark agescumbriahistorical picturesurban photography. Hall, this time focusing upon the history and people of kibblesworth. A new book entitled the collieries of beamish has recently been launched by author. Kibblesworth is a village in the borough of gateshead approximately 2 km west of birtley. This was with an investment in german equipment and men, but with the start of the first world war 19141918 the german workers were interned and the companys assets were impounded by the government, and so construction was halted later in 1917 the pit was. Search durham collieries use the options below to find information about collieries in the durham coalfield from about 1850 to 1990, including colliery locations, mine opening, closure or operating dates and who owned the mines before nationalisation of the coal industry in 1947. Two shafts were sunk between october 1905 and 1907 in a joint venture by the hickleton main colliery company and the staveley coal and iron company.
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