Durham Mining Museum - Cotmanhay Colliery (UK) (original) (raw)
Location: | Ilkeston8 miles [12 km] WNW of Nottingham |
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Map Ref: | (Sheet 129 Nottingham and Loughborough) SK464450, 53° 0' 1" N, 1° 18' 27" W |
Opened: | 1849 |
Closed: | 1881 |
Owners: | Barber, Walker, and Co. |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
| | | | | | | Adcock, John, 12 Jan 1874, aged 43, Holer, Holing coal near to a fault when a piece of coal fell on him | | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | Bostock, Abraham, 17 Jul 1852, aged Boy, Fall of roof in the mine [More information ...] | | | | | | | | Cook, Abraham, 17 Jul 1852, Fall of roof in the mine [More information ...] | | | | | | | | Cook, W., 14 May 1859, aged 21, Miner, Fall of roof [More information ...] | | | | | | | | Ellis, W., 14 May 1859, aged 37, Miner, Fall of roof [More information ...] | | | | | | | | Reddish, N., 24 Dec 1862, aged 17, Trammer, Crushed by trams | | | | | | | | Sandon, S., 04 Sep 1861, aged 14, Trammer, Run over by trams on an incline [More information ...] | | | | | | | | Sisson, John, 14 Oct 1852, Falling down the shaft | | | | | | | | Tuniclffe, William, 17 Jan 1868, aged 36, Collier, Fall of bind from roof | | | | | | | | Wheatley, Charles, 04 Apr 1866, aged 22, Collier, Fall of bind in working place | | | | | | | | Wheatley, William, 25 Feb 1874, aged 49, Stallman, Fall of bind coming out of pot hole or slip in roof | | | | | | | | | | 11 names found | | | | | |
If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.
Those names marked with , have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the web page.
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Cotmanhay Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Cotmanhay Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 1854 Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1859 Mines Inspectors Report, Midland District by John Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1861 Mines Inspectors Report, by John Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1868 Mines Inspectors Report, Midland District by Thomas Evans, H.M. Inspector of Mines
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