Durham Mining Museum - Lambton and Hetton Collieries Ltd. (original) (raw)
Lambton and Hetton Collieries Ltd.
Warning: This is not intended to be an exhaustive history of the company, but anindication of the changes of ownership and the links between companies and directors in those companies. The company may own other properties etc. and there may have been other changes of ownership etc. for which we currently do not have details.
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1913 - Advert from The Times (1913)
Source: The Times Newspaper
Collieries/Mines Owned
| Employees | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name of Mine | Locality | Manager | Under | Above | |
| ground | ground | ||||
| Bournmoor, D | Fence Houses | Jacob Sharp | 806 | 138 | |
| Elemore | Hetton-le-Hole | Percy Barkes | 716 | 258 | |
| Eppleton | Hetton-le-Hole | Robert Stokoe | 1,013 | 365 | |
| Harraton | Chester-le-Street | G. W. Minto | 541 | 151 | |
| Hazard | Hetton-le-Hole | W. O. Day | 512 | 123 | |
| Herrington | Fence Houses | James Stokoe | 586 | 107 | |
| Hetton | Hetton-le-Hole | Earle Best | 443 | 313 | |
| Houghton | Fence Houses | A. L. S. Owen | 1,083 | 250 | |
| Lumley, Sixth | Fence Houses | J. W. Renwick | 409 | 111 | |
| Lumley, Third (New Winning) | Fence Houses | J. W. Renwick | 378 | 102 | |
| Moorsley | Hetton-le-Hole | Thomas Wood | 127 | 57 | Abandoned |
| Newbottle, Dorothea | Fence Houses | S. Robinson | 690 | 108 | |
| Newbottle, Margaret | Fence Houses | S. Robinson | 559 | 87 | |
| Nicholson Pit | Fence Houses | A. L. S. Owen | 2 | 1 | Pumping station No Coal worked |
| North Biddick | Washington | R. C. Thomas | 578 | 129 | |
| 8,443 | 2,300 | ||||
| 10,743 | |||||
Collieries/Mines Owned
| Employees | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------- | -------------------------------- | ------- | ------- | | | Name of Mine | Locality | Manager | Under | Above | | | ground | ground | | | | | | North Hetton, Hazard | Hetton-le-Hole (Hetton) | W. O. Day | — | — | |
Collieries/Mines Owned
| Employees | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name of Mine | Locality | Manager | Under | Above | |
| ground | ground | ||||
| Bournmoor, D | Fence Houses | J. N. O. Rogers | 1,355 | 272 | |
| Elemore | Hetton-le-Hole | Percy Barkes | 974 | 380 | |
| Eppleton | Hetton-le-Hole | Robert Stokoe | 1,501 | 547 | |
| Harraton | Fence Houses | G. W. Minto | 760 | 189 | |
| Hazard | Hetton-le-Hole | W. O. Day | 878 | 353 | |
| Herrington | Fence Houses | James Stokoe | 811 | 145 | |
| Hetton | Hetton-le-Hole | E. Best | 705 | 365 | |
| Houghton | Fence Houses | John Stokoe | 1,705 | 364 | |
| Lumley, Sixth | Fence Houses | J. W. Renwick | 606 | 180 | |
| Lumley, Third (New Winning) | Fence Houses | J. W. Renwick | 519 | 136 | |
| Newbottle, Dorothea | Fence Houses | W. Stokoe | 1,027 | 172 | |
| Newbottle, Margaret | Fence Houses | W. Stokoe | 828 | 153 | |
| Nicholson | Fence Houses | W. Stokoe | — | — | Pumping Station, no coal worked |
| North Biddick | Washington | E. Minto | 998 | 211 | |
| Silksworth | Sunderland | William Draper | 1,898 | 452 | |
| 14,565 | 3,919 | ||||
| 18,484 | |||||
Collieries/Mines Owned
| Employees | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name of Mine | Locality | Manager | Under | Above | |
| ground | ground | ||||
| Eppleton (Limestone) | Hetton Downs | 8 | — | ||
| Lambton Quarry | Fence Houses | 4 | — | ||
| Moorsley Quarry | Low Moorsley | 1 | — | Worked occasionally, or only for a short portion of the year 1922 | |
| Newbottle Quarry | Newbottle | 3 | 1 | ||
| 16 | 1 | ||||
| 17 | |||||
Company Details
| Registered Office: | Dean Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne |
|---|---|
| Class of Coal: | Gas, Household, Manufacturing |
| Other Minerals Worked: | Fireclay |
| Source: 1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian |
Company Directors
| Chairman: | Joicey, Rt. Hon. Lord, Ford Castle, Berwick-on-Tweed |
|---|---|
| Managing Director: | Joicey, J. Arthur, Hon., Longhirst Hall, n/r Morpeth |
| Joicey, J. Geo., Meadowcroft, Acklington | |
| Agent (Hetton Group): | Bell, J. F. |
| Agent (Lambton Group): | Scott-Owen, A. L. |
| Head Agent: | Kirkup, Austin, Mining Office, Bunker Hill |
| Secretary: | Nisbet, E. T., Cathedral Buildings, Newcastle-on-Tyne |
| Chief Engineer: | Tulip, S., Lambton Engine Works, Fence Houses |
Source: 1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
Company Mergers, Acquisitions etc.
Source: Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3
Collieries/Mines Owned
| Employees | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name of Mine | Locality | Manager | Under | Above | |
| ground | ground | ||||
| Bournmoor, D | Fence Houses | M. Croudace | 1,421 | 302 | |
| Elemore | Hetton-le-Hole | Percy Barkes | 1,036 | 407 | |
| Eppleton | Hetton-le-Hole | Robert Stokoe | 1,512 | 558 | |
| Harraton | Fence Houses | G. W. Minto | 817 | 242 | |
| Hazard | Hetton-le-Hole | W. O. Day | 842 | 327 | |
| Herrington | Fence Houses | James Stokoe | 918 | 166 | |
| Hetton | Hetton-le-Hole | E. Best | 686 | 40 | |
| Houghton | Fence Houses | John G. Stokoe | 1,764 | 358 | |
| Lumley, Sixth | Fence Houses | J. W. Renwick | 608 | 194 | |
| Lumley, Third (New Winning) | Fence Houses | J. W. Renwick | 480 | 137 | |
| Newbottle Dorothea | Fence Houses | W. Stokoe | 969 | 186 | |
| Newbottle Margaret | Fence Houses | W. Stokoe | 827 | 176 | |
| Nicholson | Fence Houses | W. Stokoe | — | — | Pumping station |
| North Biddick | Washington | E. Minto | 1,062 | 231 | |
| Silksworth | Sunderland | J. N. O. Rogers | 2,359 | 542 | |
| 15,301 | 3,866 | ||||
| 19,167 | |||||
- Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3
- 1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department Where to find this report
- 1919 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide Where to find this report
- 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department Where to find this report
- 1922 List of Quarries - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department Where to find this report
Research Notes for Lambton and Hetton Collieries Ltd.