Cossall colliery history book

It is a prime source for nottinghamshire local history, and provides evidence for land ownership and estate management in general. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Many are listed in the catalogue as papers relating to the cossall colliery. The old mans level to the right of those workings is a drift between seams at the old wollaton colliery, there are a line of boreholes from north to south an the left side of that level, thats as far west as wollaton got due to breaking into very old workings. Woolley colliery mine was working from at least the early 1850s. Where the story becomes interesting, not to say bizarre, is on the matter of what. He died in cossall almshouses and is buried in cossall churchyard. The 8d association the willis branch cronton colliery. History of brandon colliery 18561960 moran, laurie on. History of mine christian colliery company was founded in mahan, west virginia in 1911 and continues to operate today.

A full history was written in the same year by the pits manager at the time of closure. I had fully intended to devote this page to ilkeston images but a fine afternoon tempted us to take a walk along the nottingham canal or top cut that lies between ilkeston and cossall village. The list gives, name of colliery, where situated and owners name. They lost the battle when they tried to opencast mine there a few years ago. John awsworth and cossall history society 18 june 2010 at. Nostalgic memories of boldon collierys local history inspired by photos in the francis frith collection. Cronton colliery 191984 northern mine research society. Carlton had two collieries, both of which had eventful histories. These would be exchanged with loaded wagons and would be hauled back up the branch back to huyton quarry.

The butterley co output of coal was approximately 3,000 tons in 1801, which then increased to 7,768 tons by 1802. This transformed chopwell into a thriving mining community. Catherines church and a spectacularly revamped garden for visitors to enjoy. It ceased production in 1981 and now serves as an example of one of the best preserved victorian collieries in europe. Both the canal and cossall colliery rail link crossed the road at that point. The lady victoria colliery, home of the national mining museum scotland, was opened in 1895 as scotlands first superpit. In cotshale cossall richard peveril hld 6 oxgangs of land land for 6 oxen in 1569 roger hart of cotshale took 9d to court at nottingham castle. Cossall is a civil parish 1 mile east of ilkeston in nottinghamshire. Opened in 1909, it operated until may 1993, when it was the last pit of its kind on tyneside to close.

Nameaddress, age, date of accident, inquest dateplace, detail. North of england institute of mining and mechanical. The valley is drained by the river erewash and much would have been fenland, as cossall marsh at the bottom of the hill suggests. Carlton colliery a welsh mining community in yorkshire. Catherine at cossall and one at newstead for the welfare of the souls of the donor and his family. Fresh plans have been put forward to transform the former cossall colliery site near ilkeston into a new housing estate and country park. There are also 19th and 20th century coal mining papers relating to the cossall colliery company, the wollaton colliery company, and the stapleford colliery company. He perfected a method of underground photography using the standard colliery lighting and was able to. Information, photographs and plans for cossall colliery coal mine on the mine exploration web site uk. Leicestershire have done a good job with their mining history and. Tea on the terrace, willersley castle, cromford, derbyshire, c 1930s. We hope to see his excellent book on the branch published in the near future. Together with the neighbouring villages of giltbrook, greasley and swingate it has a population of around 6,500 people. Featured texts all books all texts latest this just in smithsonian libraries fedlink us genealogy lincoln collection.

Christian colliery company by christian colliery company. Cossall has several grade ii listed buildings, notable historical figures such as. At the 2011 census the appropriate ward was cossall and kimberley. In 1832 he distinguished himself in defence of wollaton hall against the mob who destroyed nottingham castle and beeston mills. Nottingham university library, department of manuscripts and special. Reids handy colliery guide and directory for the counties of northumberland, durham, yorkshire, cumberland and westmorland. House prices in church lane, cossall, nottingham ng16. The fascinating local history of cossall parish cossall parish council.

This is not intended to be an exhaustive history of the company, but an indication of the changes of ownership and the links between companies and directors in those companies. They called it robinettes then but now they are back with a new name shortwood farm. Cossall waterloo memorial, cossall 1443884 historic. Ive got to translate the gobbledegook but i can make out a lot of the. Willersley castle now a grade ii listed building stands on the south side of a commanding eminence, that forms the eastern boundary of the derwent in its course through matlock dale. In 1676 george willoughby, nephew of the lord of wollaton, had his seat at cossall wood hall. In dr griffins book coalmining, he mentions bell pits being noted in aerial. National coal board, records of collieries deposited in. This is not intended to be an exhaustive history of the company, but an.

The town grew as a centre for coal mining, brewing and hosiery manufacturing. This time they have won and poor cossall will be enveloped in mud and dust for at least five years. Cossall colliery co ltd this page summarises records created by this business the summary includes a brief description of the collections usually including the covering dates of the collection, the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to. Ncb collieries england northern mine research society. Cossall colliery co ltd this page summarises records created by this business the summary includes a brief description of the collections usually including the covering dates of the collection, the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection. Woolley grange community pages woolley colliery history. Search the history of over 424 billion web pages on the internet. To come back to the colliery page after viewing a video, click on the x in the lower right side of the video screen. It is suggested in major knollys book shaw the life of a guardsman. It was linked to the railway network by a mineral branch, which had earlier served whiston and halsnead collieries.

The book closes with a full copy of the warsop vale1946 electoral roll. The collierys first shaft was sunk to the rams mine at 455 yards in 1866 by astley and tyldesley coal and salt company to exploit the middle coal measures of the manchester coalfield. Ltd began sinking this colliery in 19 and worked it until it was nationalised in 1947. Coal mining a general history timeline durham in time. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks history of ilkeston. It is mentioned in the domesday book where it is referred to as cotshale. Nostalgic memories of boldon collierys local history. Information, photographs and plans for cossall colliery coal mine on the mine. He returned home and became a blacksmith at babbington colliery. Find average house prices, current average values and other historic property data with the.

The book suggests that he was born in cossall in 1787 and may have attended school on trowell moor with john shaw. Coal mining a general history timeline by ernest t. Members of the warsop vale local history society and other warsop vale veterans provided other contributions included in the book. John cornwell was a freelance photographer who took many photographs of collieries, mostly in south wales and the english midlands, both underground and on the surface, during the 1970s and early 1980s. The site of the colliery has since been cleared and redeveloped into westoe crown village, which falls into the horsley hill ward of south tyneside council. Cossall colliery nottinghamshire sunk in 18781879 by lynch and cadogan or. Kimberley is a town and civil parish in nottinghamshire, england, lying 6 miles northwest of nottingham along the a610. Together with shipley, kirk hallam, west hallam, dale abbey, and cossall 1880. Several coal seams outcrop in the hillside so coal was probably mined thereabouts for many years before that but only on a small scale until railway transport began. A list of hucknall dates timeline 1170 newstead abbey founded.

A history of over 850 years of mining at nostell by bryan fraser. E bridges 3816 transferred from denby drury lowe at closure 19661967. Its correct name is newstead priory 1180 approximately money given by geoffrey torkard for erection of tower and nave of st. In fact the sough that was mentioned months back drains the 1789 colliery, this was the sough that caused a few legal problems for lord newcastle. Cossall the other side of the tracks we 25 march 2007 all this weeks pictures were taken with a kodak dx6490.

A good resource on the canal is the nottingham canal by bernard chell. I believe that the path crosses the last incarnation of the cossall rail bridge but i am not sure of this. 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. I found the history of the sough in an old mining book i found on line and. My dad was the station master at boldon colliery station from 19521959. The television version of the book was filmed in cossall. The memorial in cossall churchyard is dedicated to three local men, corporal john shaw and richard waplington of the life guards, and thomas wheatley of the light dragoon guards, all of whom fought at the battle of waterloo in june 1815. The colliery was the second of the bolsover company collieries and shafts of 445.

Cossall colliery was sunk in 18781879 by the cossall colliery co and was situated to the eastern edge of ilkeston at cossall. In 1870 joshua willey from hoyland leased land from the earl of wharncliffe and sank two shafts of what he called willey new colliery to the southwest of the village north of carlton road down to the woodmoor seam at the shallow depth of only 40 yards. In 1903 obtained a first class certificate in mining engineering in manchester, and for two years understudied managing director to cossall colliery co. Mayor launches new book commemorating mining disaster of. Cossall colliery coal mine information and photos aditnow. Extracts from the domesday book and truams history of ilkeston. As with the other closed pits in the wakefield area, many of the miners took transfers to the new selby coalfield on closure. It is mentioned in the doomsday book where it is referred to as cotshale.

Trowell moor colliery was already capped off when we used to go there in the. At the time when cossall became a place of fixed human abode it formed a portion of the great forest tract that stretched from the trent into derbyshire and yorkshire, of which sherwood forest is a surviving fragment. Westoe colliery was one of many coal mines in the area. In miss walkers translation of the newstead cartulary of 44 may be read at length the particulars of the benefactions of wm. Fretwell 1700 two thirds of the national coal output was produced on the banks of the rivers tyne and wear. Cossall, near ilkeston, nottinghamshire sorry this 2020 event has had to be cancelled 1. Fresh plans lodged to build homes and create country park. The village grew with the development of the colliery. This joined the lms railway near the huyton quarry junction with. All the images below are links to anthracite related videos on you tube. A new book about the llanerch colliery explosion of 1890 was launched on monday november 9 at the mayors parlour in pontypool. The consett iron company opened new coke ovens at westwood in 1872 and made a series of boreholes in the chopwell district, before beginning full scale mining from two shafts at the northern end of the village. Cossall is a civil parish 1 mile east of ilkeston, in nottinghamshire.