Bowburn colliery 19061967 bowburn local history society. Just beyond the last house on your right is a private farm track. The first colliery owners were john robson and ralph ward jackson who was the founder of the port and town of west hartlepool. Now a hollywood production company wants to turn her book the. It merged with tursdale colliery in 1931 and grew to be one of the largest in the durham coalfield, working six seams and with over 2,500 employees in the 1950s. Bowburn lhs aims to produce a comprehensive guide to the history of bowburn, durham, uk, on this website. The agreement, dated 18 october 1938 but effective from 8 august 1938, read. Books about social and industrial history of coleorton, peggs green. Conservative mp says common sense has prevailed, while campaigners say coal should be consigned to the history books. The sinking of bowburn colliery began after a ceremonial sod was cut by gertrude bell, the noted explorer and daughter of sir hugh bell, chairman of bell bros. A quarringtonwithcassop walk bowburn local history society. Presentation about the first families of bowburn colliery. It was a village born in hope just eight years before the war, but by armistice day bowburn was a village of widows and spinsters, living in streets where all the young men were dead. It first took coals from heugh hall colliery towards an inclined plane over quarrington hill to cassop, and thence to thornley and old hartlepool, in 1841.
The 20 th century bowburn colliery began to be sunk after the explorer, writer and islamicist gertrude bell daughter of the chairman of bell brothers ltd. Books and some articles relating to coal mining, especially historical. Why pit brow lasses were coal minings unsung heroines culture. The role of tip girls or pit brow lasses in the coal industry has largely gone unnoticed in history books. Cumberland colliery plans incl rel to william pit and walkmill.
It was after her grandson jo thorne researched the history of her cottage. The third and most famous bowburn colliery was sunk in 1906 by bell bros. A history of bowburn colliery bowburn local history society. It is hereby mutually agreed between the owners of bowburn colliery and the durham miners association acting on behalf of the workmen of bowburn colliery, that messrs. By 1930 there were 724 men and boys employed at the colliery. A village of widows and spinsters the northern echo. Besides the important development of peggs green colliery in 1830, there were several. Uks first deep coal mine in decades given approval in kick in teeth. When you reach the tarmacd quarry road, turn right. Local history books by samuel t stewart coleorton parish. The villages of bowburn and coxhoe are now divided by the a1m motorway as it runs to the east of durham city, but they have a long shared history of mining and quarrying that history caused. Originally called cassopcumquarrington local history society, it was founded on 15 th june 2000 but later changed its name and area of interest, after other excellent local history groups were formed in nearby villages. This was once a wagonway down to crowtrees colliery. Sinking began in july 1906, after gertrude bell, the noted explorer, writer and islamicist, and daughter of sir hugh bell, chairman of bell bros.
1531 752 275 1610 586 947 1299 798 1060 1324 1016 245 1676 1108 642 203 428 973 659 523 657 1122 668 1406 1299 176 8 273 803 56 160 102 333