It was the largest mine in north staffordshire and in 1937 it became the first colliery in the uk to produce 1,000,000 tons of saleable coal in a year. Chatterley whitfield was a colliery for a little more than a hundred years. Index of articles published by the northern mine research society, complied by alasdair neill. Woodland then was measured as being a league by a furlong. Chell, staffordshire wikimili, the free encyclopedia. I am looking for any wolstanton colliery photos and also if a wall plate was made for this pit. Historically, wolstanton was a place in its own right. The site of huyton hey colliery was developed by the tushingham brothers and used for their brickworks. Stoke city archives general sources staffordshire county council. This is an interactive map, point to a location with your mouse to see basic information, click to go to that page. Madeley wood colliery, halesfield and kemberton pits from the. Historic and archive photos of wolstanton coal colliery.
Collieries after nationalisation in 1947 dates in brackets indicate the date that the colliery merged with another colliery location opened closed berry hill. Work began in late 1974 to drive an underground connection to chatterley whitfield colliery from where coal reached the surface for the first time at wolstanton in january 1976. The colliery employed 1,500 men and mined ironstone in addition to coal. The village grew with the development of the colliery. Madeley wood colliery, halesfield and kemberton pits from the 1830s to july 1967 ivor j. Jun 27, 2018 wolstanton colliery was the villages greatest employer of men. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Chatterley whitfield no 2 lab book contains analysis of different types of coal, coke, pig iron, marl. The population of wolstanton parish, including newchapel chapelry was as follows. Staffordshire coalfield this is an interactive map, point to a location with your mouse to see basic information, click to go to that page. Gb historical gis university of portsmouth, history of wolstanton, in newcastle under lyme and staffordshire map and description, a vision of britain through time.
Wolstanton, a village and a parish in staffordshire. Memories of hem heath colliery a pit that could hold its. For family history resources at stoke on trent city archives please see. In addition, i have three articles covering its history between 1899 and 1935 which appear in the 2011, 2012 and 20 annual editions of the journal of the north east labour history society. Opened for traffic in may 1772, the canal was built by engineer james brindley as part of his grand cross, a farsighted scheme to link the ports of hull, liverpool and bristol by connecting the rivers mersey, trent and severn. For access, see england census records and indexes online. An appeal to the house of lords has been lodged by wolstanton ltd.
Staffordshire colliery deaths 3 longton cemetery, james johnson, husband of emma. A major reconstruction scheme between 1951 and 1964 merged wolstanton with sneyd and hanley deep pits and in 1975 it was connected underground with chatterley whitfield. It was through margaret, a busy bee in the local community, that i was ultimately introduced to the minute books of the conservative club, which constitute a treasure trove of information both on the premises and on aspects of the villages history. Coalmining accidents and deaths raleys maps, poems and. The middle pit shaft originally the ragman pit was sunk around 1840 and renamed after it was deepened in 1881. School log books, admission registers, and committee minutes are held for. His name was leslie victor saunders and his nickname was sandy. Collieries after nationalisation in 1947 dates in brackets indicate the date that the colliery merged with another colliery location opened closed berry hill stoke on trent 1863 april. This transformed chopwell into a thriving mining community.
The story of wolstanton colliery from 1970 embraces industrial unrest, unofficial strikes and, of course, the miners strike of 198485. The staffordshire and worcestershire canal is depicted down the left side. Production ceased in 197677 but the site was opened as a. This meant that the water present would gradually rise to its natural level and slowly flood the abandoned workings at wolstanton and. From the 1960s production at the site fell and in the 1970s it was decided to work the remaining coal from wolstanton colliery. Staffordshire colliery deaths staffordshire page 6. Past discoveries is a genealogical and family history research company offering a friendly and efficient service to those who wish to find out more about their family history. Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. Peabody energy celebrating 125 years coal mining history book with letter 2008. Following that, it became part of the wolstanton united urban district until 1932, when it was added to the borough of newcastleunderlyme. A major reconstruction scheme between 1951 and 1964. A number of pottery manufactures put money into create a coal pit in wolstanton, a shaft was sunk in 1920 to form wolstanton colliery, they managed the pit until it. Wolstanton, staffordshire genealogy familysearch wiki. Information, photographs and plans for wolstanton coal colliery on the mine exploration web site uk.
Stoke on trent area northern mine research society. In 1981 wolstanton colliery stopped coal production and after months of salvage work the pumps were turned off in may 1984. For statistics about wolstanton itself, go to units and statistics. Originally sunk in the 1920s with 2 shafts working the blackband ironstone series, wolstanton became one of the most modern collieries in the area. Vintage posters uk modern coal mine mining history pit collery yorkshire miners. History christians have probably worshipped on this site since the 7th or 8th century, and the presence of a priest here is mentioned in the domesday survey of ad 1080. This is a database of over 164,000 records containing the details of coalmining accidents and deaths in the uk. Burslems workhouse at greenhead dated from the 1780s and was greatly enlarged in 1835. Fryston colliery village from 1903 barbaras web site.
The main employer in chesterton was holditch colliery. The 8d association the willis branch cronton colliery. Evening sentinel centenary supplement p19 article on minnie pit disaster. After nationalisation in 1947, ifton colliery became one of the more profitable collieries of the national coal board in the north wales coalfield. My fathers family first lived in fryston village in 1903. Books reveal a treasure trove of information about life in wolstanton. In 1947, the year of nationalisation, the pit employed 650 men underground and 215 on the surface.
Until the early 19th centuary knutton was a rural village in the ancient ecclastical parish of wolstanton, staffordshire. Wolstanton, staffordshire genealogy heraldry and history. Buy remember senghennydd the colliery disaster of 19 first edition by jen llywelyn isbn. Wolstanton is mentioned in the norman domesday book where it is listed amongst the lands belonging. See more ideas about old photos, family history book and coal mining. All time record for wolstanton colliery, last week produced 7,847 tons, its the fourth time in seven weeks that its overtaken its previous best evening sentinel. The summary of whitfields history was put together by jim worgan, who wishes to record the help provided by bill jack. Chesterton was a parish in the wolstanton rural district from 1894 to 1904. This coalfield is traditionally treated as being in two main parts, a northern one around stoke on trent and a southern one around cannock and the birmingham conurbation, but modern geological knowledge. Wolstanton professional family history, family trees, genealogy, house and ancestry research service by professional genealogist uk and local history research. A number of pottery manufactures put money into create a coal pit in wolstanton, a shaft was sunk in 1920 to form wolstanton colliery, they managed the pit until it was nationalised in 1947. After falling into disrepair, the church was substantially rebuilt in the 16th century, and again in the 19th century. The original purpose of the seel branch was to serve the whiston colliery and the huyton hey colliery both of which were in production by 1877.
It has a post, money order, and telegraph office t. Books reveal a treasure trove of information about life in. Wolstanton colliery in june 1986 just after closure. Buy coal mining and get the best deals at the lowest prices on ebay. Information about disasters within the uk mining industry durng which 5 or more miners died. Fosdick and was known as fitzwilliam hemsworth collieries ltd.
It was the largest mine working the north staffordshire coalfield and was the first colliery in the uk to produce 1,000,000 tons of saleable coal in a year. Great savings free delivery collection on many items. If you or you know of anybody who would be willing to add their recollections of the site, then please get. History, gazetteer and directory of staffordshire, william white, sheffield, 1851. Due to problems with flooding in both mines they were closed during the period 1890 to 1895. The land consisted of work for 2 plows, 14 villeins, 2 bordars and a priest who had his own plow. The only surviving colliery buildings today are the overmens houses on bridge road first built in 1874. Staffordshire colliery deaths staffordshire page 1. Shaw who lived at purston hall took over the colliery in 1906. He explains here why he had to write his book the collieries and coalminers of staffordshire. Some names are shown as witheld this is for reasons of data protection and relates to all records of people injured since 1950.
A group of pottery manufactures financed the sinking of the shafts. When his parents, albert edward and hannah were first married they lived at beighton, near chesterfield, where leslie was born on the 9th january 1903. It was an ambitious and logical decision to sink the pit in 1924 and to extend in the 1950s to. Wolstanton colliery was set up in 1916 by wolstanton ltd. In 1937 the colliery became the first to extract over one million tonnes of coal in a year.
One tradition is that knutton was named after king canute, cnuts town. In order to keep wollaton villages poor law rates a kind of early welfare down, lord. Chatterley whitfield colliery is a disused coal mine on the outskirts of chell, staffordshire in stoke on trent. Wolstanton is a suburban village on the outskirts of newcastleunderlyme, staffordshire. Knutton village a briefish history of knutton village. The earliest written record of chell comes from 1212, by which time chell had already been split into little and great chell. History shows the colliery could hold its head up high.
Construction of the power house 4 to middle pit was begun in 1895. History line chatterley whitfield former mine and museum. Coal mining, mines, miners large book collection scanned to. Up to 1904 it also had the names of hemsworth colliery co. The mine closed in 198586, and history records that the. Jun, 2008 the only surviving colliery buildings today are the overmens houses on bridge road first built in 1874. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Wolstanton colliery broke last week record output, by creating a new record this week, which was 403 tons higher. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. The summary of whitfields history was put together by jim worgan, who wishes to.
Wolstanton and burslem, staffordshire bibliography up to 1834. Her family have had a long association with the staffordshire coal industry over several generations, working at a number of collieries. The above links take you to the first reference to this particular version of the name within a book of travel writing, or to the relevant gazetteer entry. In order to keep wollaton villages poor law rates a. You are welcome to use this album for uploading archive or historical photographs of wolstanton. Francis frith the uks leading publisher of local photographs since 1860. Photographs of wolstanton coal colliery on the mining history web site uk. The roman road the rykeneld street passed through wolstanton. Staffordshire coalfield northern mine research society. The village stands adjacent to the north staffordshire railway, between etruria and burslem r. Memories of wolstanton colliery when it was the villages greatest. Wolstanton colliery, wolstanton, stokeontrent source.
It was one of the colliery s main drawing shafts and was used until 1968. My family have collected all the other plates but i cant seem to find much for this pit. 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. Photos, maps, personal memories and local books of wolstanton. The owner of south kirkby colliery and featherstone main a major j. History of wolstanton, in newcastle under lyme and. However, the workings were on very steep gradient and the seams liable to spontaneous combustion with underground fire a constant problem. By strange irony, the last coal faces worked from wolstanton were in the area previously allocated to chatterley whitfield colliery. The prosperity of nottinghams staple trades and manufactures is so. Below i give a thread on my blog which currently contains 24 items about easington colliery.
Dec 23, 2009 he explains here why he had to write his book the collieries and coalminers of staffordshire. Walsall, 1851 census surname index, part 2, vol 14. All about the history of boldon in tyne and wear between sunderland and newcastle upon tyne. The main strike started on 6 march 1984 with a walkout atcortonwood colliery, which led to the nums yorkshire areas sanctioning of a strike on the grounds of a ballot result from 1981 in the yorkshire area, which was later challenged in court. There is no mention of chell in the domesday book, it is believed to have come under the lands of wolstanton. Wolstanton had a workhouse at the northeast end of the marsh. Memories of wolstanton colliery when it was the villages. It is mentioned in the domesday book where it is listed amongst the lands belonging to the king 1. The land consisted of work for 2 ploughs, 14 villeins, 2 bordars and a priest who had his own plough. Walsall, 1851 census surname index, part 1, vol 14. A surname index only of the 1851 census for wolstanton parish is included in the 1851 staffordshire census surname index vol 4, wolstanton, published by the birmingham and midland sgh.
In 1976 coal drawing at chatterley whitfield came to an end, with the coal worked from wolstanton colliery, via a fourmile underground passageway, until it too closed in 1981. A place for people to post news photos memories events current affairs or just about anything relating to wolstanton. The bulletin of the peak district mining history society, vol. Helen harwood was born in stokeontrent and grew up in nearby wolstanton, where her lifetime love of history developed. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a family history center or at the family history. Black country mining before the industrial revolution mining history. Wolstanton, a village, a township, a parish, a subdistrict, and a district, in stafford. Wolstanton is mentioned in the norman domesday book where it is listed amongst the lands belonging to the king. Wolstanton coal colliery information and photos aditnow.
Some names may derive from research by antiquarian writers such as william camden and thomas pennant into the roman, saxon and medieval names of places. Wolstanton st margarets churchyard, staffs george thomas rushton, husband of emma, killed in the holditch colliery explosion 2 july 1937 age 4 staffordshire colliery deaths staffordshire page 6 rootschat. Welcome to the markham colliery story mine the story mine, is a project supported by heritage lottery fund and derbyshire county council to unearth and share stories from markham colliery. Wolstanton photos, maps, books, memories francis frith. Knutton village has been a settlement since the publication of the doomsday book in 1086 where it apears as clotone.