By 1930 there were 724 men and boys employed at the colliery. Why pit brow lasses were coal minings unsung heroines culture. 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. It was after her grandson jo thorne researched the history of her cottage.
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. Cumberland colliery plans incl rel to william pit and walkmill. The third and most famous bowburn colliery was sunk in 1906 by bell bros. A village of widows and spinsters the northern echo. 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. For the use of colliery managers and others london, many editions 18921917, the standard british textbook for its. Uks first deep coal mine in decades given approval in kick in teeth. Now a hollywood production company wants to turn her book the. In october 1905, the directors of bell brothers ltd authorised addison langhorne steavenson, their agent, to take steps towards sinking a pit north of their colliery at tursdale, to exploit royalties north of the hett whin dyke.
Though it was called bowburn colliery, it was situated in what is now. Besides the important development of peggs green colliery in 1830, there were several. Books about social and industrial history of coleorton, peggs green. Hollywood film could tell story of 1875 lan colliery disaster bbc. 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. Bowburn colliery 19061967 bowburn local history society. The role of tip girls or pit brow lasses in the coal industry has largely gone unnoticed in history books. See more ideas about coal mining, durham and north east england. The agreement, dated 18 october 1938 but effective from 8 august 1938, read. Presentation about the first families of bowburn colliery. 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. 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. Local history books by samuel t stewart coleorton parish.
A history of bowburn colliery bowburn local history society. 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. Books and some articles relating to coal mining, especially historical. When you reach the tarmacd quarry road, turn right. A quarringtonwithcassop walk bowburn local history society. Canary in the coal mine and millions of other books are available for instant. 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. 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. 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. Bowburn lhs aims to produce a comprehensive guide to the history of bowburn, durham, uk, on this website.
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