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Topic: Kemberton Colliery

	Madeley Wood Pit Photos
		Kemberton had the first Rescue Brigade to be established at a Shropshire pit.
		The Madeley Wood Colliery, as was common elsewhere in coal mining, actually consisted of two separate pits — the Halesfield (circa 1861) and Kemberton (1864) Collieries, which were subsequently connected underground in 1939, after this date the Halesfield shafts were used purely for ventilation, pumping and as a second means of egress from the mine.
		The whole colliery site, the former spoil heaps and the extensive railway sidings were levelled on closure in 1967 and the area is now a major industrial estate — Halesfield.
	www.localhistory.madeley.org.uk /madwoodpit.html (1048 words)

	COALBROOKDALE COALFIELD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The worst case of fatalities in the coalfield was at the Dark Lane Colliery, near Priorslee, in 1862 involving a shaft accident.
		Lodgebank Colliery, Donnington Wood, was renamed the "Slaughter Pit" after 1875 when toxic gases from an underground fire caused the death of 11 men and a horse.
		The collieries of the Ironbridge Gorge were of national importance during the 1600s, important enough in fact to have been seized during the Civil War to prevent their produce getting into the hands of the Royalists.
	shropshiremines.org.uk /bmd/coalbrcf.htm (3926 words)

	Madeley: Economic history \| British History Online
		The colliery was re-equipped and reconstructed in the late 1930s (when the Halesfield shafts began to be used for its ventilation) and by the National Coal Board in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
		36) The closure of the colliery in 1967 (fn.
		Ropes were in demand by the collieries until the invention of improved chains, and in the 1790s William Reynolds, perhaps in partnership with William Horton, tenant of a rope walk there, had a hemp rope factory near the Coalport china works; in 1798 it became a chain works.
	www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=18069 (11665 words)

	Shropshire Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Kemberton Road is the only road which appears on both my old map and my modern map of Madeley.
		South of Kemberton Road the canal ran parallel to the current day Bennett Road and was then crossed by Queen Street (which is listed as Hill Lane on the 1889 map).
		Kemberton Road headed west and became Bridge Street as it passed under the railway.
	www.canals.btinternet.co.uk /canals/shropshire.htm (9507 words)

	Kemberton
		Kemberton has experienced much change - from farming to coalmining and iron making to residential village.
		Kemberton Colliery experienced disaster on 4th December 1910 when the cage cables snapped and men and boy miners were killed.
		It finally closed in 1967 having produced almost 230,000 tons of coal in its peak year 1957.
	www.jcdl23688.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /churches/klist.htm (231 words)

	Wellignton Journal 1912
		Nowhere could be heard the throbbing of the winding engines of the collieries, nor the rattle of the ropes bringing their fl burdens from the dismal depths of the coalseams.
		Latham (agent and secretary), who passed in review the course of events up to the present crisis and gave a resume of the proceedings and negotiations in London, already reported in the public press, and urged the men to be loyal and true.
		The nine policemen who remained at the colliery through the night had been reinforced by 40 constables who were posted in the pit-yard.
	www.broseley.org.uk /Papers/1912.htm (14299 words)

	Shropshire, 1910 - "What the Papers Said"
		A gloom was cast over the town of Madeley when it became known that a shocking disaster had occurred at the Kemberton Colliery, the property of the Madeley Wood Colliery Company, on Sunday night, whereby seven lives were lost.
		The signal was given for the descent, and when the cage had gone down about forty yards the rope suddenly snapped, and the cage containing the men was precipitated to the bottom of the shaft, some 800 feet below, with terrible consequences, the seven, miners being dashed to pieces.
		The breaking strain of this particular rope is said to be 60 tons, and at the time of the accident the total weight of the cage and its occupants would only be about 30 cwt.
	www.serve.com /~scmc/papers/1910_12_10_pit_cage_disaster.html (1306 words)

	access to mineral heritage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Bowes Railway was originally a colliery railway built to carry coal mainly from pits in north west Durham to the Tyne at Jarrow.
		Details of collieries in the Stour Valley in the West Midlands from the Lost Labours website, which also includes images on the Wyre Forest coalfield in North Worcestershire.
		The colliery was at Whitburn, West Lothian in Scotland.
	www.mineral.org.uk /pri/links.php (9683 words)

	Stirchley: Economic history \| British History Online
		Stirchley remained an agricultural community until the beginning of the 19th century when coal and ironstone mining, iron founding, and brick making were started in the northwest quarter of the parish within reach of the Shropshire Canal.
		62) there were five collieries in the parish: Randlay pits, sunk in 1820; (fn.
		Coal and ironstone were not afterwards mined from shafts in the parish but the deep seams under Lower Brands and Holmer House farms south-east of the Limestone fault were mined from Kemberton colliery in the early 20th century.
	www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=18131 (2329 words)

	Swannock family of Madeley, Salop
		The latter was in abundance in the area and was mined both sides of the river at Madeley Wood, Dawley, Broseley and Kemberton.
		Land workers from the surrounding areas found regular work in the collieries and large communities thus grew in the area.
		Thomas SWANNOCK was a miner in the Madeley Wood colliery.
	www.martinspencer.de /swannock.html (744 words)

	"What the Papers Said" - from the archives
		1905, January 2nd, Fatal Accident at Highley Colliery - Alfred Davies burnt by paraffin.
		1910, December 17th, Kemberton Colliery Disaster - Inquest.
		1913, June 13, Edward Medal awarded to men at Markham Colliery (Derbyshire).
	www.serve.com /scmc/papers/index.html (1068 words)

	Kemberton Shropshire England TF11 UK
		She was buried 2 22 Jul 1877 in Lilleshall, Shropshire.
		Sabina married Joseph POPPITT on 29 Oct 1836 in Kemberton Shropshire.
		Kemberton Swingers - Dogging in Kemberton - Swinging in Kemberton...
	www.dotukdirectory.co.uk /d170890.html (212 words)

	Madeley Wood (Mining) Company - The Meadow Colliery, the history of mining in Coalbrookdale, Telford, Shropshire
		A group of miners outside Kemberton Pit, Madeley c1900
		Meadow Pit was owned and operated in the 1700, 1800 & 1900's, by The Madeley Wood (Mining) Company a major employer in the district and main suppliers of coal to The Coalbrookedale Company, famed for their casting of the world famous IRONBRIDGE in 1779.
		The Meadow Pit site at Ironbridge Road Madeley, has evolved into a pleasant tree lined domain and the gardens are at it's entry.
	www.shropshiremining.org.uk /madeley_wood.shtml (146 words)

	Coal Mining Disasters. The Price of Coal.
		Cadder Mine.(No. 15 Pit of the Carron Company's Collieries, Mavis Valley, Near Glasgow.) 22 killed.(fire).
		6th April, Cynheidre Colliery, Five Roads / merged with Pentremawr colliery in 1963, Nr.
		A collapse of the colliery waste tip, engulfed several houses and the Infant and Junior school.
	www.pitwork.net /disast.htm (384 words)

	Wellington Journal 1910
		There were no cycles in those days, all travelling had to be done on “Shank’s Pony”, in all sorts and conditions of weather, making it difficult and sometimes impossible for the pedestrian to proceed on his journey.
		Sometimes, they were encouraged to proceed by the ad-vice I gave, and at other times they were told it was no use spending money on fruitless efforts.
		It was on my advice that the Madeley Wood Company extended their operations in the direction of Kemberton.
	www.broseley.org.uk /Papers/1910.htm (14116 words)

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		Born Trench Lane, Wrockwardine where his father, John Cuffin was parishioner, hired as servant in colliery to Esq.
		Mrs Wood, mistress of Wellington Workhouse, told her to swear her Settlement to be Wrockwardine because of her service to R. Cooper.
		Thos Cooper is son of James Cooper and Jane, both now living at the Birchells, legally settled Wrockwardine, they were removed from Walsall to Wrockwardine 8 or 9yrs ago, since the and still relieved by Wrockwardine parish.
	www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk /roots/packages/ind/ind_w13.doc (8449 words)

	The Rudge Family Page: Bulletin Board
		Unfortunately he was killed in an explosion in Bargoed Colliery in the early 1900's.
		His father is Thomas Rudge born 1768 in Sheriffhales and married Mary Bryan.
		His father is John Rudge who died in 1778 in Sheriffhales, and married Elizabeth Plant in Kemberton in 1750.
	homepages.wmich.edu /~rudged/gen/qrudge.html (6266 words)

	Ironbridge Gorge dgun.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The new town of Telford is built on a former industrial area centred on the East Shropshire Coalfield.
		There are still many colliery heaps to be found in the area, as well as disused mine shafts.
		This industrial heritage is an important tourist attraction, as is seen by the growth of museums in the Ironbridge, Coalbrookdale and Jackfield area.
	ironbridge.gorge.en.dgun.org (8707 words)

	10 1982 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		He was preparing notes on various local industrial topics at the time of his death and, when sorted, these will be deposited in the I.G.M.T. Library.
		An article by him on the Meadow Colliery, Madeley, will be published in a future issue of the Journal.
		N.J.C. The 'Spry', last of the Severn Trows, is to be moved from Worcester to the Ironbridge Gorge Museum by road during the last week-end of March.
	www.oldcopper.org.uk /Broseley/10.htm (1504 words)

	Welsh Coal Mines Forum :: Mining Remnants :: Richard's research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		This is situated a few hundred yards west of the Roman Road (Pentwyn to Dowlais Top) adjacent to the old colliery feeder pond which still exists.
		Most of the colliery site has been cleared and landscaped, but a large section of retaining wall remains.
		The route of the incline to the upper drift is visible particularly where passing under the trackbed of the long gone Barry Railway where lengths of haulage rope remain.
	www.welshcoalmines.co.uk /forum/read.php?5,105 (4856 words)

	lom45ken
		London Fields Colliery Co per Allen and Friend, 20 Robert St., Lower Gornal, Dudley, Worcs.
		Grosvenor Colliery Co. Ltd., Grosvenor Rd., Lower Gornal, Dudley, Worcs.
		B Williams, Ellowes Colliery, The Straits, Lower Gornal, nr.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~cmhrc/lom45ken.htm (600 words)

	lom18ken
		East Kent Colliery Co. Ltd., Tilmanstone Colliery, Eythorne, Dover and 1 King St., Dover
		Guilford and Waldershare Colliery Co. Ltd., Guilford Colliery, Whitefield, Dover
		Pensford and Bromley Collieries Ltd., Stanton Drew, Broston
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~cmhrc/lom18ken.htm (210 words)

	Disasters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		To be classified as a disaster, an accident or explosion at a mine has to claim at least ten lives.
		For more info on this picture visit the Haig Colliery Mining Museum
		It was in the 19th century, particularly in the second half of that period, and in the early years of the 20th century, that the largest number of very serious disasters occurred and, indeed, rarely a year went by without such an occurrence.
	www.healeyhero.co.uk /rescue/pictures/reminise/disaster.htm (483 words)

	HMS Journal Contents Vols 1-31(1)
		Lyne, J.R.M. Coke ovens at Gregory Spring Colliery, Mirfield, Yorkshire.
		Wright, J.H. Metallurgical examination of a Roman iron beam from Catterick Bridge, Yorkshire.
		A report on the manufacture of steel in Yorkshire and a comparison with the principal groups of steelworks in Europe (part 1)
	users.ox.ac.uk /~salter/hms/contents.htm (4802 words)

	The Meadow Colliery, the history of mining in Coalbrookdale, Telford, Shropshire
		The Meadow Colliery, the history of mining in Coalbrookdale, Telford, Shropshire
		Situated at the historic Meadow Colliery site in the former Coal Mining Town of Madeley, Shropshire, the gardens are dedicated to the Men, Boys and Women, who toiled below ground extracting minerals needed to sustain progress in a period known as.......
		If you have any queries please Email Allan Phillips.
	www.shropshiremining.org.uk /main.shtml (61 words)

	Wood Pit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Madeley Wood Pit PhotosA site full of fascinating facts,reminiscences, and photographs about the history of Madeley...
		The Kemberton Colliery Mines Rescue Brigade 'C' Team, photographed in front of the Rescue Station in...
		Wood Fired Pit Smokers Cook Horizontally!Traditional wood fired pit smokers are made for low and slow smoking.
	excellent-help.info /wood_pit.html (379 words)

	Disasters - 1900s
		1925 30th March, View Pit, Montagu Colliery, Northumberland 38
		Though not in the true sense a mining disaster, this event is the one that probably most of us can remember.
		The accident caused by a sudden collapse of a colliery waste tip, engulfed several houses and the local Pantglas Infant and Junior school.
	www.users.waitrose.com /~philipclifford/Disasters_-_1900s.htm (276 words)

	PDMHS - Bulletin Part II (Authors)
		Brown Ivor J. The Buildings and Equipment used at Pennerley Mine, Shropshire, in the late 19th Century
		Brown Ivor J. The Pithead Baths at Kemberton Colliery, Shropshire
		Coalmills in Tyne and Wear Collieries: The Use of the Waterwheel for Mine Drainage 1600 - 1750
	www.bcra.org.uk /pub/search/aut_pd2.htm (4424 words)

	PDMHS - Bulletin Part II (Subjects)
		Winster and the Mill Close Mine Strikes, 1917-19
		An Overview of the Principles of Copper Metallurgy and the Practice at Keswick, 1567-1602
		The Mines Inspectors and the Accidents at Glasshouse Common Ironstone Mine, 1865, and Baddesley Colliery, 1882
	www.bcra.org.uk /pub/search/sub_pd2.htm (6784 words)

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