Kingswood Colliery
of Bristol
1851. The colliery was owned by George Brain and Co. and eight men were lost when a steam boiler exploded.[1]
1855 George Brain and Co, Kingswood Collieries, near Bristol. Exhibiting a Model of safety gearing for colliery engines. 1855 Paris Exhibition.[2]
1862 Mining accident in 'Tom Joy's pit'. Two killed. Mine owned is Mr. Whittuck.[3]
1872 Strike. 'Seven hundred colliers, employed by the Kingswood Colliery Company, near Bristol, have struck for advance of twenty per cent.'[4]
1895 Death of Joseph Burgess who succeeded to the Kingswood and Parkfield Collieries on the death of Handel Cossham.[5]
1914 Bedminster, Easton, Kingswood and Parkfield Collieries to close. Kingswood employs over 2,000 men.[6]
1923 'A. S. Seymour, who is resigning the position of manager of the Kingswood Colliery (East Bristol Collieries Ltd.),'[7]
1924 Manager is H. S. Hunter for some 14 months but now retiring. Succeeded by G. Jones. Coal is produced from a depth of 1,000 yards.[8]
1930 'Mr. W. H. Morgan, Kingswood Collieries, St. George, Bristol'[9]
1932 'Three hundred and fifty men employed at a pit at the Kingswood Collieries, Bristol, will cease work on Christmas Eve. They have been given notice by the East Bristol Colliery Co'[10]
1936 'Sir Frank Beauchamp, chairman of East Bristol Collieries. Ltd., has announced the possibility of the closing of Kingswood Colliery (Speedwell Pit). The colliery employs 333 men.'[11]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Northern Mine research Society
- ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:23 January 1855 Issue:21653 Page:258
- ↑ Nottinghamshire Guardian - Friday 21 February 1862
- ↑ Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 21 September 1872
- ↑ Western Daily Press - Monday 01 July 1895
- ↑ Evening Echo (Cork) - Saturday 27 June 1914
- ↑ South Gloucestershire Gazette - Saturday 24 March 1923
- ↑ Western Daily Press - Monday 31 March 1924
- ↑ London Gazette Publication date:31 October 1930 Issue:33657 Page:6759
- ↑ Western Mail - Tuesday 20 December 1932
- ↑ Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette - Monday 06 January 1936