J. and G. Wells
of Eckington Collieries, near Sheffield
Brothers Joseph Wells and George Wells were coal masters of Mosbrough in the mid-19th century. In 1857 they operated Mosbrough and Bramley Moor collieries. In 1876 a limited company was formed, known as J and G Wells Limited. At various times J and G Wells Limited operated a number of collieries in the Eckington area, comprising Holbrook, Hornthorpe, Killamarsh, Mosbrough, Norwood, Plumbley, Renishaw, Renishaw Park (pits Nos.1-3), Spinkhill, Westthorpe and Westwell. It would seem that the company stopped working the Renishaw Park Colliery some time between 1911 and 1916, but the colliery began to be worked again in the 1920s by the Furnace Hill Colliery Company (later known as Furnace Hill and Renishaw Park Collieries Limited). At the time of the nationalisation of the coal industry in 1947, the company only worked the one colliery, Holbrook, which passed into the control of the National Coal Board.[1]
1853 Eckington colliery accident, by which seven lives were lost through the breaking of a ring.[2]
1860 J. and G. Wells. Esqrs., of the Eckington Collieries.[3]
1871 Colliery explosion. 28 killed.
1876 Limited company formed. To take over the business of the late Joseph and George Wells caused by their deaths. List of directors includes Thomas Rhodes of Hadfield, near Manchester; Eli Lees of Lancaster Gate, London; Thomas Vickers of Manchester; Joseph Garside of Worksop; Walter Scott Davy of Sheffield; and Joseph Camm Colver of Sheffield.[4]
1888 Eckington Collieries. The whole of the coal getters employed at the Holbrook, Renishaw Park, and Hornthorpes Collieries, belonging to Messrs. J. and G. Wells (Limited), handed in notices yesterday to cease work on the 26th inst...[5]
1900 Mr. Thomas Greensmith, the general manager of the Eckington Collieries.[6]
1902 J. and T. Wells, of the Eckington Colliery.[7]
1905 J. and G. Wells. Esqrs., of the Eckington Collieries.[8]
1940 J. and G. Wells, Ltd., Eckington Collieries.[9]
1951 One of the companies nationalised as part of the nationalisation of the iron and steel industry[10]
1954 One of the United Steel companies returned to private ownership[11]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Derby Record Office
- ↑ Newcastle Courant - Friday 04 February 1853
- ↑ Derbyshire Courier - Saturday 03 November 1860
- ↑ Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 22 February 1876
- ↑ Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 13 October 1888
- ↑ Sheffield Independent - Friday 19 October 1900
- ↑ Derby Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 09 April 1902
- ↑ Eckington, Woodhouse and Staveley Express - Saturday 08 April 1905
- ↑ Eckington, Woodhouse and Staveley Express - Saturday 07 December 1940
- ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette 23 February 1951
- ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette 26 March 1954