Dean Moor Colliery
Dean Moor Colliery, Dean, near Workington, Cumberland.
See also Collieries on the River Marron (pdf file)
Operated between about 1846 and 1950.
A much more detailed listing with sources can be viewed at this link (to follow). In particular, maps and more information on the development of the colliery and its officers and managers have been included.
1846-1868 Proprietor John Percival, and after his death in 1853, his widow.
1868-1875 Proprietor George Grieveson, who died in 1875.
1875-1883 After the death of the above George Greveson, the colliery was continued by his son, also George Greveson.
1883-1891 Proprietor William Summerson of Cockfield, Co Durham, who died in 1891.
1891-1898 Operated by the trustees of William Summerson’s estate until his widow’s death in 1898, trading as the Dean Moor Colliery Company.
1898 Dean Moor Colliery Company Limited incorporated on 22 Sep 1898 with capital of £10,000 (Company No: 58893). To take over as a going concern and continue the business of the Dean Moor Colliery Company.
c1903 Dean Moor Colliery Co took over the lease of the neighbouring Moorside Colliery.
1949 The colliery was vested in the National Coal Board as of 1 Apr 1949.
1950 Mine closed.