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Vicky - Oaks Colliery Disaster - Rhodes Brothers Memorial Sue Gainey - My 2nd great grandfather William Rhodes 1838-1866 is not mentioned in the list Neil Healey - My great, great, grandfather Frederick Fletcher died in the 1866 Oaks Pit Disaster Neil - Is There A List Of All The Miners That Worked At Oaks Colliery? This event can be found at the following locations: Built in Ardsley in 1841, Christ Church takes an active role in the local community. In 1879 the Oaks Disaster Memorial was placed in the churchyard to remember all the men and boys killed. Click Above To Go To Coal Mining History Resource Center. Cheers Neil Thank you very much James for reporting the broken link, sorted now - and the Barnsley Main was a missing photo, I have now uploaded it. Christ Church in Ardsley was the parish church for the Oaks Colliery and has been the focus for commemoration for 150 years. Do you know of the existence of a record which says whose corpse was recovered and when? The woman’s expression is one which depicts that she already knows in her heart that her loved one is lost and the child knows of the mothers upset. All rights reserved. At the top of the monument is a circle that can be seen symbolically to represent a winding wheel from a coal mine, the circle of life or when viewed as whole it is almost the medical female symbol but you can make your own mind up.
- My Great Grand Uncle John Graham, Aged Just 12, Perished In The Oaks Colliery Disaster 1866, proposed Memorial to remember those who perished. I wonder why this is? On Stuart Tomlin's Collection of Mining Pictures the link to Barnsley Main takes you to pictures of Bestwood Colliery. Oaks Colliery Disaster Memorial Service; Dates. Information gathered by the Union and given to the Leeds Mercury the day after the second fatal explosion. List donated to National Coal Mining Museum for England in 2005 from Barwick-in-Elmet. He died in the Oaks Colliery disaster but isn't listed on your site or anywhere else. Hi Susan, you are right, he (was not) in the list but he is in the printed list. This deducted from 360 leaves 17 bodies still in the colliery. Revd. End Date: 11th December 2016, 16:00. Research suggests the 1866 Oaks Colliery Disaster at Hoyle Mill, Barnsley, claimed 383 victims when two underground explosions devastated the mine. - Oaks Disaster - Where Are The Baker Family Buried? Do u know where the Baker family members killed in the Oaks Colliery Explosion 1866 are buried? This bit of information would complete my record in respect of poor young John. when only aged 20. Peter Davies - Oaks Disaster - Where Are The Baker Family Buried? The site is outstanding, so full of information and fact. By Sarah Portlock BBC News. I have his death certificate which though he died on the day of the disaster was only registered in March of 1897 when it was formally assumed that though the bodies were in the sealed workings, all were dead. However, I notice that William Rhodes 1838-1866 who I believe is my 2nd great grandfather on my maternal side is not mentioned in the list as are 3 of his brothers Feargus, Charles and George Rhodes children of Isabella Mckenzie 1811-1869 and William Rhodes 1811-1889  but his name is written on the publication given out with the Barnsley Chronicle. Seventy five bodies were recovered prior to the shafts being closed forty five were recovered during the first twelve months after the shaft was reopened and seventy during the past years making the total 190, John being one of those.

Sent from Mail for Windows 10. The central feature is the woman and child rushing to the colliery on hearing the explosion that was to shatter the lives of many on 12 December 1866. OAKS EXPLOSION 1866 THE MONUMENT WAS ERECTED ANNO DOMINI 1913 by SAMUEL JOSHUA COOPER as a tribute to the memory of PARKIN JEFFCOCK and other heroes of the rescue parties who lost their lives OWING TO FURTHER EXPLOSIONS ON DECEMBER 13th 1866 ALSO … I wondered if you had any further information about this and I would be interested in learning more about the proposed Memorial to remember those who perished 150 years ago next December. Start Date: 11th December 2016, 15:00 Kind regards, Diane Lyddon. Finalement, l`ordre a abandonné la région. My Great Grand Uncle John Graham perished aged just 12 years of age in that disaster.

If any copyright of anyone else's material is unintentionally breached, please email me, - Oaks Colliery Disaster - Rhodes Brothers Memorial, - My 2nd great grandfather William Rhodes 1838-1866 is not mentioned in the list, - My great, great, grandfather Frederick Fletcher died in the 1866 Oaks Pit Disaster. It is probably because the body was only recovered as late as that. Christ Church in Ardsley was the parish church for the Oaks Colliery and has been the focus for commemoration for 150 years. My Great Grandad, George Fergus Rhodes, was younger brother to William Rhodes, Fergus Rhodes, Charles Rhodes and George Rhodes, who were all victims of the Oak Colliery disaster. All but two have been identified. I’ve recently come across your site when researching my family tree. John's body was recovered about 18 months later, 5th June 1868. Also I have found what appears to be an incorrect link. Graham Ibbeson has produced a fitting work of art which serves as a lasting connection to the past as well as looking to the future. Start Date: 11 th December 2016, 15:00 End Date: 11 th December 2016, 16:00 Event Info. Information and photographs submitted by subscribers are posted in good faith. The lower section consists of a collier laid on his side with a pick hacking away at the coal face which will become his grave his only light is that from a Stephenson lamp. On one side of the block the coal cascading from the woman’s back lands above the miners head. Oaks Colliery; Photos & Artefacts; General Info; Memorials; From the day of the disaster names of the victims started to emerge. - Is There A List Of All The Miners That Worked At Oaks Colliery? The central feature is the woman and child rushing to the colliery on hearing the explosion that was to shatter the lives of many on 12 December 1866. Our race was so near run, Barnsley Main Colliery originated as Oaks Colliery, when a coal-winding shaft and a pumping shaft were sunk to the west of Oaks Lane, Stairfoot, in 1824. I was trying to access the Oaks Disaster on the Disasters page but the link seems to be joined with the Talke 'o the Hill link.

I was told they worked there but can’t find any evidence.

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Our Website uses cookies to improve your experience. We little thought when we left home, I am curious to know when John's body was recovered as he is shown as being buried in St Pauls, Monk Bretton in the June of 1868 about 18 months after the tragedy. I am a descendant of a Graham family living in Littleworth at the time of this disaster. Graham Ibbeson has produced a fitting work of art which serves as a lasting connection to the past as well as looking to the future.

Memorial on Doncaster Road, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, nearly opposite the Kendray Hospital. The Oaks colliery explosion: England's worst mining disaster. Published. My name is Susan Gainey (nee Dickinson) and I have recently been finding out about my family tree. The casting in Bronze was completed before the 150th Anniversary of the disaster and with the help of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council it was erected in Barnsley and unveiled on May 7 2017 which marked the 150th anniversary of the laying in Parliament of the Report of The Oaks Colliery Explosion. Hi The block on which the woman and child stand simply reads “Oaks Colliery Disaster 1866” although this could apply to all coal mining accidents. Peter Burrows, the Bishop of Doncaster. Attached is a photo of their memorial which may be of interest to your site.

Click here for more information about the Oaks Memorial, Hi I was wondering if there is a list of all the miners that worked in the Oaks Colliery I am trying to find to surnames Jukes and Donovan I cannot find them on the memorial. The other side of the lower section has a relief which shows a child from 1860’s as a miner in the 1880’s whose daughter is a munitions worker in WW1 whose son is a ‘Bevin Boy’ in WW2 whose daughter is woman of the 1960’s whose son is a student in the 1980’s whose daughter is a woman of today with her son pointing toward the future. I am aged 75 and left Grimethorpe in 1959 to serve in the R.A.F. I live in Lincolnshire these days and have researched our Graham history extensively. The other side of the block depicts buildings and community with oak leaves and acorns on the floor. I came across the site healyhero.co.uk and found persons who I believe to be related to me mentioned as being the victims of the disaster at the colliery in 1866. 1866 Oaks Colliery Disaster. © 2020 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. In 1879 the Oaks Disaster Memorial was placed in the churchyard to remember all the men and boys killed. Clicking takes you to Talke 'o the Hill and the Oaks cannot be accessed through the link. Oaks Memorial Sculpture by Graham Ibbeson . But Oh! Thirteen explosions occurred at the colliery over ten days in 1866, resulting in the deaths of 383 miners and the closure and infilling of the Old Oaks shafts.