{"id":4266,"date":"2026-06-13T21:16:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T21:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/?page_id=4266"},"modified":"2026-06-14T12:42:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T12:42:23","slug":"locke-co-collieries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/?page_id=4266","title":{"rendered":"Locke & Co. Collieries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

1869-1900 Locke & Co.
1901-1902 Locke & Co. Ltd
1903 Locke & Co. (Newland) Ltd
Medhurst pits.
Kippax collieries including Hool Wood (Owl wood)
Billywood Pit
Brigshaw pits
There are few mining death records prior to the Kippax colliery at Hoowl wood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
<\/td><\/td>Born<\/th>Accident Date<\/th>Age<\/th>Colliery<\/th>Owners<\/th>Cause<\/th>Info<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Edward<\/td>Bickerdike<\/td>\u2014<\/td>23 Jan 1863<\/td>\u2014<\/td>Allerton Haigh Moor<\/td>Lock and Co.<\/td>Fall of A Brick in the Shaft.<\/td>
William<\/td>Firth<\/td>\u2014<\/td>11 May 1863<\/td>\u2014<\/td>Allerton Haigh Moor<\/td>Lock and Co.<\/td>Crushed in the Bottom of the Shaft.<\/td>
Joseph<\/td>Hewitt<\/td>1803<\/td>5 Nov 1868<\/td>66<\/td>Kippax<\/td>Locke and Co<\/td>Fall of Roof.<\/td>
Joseph Paver<\/td>Wrigglesworth<\/td>1853<\/td>22 Mar 1870<\/td>16<\/td>Kippax<\/td>Locke and Co<\/td>Crushed by cage<\/td>
John<\/td>Pickersgill<\/td>1837<\/td>13 Nov. 1877<\/td>36<\/td>Kippax<\/td>Locke and Co<\/td>Screener. Crushed by waggons.<\/td>
Charles<\/td>Firth<\/td>1826<\/td>1886<\/td>60<\/td>Kippax<\/td>Locke and Co<\/td>Run over by corves<\/td>
J<\/td>Rhodes<\/td>1838<\/td>1892<\/td><\/td>Kippax<\/td>Locke and Co<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
L<\/td>Sutcliffe<\/td>1829<\/td>1892<\/td><\/td>Medhurst Kippax<\/td>Locke and Co.<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
C<\/td>Fearn<\/td>1855<\/td>1893<\/td><\/td>Kippax<\/td>Locke and Co<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Robert<\/td>Biscomb<\/td>\u2014<\/td>13 Jan 1855<\/td>32<\/td>Kippax<\/td>Locke and Co.<\/td>Bursting of an Underground Boiler. 2 Killed.<\/td>
Joseph<\/td>Pickard<\/td>1812<\/td>13 Jan 1855<\/td>42<\/td>Kippax<\/td>Locke and Co.<\/td>Bursting of an Underground Boiler. 2 Killed.<\/td>
John<\/td>Biscomb<\/td>1832<\/td>09 Jan 1857<\/td>25<\/td>Kippax<\/td>Locke and Co.<\/td>Fall of Roof in Mine.<\/td>
Thomas<\/td>Clough<\/td>1847<\/td>29 Apr 1867<\/td>19<\/td>Kippax<\/td>Locke and Co.<\/td>Collier. Fall of Coal<\/td>