New Information
As the author undertakes additional research or receives new information from readers it will be posted here. The ‘Book Page Number(s)’ refers to The Neston Collieries, 1759-1855.
| Book Page Number(s) | Subject | Information | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | John Cottingham | Died of cholera, late July 1849 | III. London News, 4 August 1849 |
| 13-14; 248 | Thomas Leacroft Cottingham | Acted as surveyor for the new Neston Colliery (opened 1875) | Cheshire Observer, 28 October 1876 |
| 71 | Holway/Holywell Level Lead Mine | New information suggests that the ‘Holway Lead Mine’ was generally known as the ‘Holywell Level Lead Mine’. However, an Account Book kept by a senior figure in Neston, Joseph Lyon, who was apparently an investor in the mine, refers to it several times as the 'Holway Level Lead Mine' and the 'Holway Lead Mine'. | Article on the Holywell mine in prep. for FHSJ (2021); CALS, DHL 52/4, Account Book of Joseph Lyon. |
| 88 | William and Thomas Kidd | Erratum: it was the uncle of Emma, Lady Hamilton – William Kidd – who is known to have moved from Flintshire to Ness, not her grandfather, Thomas (though there remains the possibility that Thomas did so). William was born in Staffordshire in 1738, lived in Hawarden (to where his father, Thomas, had moved no later than 1743) and arrived at Ness no later than 1763. His first child was baptised in Neston the following year. | Neston parish register |
| 94 & 207 | William Kidd | William’s wife Mary is another instance of the premature death of a wife, perhaps in childbirth – although no burial is recorded for her. William remarried as a widower in Hawarden in 1769, thus also being one of the relatively few men known to have left Ness Colliery to work in Flintshire. | Hawarden parish register |
| 193 | Wirral/Wirrale (vessel) | "The brig Wirral, coal-laden, was ... driven on West Hoyle, but the crew and materials were saved.' | Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser, 21 August 1823 |
Last Update: 11 December 2021