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| Name |
Age |
Location |
Occupation |
Notes |
| Backworth, Robert |
14 |
Percy Main Colliery |
Half Marrow |
Gave evidence — No. 84 |
| Bailes, Thomas |
|
Seghill Colliery |
|
Gave evidence — No. 206 |
| Bailes, Thomas |
|
Felling Colliery |
Under Viewer |
Gave evidence — No. 334 |
| Bailey, W. |
|
Hetton Colliery |
|
Gave evidence — No. 400 |
| Bainbridge, Thomas |
|
Willington Colliery |
Putter |
|
| Bainbridge, William |
|
Willington Colliery |
Trapper |
|
| Baird, Thomas |
|
Jarrow Colliery |
|
Gave evidence — No. 343 |
| Baker, Robert |
8 |
Percy Main Colliery |
Trapper |
Gave evidence — No. 68 |
| Ball, Alexander |
|
Monkwearmouth Colliery |
|
Gave evidence — No. 369 |
| Ball, Henry |
|
Earsdon Colliery |
Hewer |
head cut by coal - 13 days on Smart List |
| Bamborough, Peter |
|
Hawks, Stanley, & Co.'s Iron Works |
|
Gave evidence — No. 531 |
| Banister, Robert |
|
Tyne Main Colliery |
|
Gave evidence — No. 309 |
| Barker, R. |
|
|
Clerk to the Magistrates |
Gave evidence — No. 506 |
| Barns, William |
|
Walker Colliery |
|
Gave evidence — No. 293 |
| Barrass, Alexander |
|
Earsdon Colliery |
|
|
| Barron, Joseph |
|
|
|
Gave evidence — No. 113 |
| Barron, Thomas George |
|
Watson's Brass, &c., Works |
|
Gave evidence — No. 631 |
| Bates, William |
|
North Hetton Colliery |
|
Gave evidence — No. 456 |
| Batty, Thomas |
93 |
Heaton Colliery |
|
Gave evidence — No. 32 |
| Baxter, Alexander |
|
Abbot's (General) Iron Works |
|
Gave evidence — No. 550 |
| Beaney, John |
17 |
Heaton Colliery |
|
Gave evidence — No. 30 |
| Beaney, John |
18 |
Percy Main Colliery |
Putter |
|
| Beaney, John |
18 |
Percy Main Colliery |
Putter |
Gave evidence — No. 82 |
| Beaney, Joseph |
14 |
Heaton Colliery |
|
Gave evidence — No. 24 |
| Beaney, Wilson |
13 |
Percy Main Colliery |
Half Marrow |
Gave evidence — No. 83 |
| Beck, George |
|
East Holywell Colliery |
Hewer |
wrist sprained by falling into cut - 54 days on Smart List |
| Bell, Benjamin |
19 |
Percy Main Colliery |
Putter |
|
| Bell, John |
|
Monkwearmouth Colliery |
|
Gave evidence — No. 377 |
| Bell, Mr., jun. |
|
Walker Iron Works |
|
Gave evidence — No. 565 |
| Bell, Richard |
|
Monkwearmouth Colliery |
|
Gave evidence — No. 372 |
| Bell, Robert |
|
Coxlodge Colliery |
|
Gave evidence — No. 149 |
| Bell, Robert |
|
Hetton Colliery |
|
Gave evidence — No. 409 |
| Bell, Thomas |
14 |
North Hetton Colliery |
|
Gave evidence — No. 465 |
| Bell, Thomas |
|
Hebburn Colliery |
|
Gave evidence — No. 165 |
| Bell, Thomas |
|
Jarrow Colliery |
|
Gave evidence — No. 340 |
| Bell, Thomas |
|
Hetton Colliery |
|
Gave evidence — No. 434 |
| Beresford, George |
13 |
Heaton Colliery |
Driver |
Gave evidence — No. 34 |
| Besley, Rev. Dr. |
|
|
|
Gave evidence — No. 509 |
| Bewick, William |
|
Campion's Iron Foundry |
|
Gave evidence — No. 613 |
| Bigge, Charles J. |
|
|
Acting Magistrate |
Gave evidence — No. 505 |
| Birbeck, Joseph |
16 |
Fawdon Colliery |
Putter |
Gave evidence — No. 195 |
| Blackburn, John |
|
Earsdon Colliery |
Putter |
injury of the hand by tram - 12 days on Smart List |
| Blackburn, Joseph |
|
Abbot's (General) Iron Works |
|
Gave evidence — No. 548 |
| Blackburn, Matthew |
|
Heaton Colliery |
|
Gave evidence — No. 27 |
| Blackburn, Saunders |
10 |
Heaton Colliery |
Driver |
Gave evidence — No. 22 |
| Blackburn, Surtis |
17 |
Heaton Colliery |
|
Gave evidence — No. 29 |
| Blackey, James |
|
St. Lawrence Main Colliery |
|
Gave evidence — No. 264 |
| Bland, George |
|
|
Medical Student |
Gave evidence — No. 98 |
| Bland, Matthew |
|
Gosforth Colliery |
Hewer |
|
| Bland, Thomas |
|
Gosforth Colliery |
|
|
| Bolam, Henry |
|
Gosforth Colliery |
|
Gave evidence — No. 125 |
| Bolton, George |
|
Willington Colliery |
Trapper |
|
| Borrow, James |
10 |
Gosforth Colliery |
Trapper |
|
| Borrow, John |
14 |
Gosforth Colliery |
Half Marrow |
|
| Borrow, John |
|
Gosforth Colliery |
|
Gave evidence — No. 133 |
| Bowman, John |
|
Allenhead Lead Mine |
|
Gave evidence — No. 520 |
| Boyd, Edward |
|
Urpeth Colliery |
Viewer |
Gave evidence — No. 495 |
| Boyd, Mr. |
|
Urpeth Colliery |
Agent |
Gave evidence — No. 645 |
| boys, Four |
|
Pow & Fawcus's Chain & Anchor Works |
|
Gave evidence — No. 621 |
| Brack, Andrew |
|
Hebburn Colliery |
|
Gave evidence — No. 167 |
| Brayson, James |
|
Felling Colliery |
|
Gave evidence — No. 332 |
| Brennan, Henry |
|
Hawks, Stanley, & Co.'s Iron Works |
|
Gave evidence — No. 541 |
| Brian, Edward |
|
Hawks, Stanley, & Co.'s Iron Works |
|
Gave evidence — No. 537 |
| Brown, David |
|
North Hetton Colliery |
|
Gave evidence — No. 447 |
| Brown, George |
|
Earsdon Colliery |
Hewer |
injury to head, thigh and leg by coal - 5 days on Smart List |
| Brown, Isaac |
|
South Shields Colliery |
|
Gave evidence — No. 362 |
| Brown, J., Dr. |
|
|
Physician |
Gave evidence — No. 501 |
| Brown, John |
|
Willington Colliery |
Trapper |
|
| Brown, John |
|
Fawdon Colliery |
|
Gave evidence — No. 173 |
| Brown, Matthew |
|
Abbot's (General) Iron Works |
|
Gave evidence — No. 555 |
| Brown, Michael |
|
Abbot's (General) Iron Works |
|
Gave evidence — No. 549 |
| Brown, Mr. |
|
Hartley Colliery |
Agent |
Gave evidence — No. 228 |
| Brown, Robert |
|
Willington Colliery |
Putter |
|
| Brown, Robert |
|
Hartley Colliery |
|
Gave evidence — No. 235 |
| Brown, Samuel |
|
Earsdon Colliery |
Hewer |
hand injured by coal - 6 days on Smart List |
| Brown, Thomas |
|
Walker Iron Works |
|
Gave evidence — No. 574 |
| Browne, W. |
|
Jarrow Colliery |
Medical Attendant |
Gave evidence — No. 349 |
| Brunshill, Jonathan |
|
Coxlodge Colliery |
|
Gave evidence — No. 157 |
| Brush, Roland |
|
South Shields Colliery |
|
Gave evidence — No. 359 |
| Burdis, William |
17 |
Abbot's (General) Iron Works |
|
Gave evidence — No. 547 |
| Burdis, William |
|
Tyne Main Colliery |
|
Gave evidence — No. 312 |
| Burt, Robert |
|
Earsdon Colliery |
Hewer |
laceration of hand and wrist by stone - 9 days on Smart List |
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These names have been extracted from the report published in 1842 of the
Children's Employment Commission and show the names of those who gave
evidence to the Commission during 1841 or were mentioned in the
published evidence.
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