Cotmanhay Colliery roof fall, 1852

A boy, Abraham Bostock, and Abraham Cook were killed together by a fall of roof at Barber, Walker's Cotmanhay Colliery, Ilkeston, on 17 July 1852.

Cause

A fall of roof.

What happened

On 17 July 1852 the roof fell in the workings of Cotmanhay Colliery, worked by Barber and Company at Ilkeston, and killed Abraham Bostock, a boy, and Abraham Cook.

Recorded claims

Individual factual claims, each attached to the source(s) that support it below. Where sources disagree, both are kept.

• On 17 July 1852 Abraham Bostock, a boy, and Abraham Cook were killed by a fall of roof at Cotmanhay Colliery, Ilkeston. ^1,2,3
• The colliery was worked by Barber and Company. ^1,2,3
• The roof fell in the mine. ^1,3

Related terminology

Mining terms this disaster is structurally linked to, with the nature of the relationship.

• Colliery (contextual relationship)
  Named twice in this record, first in the summary: “…were killed together by a fall of roof at Barber, Walker's Cotmanhay Colliery, Ilkeston, on 17 July 1852.”
• Roof Fall (contextual relationship)
  Named twice in this record, first in the summary: “A boy, Abraham Bostock, and Abraham Cook were killed together by a fall of roof at Barber, Walker's Cotmanhay Colliery, Ilkeston, on 17 July 1852.”

Sources

1. (secondary) 1850s B: Ian Winstanley's alphabetical list of mining victims — Healey Hero (Ian Winstanley's list of mining victims)
2. (secondary) Mining deaths 1850-1859, surnames C (Ian Winstanley) — Healey Hero (Ian Winstanley's mining deaths lists)
3. (primary) Cotmanhay Colliery — Durham Mining Museum

Record created: 8 October 2026 · Last researched: 8 October 2026