Hello Fionn,

I have looked at your site many times and it never ceases to fill me with a sense of empathy and nostalgia for the poor people and the community that existed at Lundhill in 1857. It also makes a very meaningful contribution to the history of mining and records some of the costly lessons we’ve learned over the years in mine safety.

I write to you to ask your advice on where to look to find more information on the 4 Cutts family members who were killed at the mine, i.e. John (49), John (17), William (17) and George (16).  I have no doubt that they were relations of mine, as the Cutts family have lived in Royston and the surrounding area for centuries, and it is not a particularly common name. Maybe there is somewhere I can establish who their immediate families were, or where they lived. I’m not sure if you will know where I can get this sort of information, but I hope you don’t mind me asking – as right now I don’t have a starting point. My grandfather and two of my uncles were miners.

Thanks for a great website.

Best regards,

Stan Cutts

Hi Fionn, 
I believe my great grandfather, Joseph Lumb (33) perished in this mining disaster! 

Is anyone aware of any record that exists of the 90 women that were widowed as a result…….or if there is a record of where the men came from?

Thanks Fionn
Regards 
  
Steve Truckle

Names are on both the Durham Mining Museum site and Ian Winstanley's site but unfortunately no addresses.

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