Kilton Thorpe
Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Kilton Thorpe is a village in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England.[1] Noted for evidence of early settlement. The outlines of an ancient village are visible in fields adjacent to the present village.[2]
The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to Count Mortain.[3] Like other lands in the surrounding area, it was owned by the same noble families as those who owned nearby Kilton Castle. It was only a small settlement across two manors until the arrival of the ironstone industry when 30 workers cottages were built.[4][5]
Kilton Mine
Kilton Ironstone Mine was opened in 1875Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". just to the south of the village of Kilton Thorpe.[6] The shafts of the mine were Script error: No such module "convert". deep, and like the other mines in the area, it supplied ironstone to the furnaces on Teesside.[7] A private railway was opened in 1873, becoming the property of the North Eastern Railway a year later.[8]
On 12 August 1899, three miners died in a gas explosion,[9] and on 3 May 1954, an explosion in the mine killed one worker, with 15 rescuers being hospitalised after the event due to the effects of inhaling gas.[10] The mine was closed in January 1963.[11]
A conical shale heap still exists at the site and has become a local landmark, although it has become dangerous through land slips and the owners have taken steps to prevent access by the general public.[12]
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