John Castle

2016 marked the 150th anniversary of the Oaks Colliery Disaster, the worst mining disaster in English history.

First Name: John
Last Name: Castle
Role: Miner
Parents: Eli and Sarah
Married: Yes
Age: 28
Born: Scholes, Yorkshire, England
Lived: Ash Row Hoyle Mill
Buried: 30/04/1873
Burial Location: Christ Church, Ardsley,
Additional Information:

In 1861 John Castle was lodging with Ephraim Sellars, also killed in the disaster, on Ash Row, Hoyle Mill.

Map for John Castle

Key
Green Pin Born
Yellow Pin Lived
Red Pin Buried

Birth Places of Oaks Disaster Victims