Ironstone Miners Lodges and Banners

‘North Yorkshire and Cleveland Miners Association’ was a trade union of ironstone miners, formed in 1872 by Joseph Shepherd. They worked to increased miners’ wages by 45% and established a standard eight-hour working day.

No.	Lodge Name	Town	Likely mine
1	Faithful	Brotton	Brotton (Morrisons)
2	Lily of the Valley	Guisborough	South Belmont
3	Perseverance	Brotton	Crag Hall
4	Prospect	Skelton	Skelton Shaft
5	Miners Pride	Loftus	Liverton
6	Miners Refuge	Marske	Upleatham
7	Star of Hope	Normanby	Normanby
8	Friendship	Skinningrove	Loftus
9	Loyal (pre 1902)	Rosedale	Rosedale East
9	Goodwill (post 1902)	Loftus	Loftus
10	Unity	Hinderwell	Grinkle / Boulby
11	Grand-de-Mont Rose	Grosmont	Grosmont
11	Good Intent	Skelton	Longacres
12	Loyal Branch	Rosedale	Rosedale West
13	Redcar New Branch	Redcar	?
14	Live and Let Live	Brotton
15	Flower of the Valley	Carlin How
16	Onward	Eston	Eston
17	Hopeful	Ormesby	Ormesby
18	Hope to Prosper	North Skelton	North Skelton
19	Flower of the Dale	Margrove Park	Stanghow
20	Star of Cleveland	Boosbeck	Boosbeck
21	Rose of Summer	Lingdale	Lingdale
22	Park	Skelton	Skelton Park
23	Miners New Pride	Loftus	Loftus
24	Rose of Cleveland	Dunsdale	Kirkleatham
25	Excelsior	Boosbeck	South Skelton
26	Reform	Carlin How	Carlin How
27	Flower of Cleveland	Brotton / Kilton	Lumpsey / Kilton
28	Slapewath	Slapewath	Slapewath
29	Tocketts	Guisborough	Tocketts
30	Spa Wood	Slapewath	Spa Wood
31	Fidelity	Guisborough	Chalenor
32	Turn the Tide	Guisborough
33	Paradise	Guisborough

A list published in the Northern Echo in June 1874 ends with Star of Cleveland (20) and by September 1874 Rose of Summer (21) appears.

An October 1875 list doesn’t include Grand-de-Mont (11) and adds lodges 25-28 suggesting they were all formed since the 1874 lists.

December 1875 sees the addition of 29 – 30. And the 1877 list add lodges 31-33 but now marks many as no longer in existence.

However it does appear the No.11 Grand-de-Mont Rose has been reused by Longacres.

The union was renamed from 1893 as the North Yorkshire and Cleveland Miners and Quarrymens Association.

Finally from 1902 the “Cleveland Miners and Quarrymens Association”. I think its possible that when the “North Yorkshire” leave then association that No.9 Rosedale is reused for Loftus Goodwill Lodge.

In 1932, the union merged into the National Union of General and Municipal Workers.

The imagery of the banners is often religious and feature imagery in common with other trade union banners. Many being made by the same company of George Tutill