JEFF COCK

Parkin (son of John Jeff cock of Cowley, Derby shire). b. Cowley manor 27 Oct. 1829; articled to George Hunter of Durham, engineer 1850; partner with J. T. Woodhouse of Derby, mining engineer 1857; examined and reported on the Moselle coalfield near Saarbrück 1863–4; descended the Oaks Pit near Barnsley which was on fire 12 Dec. 1866 where he was killed by an explosion 13 Dec. 1866, his body was recovered 5 Oct. 1867 and buried in Ecclesfield churchyard; St. Saviour’s church, Mortomley near Sheffield was built as a memorial of him 1872. Parkin Jeff cock: a memoir by Rev. J. T. Jeff cock (1867), portrait ; I.L.N. l , 21 (1867), portrait .