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Coal Mines in Yorkshire 1854
Name Parish From To Comments
Kay Pit Bierley, Bradford 1881 1885 Kaye? Better Bed = 1 ft 6 ins to 1 ft 8 ins.
Keelam Bradford 1855 1860
Kellingley Knottingley 1958 New sinking in 1958. Shafts almost complete in June 1962 and production began in March 1965. Privatised in December 1994. Due to close late 2015.
Kendal Drift Barnsley 1958 Closed in September 1958. Employed 65 men.
Kendal Green Worsborough, Barnsley 1907 1921 May be the same as Prince Albert Colliery.
Kesworth Barnsley 1876 1877
Kidfield Nook Barnsley 1873 1882
Killingbeck Killingbeck, Leeds 1865 1885 Sunk 1871?
Kilncroft Dewsbury 1855 1862
Kilner Bank Brown Royd 1893 1894 See Brown Royd
Kilnhurst Kilnhurst 1861 1986 Called Thrybergh Hall Colliery until c1923. Not listed from 1882 to 1904. Closed 01/0/1986.
Kilpin Hill Dewsbury 1893 1897
Kimberworth Rotherham 1854 1899 Ironstone, Black Shale, abandoned 1873, plan 37. Reopened from 1913 to 1914.
Kings Pit Tan Hill, Muker 1911 1945 Reopening in 1911. Abandoned 1945
Kings Pit Tan Hill, Muker 1887 1893
Kingston Barnsley 1875 1876 Sinking from 1875 to 1876.
Kinsley Drift Kinsley 1976 1986 Opened September 1976. Closed on 11/07/1986.
Kippax Methley, Leeds 1869 1903 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet.
Kippax West Main Kippax, Leeds 1854 1863
Kirbroyd Hipperhome, Bradford 1897 1902 Shaft more than 20 years old at time of accident in 1896 - (Brighouse Echo, 04/09/1896). T. Collins & Sons; J. Brooke 1898 onwards
Kirk Styles Cumberworth, Huddersfield 1855 1873 Also called Kirksties 1855 to 1860 and Kirk Style 1861 to 1871,
Kirkburton Huddersfield 1854 1869
Kirkby Riddings South Kirkby 1987 1988 Production from Riddings Drift (driven in 1969) began in June 1969 from this surface drift driven from South Kirkby Colliery and ventilated by the latter's upcast shaft. Ferrymoor and Riddings merged on 01/04/1973. A new drift driven in 1983.
Kirkedge Bradfield, Sheffield 1878 1887
Kirkham Gate East Ardsley, Leeds 1873 1877 Sinking from 1873 to 1877.
Kirkheaton Kirkheaton, Huddersfield 1861 1883
Kirkheaton Brickworks
Quarry
Kirkheaton, Huddersfield 1948 1980
Kirkstyles Cumberworth, Huddersfield 1916 1918
Kitson Hill Mirfield, Huddersfield 1861 1867
Kiveton Park Kiveton Park 1866 1993 Shafts sunk in 1866-67 and the New Jubilee Drift was driven in 1977. Merged with High Moor on 03/12/1989. Mothballed from 30/09/1994 and closed 19/10/1994.
Klondyke Brighouse 1898 1905 Walker & Co; Shaw, Hirst & Hardy 1904 onwards
Knab Holmfirth, Huddersfield 1873 1881 Sinking from 1873 to 1879
Knosthorpe Leeds 1854 1854
Knowl Hopton, Dewsbury 1873 1881 Sinking from 1873 to 1878.
Knowles Hepworth, Holmfirth 1899 1901 Reopened from 1918 to 1919.
Knowles Hepworth, Holmfirth 1874 1887 Sinking from 1874 to 1878.


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