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Cumberland Allbright Drift & Birkby Crosby 1928 March 1950 See Birkby & Allbright
Cumberland Clifton Workington 1855 February 1959
Cumberland Ellenbank Birkby 1945 March 1952
Cumberland Gillhead Maryport 1868 February 1959
Cumberland Haig Whitehaven 1914 March 1986 Closed – 27/03/1986.
Cumberland Harrington No.10 Whitehaven 1910 July 1968
Cumberland Harrington No.11 Whitehaven 1916 June 1963
Cumberland Risehow Mary Port 1914 April 1966
Cumberland Solway Workington 1937 May 1973
Cumberland St Helen’s Workington 1900 July 1966
Cumberland Walkmill Whitehaven 1885 November 1961
Cumberland Whitehaven, Haig Whitehaven 1914 March 1986 See Haig
Cumberland Whitehaven, William Whitehaven 1885 December 1954 See William
Cumberland William Whitehaven 1885 December 1954
Cumberland Birkby & Allbright Crosby 1928 March 1950
Derbyshire Alfreton Alfreton 1895 February 1968
Derbyshire Arkwright Arkwright Town 1899 April 1988
Derbyshire Blackwell ‘A’ Winning Derby 1861 March 1969
Derbyshire Blackwell ‘B’ Winning Derby 1880 November 1964
Derbyshire Blidworth Blidworth, Mansfield 1924 March 1989
Derbyshire Bolsover Bolsover 1890 April 1993 Coal News, March 1993. Sunk 101 years ago (1892). To be closed through exaustion.
Derbyshire Bonds Main Chesterfield 1896 May 1949
Derbyshire Coppice Shipley 1928 August 1966
Derbyshire Cossall Ilkeston 1871 November 1966 Included Oakwood Grange by 1964.
Derbyshire Cotes Park Alfreton 1854 May 1963
Derbyshire Creswell Creswell, Worksop 1895 September 1991 Sunk in 1896.
Derbyshire Denby Denby, Derby 1854 February 1968 (Denby Drury Lowe including Kilburn in 1964?)
Derbyshire Denby Hall Denby, Derby 1875 (January) 1967 Merged with Denby
Derbyshire Glapwell Chesterfield 1885 June 1974
Derbyshire Grassmoor Temple Normanton 1854 (August) 1950 Merged with Williamthorpe
Derbyshire High Moor Sheffield 1957 (December) 1989 1989 Merged with Kiveton Park
Derbyshire Holbrook No.3 Sheffield 1885 – Part of Westthorpe
Derbyshire Holmewood Chesterfield 1874 September 1968
Derbyshire Ireland Staveley 1875 (October) 1986 Sinking 1875 to 1878.
Derbyshire Manners Ilkeston 1874 October 1949
Derbyshire Mapperley Mapperley 1870 March 1965
Derbyshire Markham Duckmanton 1881 June 1993 Coal News, June 1993 & Coal News, November 1993. Production ended. Sunk 1881 and 1887.
Derbyshire Markham No.1 Duckmanton 1881 (March) 1967 Merged with Markham (Derby)
Derbyshire Markham No.2 Duckmanton 1887 (March) 1967 Merged with Markham (Derby)
Derbyshire Markham No.4 Duckmanton 1930 (March) 1967 Merged with Markham (Derby)
Derbyshire Morton Derby 1866 May 1965
Derbyshire Netherseal Netherseal 1870 December 1947
Derbyshire New Langley Heanor 1859 (February) 1960 Merged with Ormonde
Derbyshire New Selston Jacksdale 1895 (August) 1956 Merged with Pye Hill
Derbyshire Ormonde Loscoe 1908 September 1970
Derbyshire Oxcroft Clowne 1900 April 1974
Derbyshire Park House Daesmoor 1880 October 1962
Derbyshire Pilsley Pilsley 1867 April 1957
Derbyshire Pinxton Pinxton 1938 March 1950
Derbyshire Ramcroft Chesterfield 1915 October 1966
Derbyshire Renishaw Park Staveley 1859 March 1989 Sunk in 1860.
Derbyshire Reservoir Overseal 1875 March 1948
Derbyshire Ripley Ripley 1846 (October) 1949 Merged with Denby Hall.
Derbyshire Shirland Shirland 1864 May 1965
Derbyshire South Normanton South Normanton 1895 March 1951
Derbyshire Stanley Ilkeston 1938 July 1961
Derbyshire Swanwick Alfreton 1854 September 1968
Derbyshire Thorntree Drift Newhall 1930 April 1947
Derbyshire Westthorpe Sheffield 1923 February 1984 Closed on 31/03/1984 – having stopped coaling 7 weeks earlier.
Derbyshire Whitwell Whitwell, Worksop 1890 June 1986
Derbyshire Williamthorpe Chesterfield 1854 March 1970
Derbyshire Wingfield Manor Alfreton 1908 (November) 1963 Merged with Swanwick
Derbyshire Woodside No.1 Shipley 1875 April 1966
Derbyshire Woodside No.2 Shipley 1900 January 1960 Formerly part of Woodside No.3
Derbyshire Woodside No.3 Shipley 1930 1961 Merged with Coppice
Durham Addison Ryton 1855 February 1963 (DMM = 1865).
Durham Adventure West Rainton 1816 July 1978 See Rainton Adventure
Durham Alma Pelton 1943 November 1958
Durham Arnghyll & Cowley Copley 1915 May 1951 (DMM = 1947).
Durham Axwell Park Swalwell 1839 August 1954
Durham Barcus Close Burnopfield 1920 April 1966
Durham Barlow Townley Drift Winlaton 1953 October 1961
Durham Beamish Mary Beamish 1890 March 1966 (DMM = 1763).
Durham Beamish Second Beamish 1784 November 1962 Given as Beamish Second & Park in 1950.
Durham Bearpark Bearpark 1872 April 1984
Durham Bildershaw West Auckland 1955 October 1956 (DMM = gives closure date as 16/10/1956).
Durham Blackburn Fell Marley Hill 1937 (April) 1973 Merged with Marley Hill (A drift mine).
Durham Blackhall West Hartlepool 1909 April 1981
Durham Blaydon Burn Bessie Blaydon 1855 November 1956
Durham Blaydon Burn Mary Blaydon 1850 April 1953
Durham Boldon West Boldon 1866 January 1982 Sunk in 1869? and closed 24/01/1982.
Durham Bowburn Ferryhill 1905 July 1967 (Included Tursdale by 1964). Sinking began in 1906 and the first coal was raised in 1908.
Durham Bradley Drift Coal Hutton 1960 September 1965
Durham Brancepeth Crook 1840 July 1967
Durham Brandon ‘C’ Brandon 1855 (August) 1960 Merged with Brandon Pit House
Durham Brandon Pit House Brandon Colliery 1836 March 1968
Durham Brusselton Brusselton 1925 June 1968 (DMM = 1834).
Durham Bryans Leap Burnopfield 1933 1950 Merged with Barcus Close
Durham Burnhope Annie & Betty Lanchester 1899 July 1949 (DMM = 1850).
Durham Burnmoor ‘D’ Fence Houses 1790 – See Lambton ‘D’
Durham Burnopfield Burnopfield 1742 August 1968
Durham Byermoor Burnopfield 1870 February 1968 (DMM = 1860).
Durham Causey Mill Drift Stanley 1949 January 1955
Durham Chester South Moor Chester-le-Street 1868 October 1967 (DMM = 1889).
Durham Chilton Ferryhill 1872 (June) 1960 Merged with Dean & Chapter
Durham Chopwell Chopwell 1781 November 1966 (DMM = 1872).
Durham Clara Vale Ryton-on-Tyne 1893 February 1966
Durham Clockburn Drift Marley Hill 1952 – Part of Marley Hill.
Durham Cocken Drift Pity Me 1938 – Part of Harbour House
Durham Cowley Copley 1915 May 1951 Part of Arnghyll & Cowley.
Durham Craghead Stanley 1839 April 1969
Durham Craghead Busty Stanley 1839 April 1969 See Craghead
Durham Craghead Oswald Stanley 1839 1952 Merged with Craghead
Durham Crookhall Consett 1885 November 1963 (DMM = 1830).
Durham Dawdon Seaham Harbour 1900 July 1991 (DMM = Sunk 1902).
Durham Deaf Hill Trimdon Station 1875 February 1967 (DMM = 1877).
Durham Dean & Chapter Ferryhill 1899 January 1966 (DMM = 1904). (Included Leasingthorne by 1964).
Durham Dene Pit Bishop Auckland 1945 – See Quarry Drift
Durham Derwent Medomsley 1870 November 1964 (DMM = 1856).
Durham Dorothea Newbottle 1816 (December) 1956 Merged with Herrington.
Durham Dunston & Elswick Gateshead 1873 December 1947
Durham Easington Easington 1900 May 1993 (DMM = Sunk in 1899). Coal News, March 1993. To be put on care and maintenance.
Durham East Hedley Hope Tow Law 1875 January 1959 (DMM = 1836).
Durham East Hetton Ferryhill 1836 June 1983
Durham East Tanfield Tantobie 1860 January 1965
Durham Eden Leadgate 1844 July 1980
Durham Eldon Drift Rushyford 1934 October 1962
Durham Elemore Hetton-le-Hole 1827 February 1974 Part of Hawthorn.
Durham Emma Pit Ryton-on-Tyne 1845 April 1968
Durham Eppleton Hetton-le-Hole 1833 (December) 1959 Part of Hawthorn.
Durham Esh Esh Winning 1865 June 1968 (DMM = 1866).
Durham Esperley Lane Drift Cockfield 1955 February 1962
Durham Etherley Dene Bishop Auckland 1925 September 1955 See Quarry Drift.
Durham Fenhall Drift Lanchester 1960 May 1963
Durham Fishburn Sedgefield 1915 November 1973 (DMM = 1910).
Durham Garesfield Rowland’s Gill 1855 July 1960
Durham Garesfield Lilley Rowland’s Gill 1888 January 1957 See Lilley Drift
Durham Gordon House Cockfield 1863 – Part of Randolph. (DMM = 1893).
Durham Grange Sherburn 1844 April 1948
Durham Greencroft Tower Drift Annfield Plain 1838 July 1957
Durham Greenside Ryton-on-Tyne 1869 July 1966 (DMM = 1907).
Durham Haggs Lane Shildon 1960 January 1964
Durham Hamsteels Lanchester 1870 1958 Part of Malton
Durham Hamsterley Hamsterley 1869 February 1968
Durham Handen Hold Beamish 1869 March 1968
Durham Harbour House Chester-le-Street April 1958
Durham Harraton Fence Houses 1794 May 1965
Durham Harton South Shields 1844 July 1969
Durham Hawthorn Murton 1953 November 1991 Inc. Eppleton & Murton. (DMM = 1953).
Durham Hedley Prudhoe 1855 1952 Merged with Louisa
Durham Herrington Fence Houses 1874 December 1985
Durham Hetton Hetton le Hole 1820 July 1950
Durham Heworth Heworth 1855 June 1963
Durham High Marley Hill Drift Marley Hill 1948 June 1963
Durham Hole-in-the-Wall Crook 1940 November 1964
Durham Horden Horden 1900 February 1986 (DMM = Sunk in 1900).
Durham Houghton Houghton-le-Spring 1873 September 1981 (DMM = Sunk in 1823).
Durham Humber Hill Consett 1885 November 1963 Not on original list.
Durham Hylton Sunderland 1900 July 1979
Durham Kibblesworth Kibblesworth 1842 October 1974
Durham Kimblesworth Kimblesworth 1875 November 1967
Durham Lambton ‘D’ Fence Houses 1790 February 1965
Durham Lanchester Towneley Drift Lanchester 1837 August 1963
Durham Langley Park Langley Park 1873 October 1975
Durham Leasingthorne Ferryhill 1930 1949 Merged with Dean & Chapter
Durham Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 1893 January 1957
Durham Littleburn Durham 1873 December 1950
Durham Louisa Stanley 1759 (December) 1955 Merged with Morrison Busty
Durham Lumley Sixth New Lambton 1790 January 1966
Durham Mainsforth Ferryhill 1875 December 1968 (Included Bishop Middleham by 1964)
Durham Malton Lanchester 1870 July 1961
Durham Marley Hill Marley Hill 1841 March 1983 Included Clockburn Drift by 1964.
Durham Medomsley Medomsley 1868 October 1972
Durham Metal Bridge Ferryhill 1954 July 1978 A drift mine.
Durham Middridge Shildon 1954 September 1966 A drift mine.
Durham Morrison Busty Annfield Plain 1875 October 1973 Formely called South Moor (by 1964).
Durham Murton Murton 1838 November 1991 Part of Hawthorn.
Durham Nettlesworth Edmondsley 1938 September 1974 A drift mine.
Durham New Brancepeth Brancepeth 1860 July 1953
Durham New Shildon Shildon 1949 August 1965
Durham Newbottle Dorothea Newbottle 1816 (December) 1956 See Dorothea
Durham Newfield Drift Chester-le-Street 1940 ? 1950 Not on original list (DMM = Opened 1945).
Durham North Tees Winston 1923 January 1966
Durham Ouston ‘E’ Birtley 1888 January 1959
Durham Pelton Chester-le-Street 1835 February 1965
Durham Pheonix Drift Blaydon-on-Tyne 1853 August 1964 A drift mine.
Durham Princes Street Shildon 1939 November 1958
Durham Quarry Drift Bishop Auckland 1953 September 1955
Durham Rainton, Adventure Pit Leamside 1816 July 1978 (DMM = 1817).
Durham Ramshaw West Auckland 1928 October 1959
Durham Randolph West Auckland 1893 February 1962
Durham Ravensworth, Ann Birtley 1726 (April) 1973 Merged with Kibblesworth
Durham Ravensworth, Betty Birtley 1895 1951 Merged with Ravensworth Ann
Durham Ravensworth, Park Lamesley 1935 February 1968 A drift mine.
Durham Ravensworth, Shop Lamesley 1850 February 1962
Durham Roddymoor Crook 1844 August 1963
Durham Rose Cottage Drift Annfield Plain 1952 August 1955
Durham Ryhope Sunderland 1858 November 1966
Durham Sacriston Sacriston 1839 November 1985
Durham Seaham Seaham 1849 December 1992 Coal News, March 1993. Had not produced coal since Xmas.
Durham Sherburn Hill Sherburn Hill 1835 August 1965
Durham Shield Row Drift Sacriston 1845 April 1948 Combined with Witton by 1950.
Durham Shotton Shotton Colliery 1840 September 1972
Durham Silksworth Sunderland 1869 November 1971
Durham South Garesfield Burnhopfield 1765 February 1960
Durham South Hetton South Hetton 1833 July 1982 Opened 05/08/1833. Jackson’s A to Z of Colliery Names gives closure date as 1991.
Durham South Medomsley Dipton 1861 (November) 1962
Durham South Pelaw Chester-le-Street 1855 January 1964
Durham South Shildon Shildon 1929 August 1958
Durham Staindrop Field House Bishop Auckland 1953 July 1967 A drift mine.
Durham Stanley Burn Blaydon-on-Tyne 1950 February 1965 A drift mine.
Durham Stanley Cottage Crook 1955 May 1968 A drift mine.
Durham Stargate Winlaton 1803 June 1963
Durham Tanfield Lea Tantobie 1829 August 1962
Durham Tanfield Moor Tantobie 1768 October 1948
Durham Tanners Hall Brancepeth 1956 (June) 1957 Merged with Brancepeth
Durham Thornley Thornley 1833 January 1970
Durham Thrislington Ferryhill 1835 March 1967
Durham Towneley, Emma Ryton-on-Tyne 1845 April 1968 See Emma
Durham Trimdon Grange Trimdon Grange 1845 February 1968
Durham Tudhoe Mill Drift Spennymoor 1954 February 1965 A drift mine.
Durham Tudhoe Park Spennymoor 1940 May 1969
Durham Tursdale Ferryhill 1860 – Part of Bowburn
Durham Twizell Burn Drift Chester-le-Street 1923 July 1948 Not on original list (DMM = Opened 1843).
Durham Urpeth ‘C’ Pelton 1835 (April) 1957 Merged with Ouston ‘E’.
Durham Ushaw Moor New Brancepeth 1855 August 1960
Durham Usworth Washington 1845 August 1974
Durham Vane Tempest Seaham 1924 December 1992 (DMM = sunk 1826).
Durham Victoria Garesfield Lintzford 1870 July 1962
Durham Wardley Wardley 1908 (December) 1959 Part of Wardley-Usworth
Durham Wardley-Usworth Wardley 1969 August 1974 See Usworth
Durham Washington, ‘F’ Washington 1777 June 1968
Durham Washington, Glebe Washington 1901 August 1972
Durham Watergate Whickham 1924 August 1964
Durham Waterhouses Waterhouses 1859 August 1966
Durham Wearmouth Sunderland 1826 May 1994 Aka Monkwearmouth
Durham West Auckland West Auckland 1938 July 1967 A drift mine. (DMM = 1838).
Durham West Brandon Drift New Brancepeth 1950 August 1958
Durham West Thornley Tow Law 1875 November 1965 A drift mine. (DMM = 1890s).
Durham Westerton Drift Spennymoor 1838 October 1961 Used as a pumping station in 1964.
Durham Westoe South Shields 1909 May 1993
Durham Wheatley Hill Wheatley Hill 1870 May 1968
Durham Whitburn South Shields 1879 June 1968
Durham Whittonstall Drift Ebchester 1907 November 1966 Part of Chopwell (A drift mine). (DMM = 1907).
Durham Whitworth Park Spennymoor 1930 July 1974
Durham Wingate Grange Trimdon Colliery 1839 October 1962
Durham Witton Sacriston 1855 January 1966 Included with Sacriston by 1964.
Durham Woodside Winning Consett 1928 November 1963 Part of Crookhall.
Durham Wooley Brancepeth 1864 (June) 1951 Merged with Roddymoor
Gloucestershire Arthur & Edward English Bicknor 1908 December 1959
Gloucestershire Cannop English Bicknor 1906 August 1960
Gloucestershire Coalpit Heath Coalpit Heath 1853 October 1949
Gloucestershire Eastern United Cinderford 1909 January 1959
Gloucestershire Harry Stoke Stoke Gifford 1954 June 1963 Sinking began in 1954.
Gloucestershire Norchard Drift Bream 1938 February 1965
Gloucestershire Northern United Cinderford 1933 December 1965
Gloucestershire Princess Royal Lydney 1842 March 1962
Gloucestershire Princess Royal Level Bream 1842 March 1962 See Norchard Drift
Kent Betteshanger Betteshanger 1921 August 1989 Sunk between 1921 and 1924.
Kent Chislet Hersden 1914 July 1969 Sunk in 1914 and closed – 25/07/1969.
Kent Snowdown Nonington 1908 October 1987 Sunk in 1908 and first coal raised on 19/11/1912.
Kent Tilmanstone Eythorne 1906 October 1986
Lancashire Agecroft Pendlebury, Manchester 1892 July 1990 Sunk 1892, 1896 and 1960.
Lancashire Albert Wigan 1940 November 1965
Lancashire Alexandra Whelley 1873 June 1955
Lancashire Ashton Moss Audenshaw, Manchester 1875 (September) 1959 Merged with Bradford
Lancashire Astley Green Tyldesley 1908 April 1970 Closed – 03/04/1970.
Lancashire Bank Hall Burnley 1865 March 1971 Closed – 17/04/1971.
Lancashire Bedford Atherton 1886 October 1967
Lancashire Bickershaw Leigh 1872 March 1992 Sunk 1877?
Lancashire Bold St Helens 1876 November 1985
Lancashire Brackley Walkden, Manchester 1878 May 1964
Lancashire Bradford Bradford, Manchester 1854 August 1968
Lancashire Calder Burnley 1902 July 1958
Lancashire Chanters Atherton 1850 June 1966
Lancashire Chisnall Hall Chorley 1891 March 1967
Lancashire Cleworth Hall Tyldesley 1880 January 1963
Lancashire Clifton Burnley 1872 December 1955 Closed – 30/12/1955
Lancashire Clock Face St Helens 1896 March 1966
Lancashire Copy Burnley 1860 March 1964
Lancashire Cronton Prescot 1914 March 1984
Lancashire Dairy Wigan 1954 September 1962
Lancashire Deane Farnworth 1868 October 1960
Lancashire Deerplay Burnley 1895 March 1968
Lancashire Dyneley Cliviger 1930 October 1947
Lancashire Ellerbeck Chorley 1876 August 1965
Lancashire Fence No.1 Burnley 1947 October 1950 Opened 1947
Lancashire Fence No.2 Burnley 1949 June 1960 Opened 1947
Lancashire Fir Trees Drift Burnley 1958 March 1966 Closed – 11/03/1966
Lancashire Garswood Hall Ashton-in-Makerfield 1890 August 1953
Lancashire Giants Hall Wigan 1880 January 1961
Lancashire Gibfield Atherton 1869 August 1963
Lancashire Gin Pit Tyldesley 1870 (September) 1955 Merged with Nook
Lancashire Golborne Warrington 1965 (January) 1977 Sunk 1865. 1977 Merged with Bickershaw & Parsonage in January
Lancashire Grimebridge Bacup 1869 November 1963
Lancashire Hapton Valley Burnley 2908 April 1982 Closed – 26/04/1982
Lancashire Hill Top Burnley 1948 January 1966 A drift mine – opened 1948.
Lancashire Hoddlesden Darwen 1934 September 1961 Closed – 29/09/1961.
Lancashire Howe Bridge Atherton 1845 September 1959
Lancashire Huncoat Burnley 1890 February 1968 Sunk 1893 and closed – 09/02/1968.
Lancashire John Pit Standish 1835 (May) 1954 Merged with Standish Hall
Lancashire Ladyshore Little Lever 1880 July 1949
Lancashire Landgate Ashton-in-Makerfield 1874 September 1960
Lancashire Lea Green St Helens 1880 August 1964
Lancashire Long Lane Ashton-in-Makerfield 1890 April 1955
Lancashire Lyme St Helens 1880 March 1964
Lancashire Mains Ashton-in-Makerfield 1855 September 1960
Lancashire Maypole Platt Bridge 1895 March 1959
Lancashire Moorfield Burnley 1879 January 1949 First coal raised in July 1881. Closed – 21/01/1949.
Lancashire Mosley Common Boothstown, Manchester 1865 February 1968
Lancashire Moss Wigan 1895 November 1962
Lancashire Moston Newton Heath 1887 June 1950
Lancashire Nabb Dean 1860 March 1954
Lancashire Newtown Pendlebury, Manchester 1875 March 1961
Lancashire Nook Tyldesley 1860 August 1965 (Included St Georges [for ventilation] in 1964)
Lancashire Oak Oldham 1842 July 1956
Lancashire Old Boston Haydock 1880 November 1952
Lancashire Old Meadows Bacup 1860 March 1969
Lancashire Park Pemberton 1887 June 1960
Lancashire Parkside Newton-le-Willows 1957 June 1993
Lancashire Parsonage Leigh 1913 March 1992
Lancashire Ravenhead St Helens 1866 October 1968
Lancashire Reedley Burnley 1879 May 1960
Lancashire Robin Hill Drift Standish 1952 November 1963
Lancashire Salterford No.1 Burnley 1948 April 1956
Lancashire Salterford No.2 Burnley 1953 December 1959
Lancashire Sandhole Worsley 1865 September 1962
Lancashire Scaitcliffe Burnley 1880 June 1962 Sinking 1890 to 1891. Closed – 29/06/1962.
Lancashire Seneley Green Garswood 1950 April 1952
Lancashire Standish Hall Standish 1949 July 1961
Lancashire Summersales Wigan 1937 March 1966
Lancashire Sutton Manor St Helens 1906 May 1991
Lancashire Thorny Bank Burnley 1950 July 1968 A drift mine. Drift begun in 1950 and closed – 12/07/1968.
Lancashire Towneley Demesne Burnley 1869 March 1948 Opened 25/02/1869.
Lancashire Victoria Farnworth 1868 October 1960 See Deane
Lancashire Victoria Wigan 1900 July 1958
Lancashire Welch Whittle Coppull 1895 December 1959
Lancashire Wheatsheaf Pendlebury, Manchester 1842 June 1961
Lancashire Wigan Junction Platt Bridge 1878 May 1962
Lancashire Wood St Helens 1866 May 1971 (Formerley Newton)
Lancashire Wood End Burnley 1910 May 1959 Ceased production April 1959.
Lancashire Woodpark Bardsley 1836 March 1955
Leicestershire Asfordby Ashfordby 1986 August 1997 Closed by RJB
Leicestershire Bagworth Bagworth 1828 February 1991
Leicestershire Bretby Swadlincote 1875 May 1962
Leicestershire Cadley Hill Swadlincote 1869 March 1988 Sunk 1860.
Leicestershire Church Gresley Church Gresley 1855 (September) 1967 Merged with Cadley Hill
Leicestershire Desford Bagworth 1900 January 1984 Sunk 1901.
Leicestershire Donisthorpe Donisthorpe 1856 April 1990 Sunk 1857.
Leicestershire Ellistown Ellistown 1875 February 1991
Leicestershire Granville (Leics) Swadlincote 1854 (October) 1967 Merged with Rawdon
Leicestershire Measham Measham 1850 (March) 1985
Leicestershire Merrylees Bagworth 1947 (March) 1966 Merged with Desford
Leicestershire Nailstone Nailstone 1865 (March) 1967 Merged with Bagworth
Leicestershire New Lount Ashby-de-le-Zouch 1925 July 1968
Leicestershire Rawdon Moira 1821 (September) 1986
Leicestershire Snibston Coalville 1880 January 1984 Sunk 1832?
Leicestershire South Leicester Coalville 1825 (March) 1986
Leicestershire Stanhope Stanhope Bretby 1960 March 1966
Leicestershire Swadlincote Swadlincote 1854 February 1965
Leicestershire Whitwick Coalville 1820 July 1986
Northumberland Acomb Acomb 1909 August 1952
Northumberland Algernon Backworth 1853 February 1966
Northumberland Ashington Ashington 1867 October 1986
Northumberland Backworth, Algernon Backworth 1853 February 1966 See Algernon. Merged 1966?
Northumberland Backworth, Eccles Backworth 1905 July 1980 See Eccles.
Northumberland Backworth, Fenwick Backworth 1874 August 1973 See Fenwick
Northumberland Backworth, Maude Backworth 1872 December 1960
Northumberland Bardon Mill Bardon Mill 1950 November 1973 Called Henshaw in 1950
Northumberland Barmoor Morpeth 1900 October 1962
Northumberland Bates Blyth 1932 February 1986 Sunk 1904?
Northumberland Bedlington ‘A’ Bedlington 1838 September 1971
Northumberland Bedlington ‘D’ Bedlington 1854 March 1968
Northumberland Bedlington ‘E’ Bedlington 1859 March 1962 Had been West Sleekburn?
Northumberland Bedlington ‘F’ Choppington 1905 October 1965 Formerly Bomarsund.
Northumberland Blackhill Berwick upon Tweed 1943 February 1959
Northumberland Blucher Throckley 1900 July 1956 See Throckley ‘Blucher’
Northumberland Bomarsund Ashington 1910 – See Bedlington ‘F’
Northumberland Brenkley Seaton Burn 1953 October 1985 A drift mine.
Northumberland Broomhill Amble 1873 February 1961 Sinking August 1849.
Northumberland Burradon Dudley 1820 November 1975
Northumberland Callerton Drift Throckley 1953 May 1960
Northumberland Callerton Pit Throckley 1827 September 1948
Northumberland Cambois Blyth 1868 April 1968
Northumberland Choppington ‘A’ Choppington 1857 July 1966
Northumberland Choppington ‘B’ Choppington 1883 February 1966
Northumberland Coronation Throckley 1893 – See Throckley – Coronation
Northumberland Cowpen Isabella Blyth 1893 February 1966 See Isabella
Northumberland Dinnington Dinnington 1869 February 1960
Northumberland Dudley Dudley 1856 April 1977
Northumberland East Walbottle Dinnington 1908 October 1966 East Walbottle & Prestwick in 1964.
Northumberland Eccles Backworth 1955 July 1980
Northumberland Ellington Morpeth 1909 January 2005 Coal News, March 1993. Not included in the review of the industry. Closed in February 1994. RJB NewScene Mar/Apr 2001 Ellington began coaling again after being reopened by RJB Mining in 1995. Closed on 26/01/2005.
Northumberland Fenwick Backworth 1874 August 1973
Northumberland Gloria Blyth 1935 June 1951
Northumberland Hartford East Hartford 1893 February 1961
Northumberland Hartley Blyth 1930 February 1959
Northumberland Hauxley Amble 1930 November 1966
Northumberland Havannah Dinninig 1950 October 1976
Northumberland Hazlerigg Hazlerigg 1892 (April) 1964 Merged with Weetslade
Northumberland Horton Grange Blyth 1853 January 1962
Northumberland Isabella Throckley 1870 January 1954 See Throckley-Isabella
Northumberland Isabella Blyth 1895 February 1966
Northumberland Lambley Harper Town 1925 August 1958
Northumberland Linton Morpeth 1895 September 1968 Sunk 1894.
Northumberland Longhirst Morpeth 1955 March 1969 A drift mine.
Northumberland Loughbridge Throckley 1955 February 1963
Northumberland Lynemouth Morpeth 1927 (October) 1994
Northumberland Maria Throckley 1910 March 1953 See Throckley, Maria
Northumberland Maude Backworth 1955 December 1960 See Backworth, Maude
Northumberland Mickley Mickley 1855 May 1961 Part of West Wylam
Northumberland Mill Blyth 1895 July 1969
Northumberland Montagu Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1750 November 1959
Northumberland Morwood Bardon Mill 1923 July 1960
Northumberland Naworth Midgeholme 1943 July 1954
Northumberland Nelson Cramlington 1935 January 1958
Northumberland Netherton Beddlington 1828 January 1974
Northumberland New Delaval Blyth 1929 April 1955
Northumberland Newbiggin Newbiggin-by-the-Sea 1908 November 1967
Northumberland North Seaton Ashington 1855 January 1961
Northumberland North Walbottle Throckley 1895 February 1968
Northumberland Pegswood Morpeth 1875 February 1969
Northumberland Prestwick Ponteland 1771 – Part of Havannah
Northumberland Rake Lane Backworth 1953 May 1958
Northumberland Rising Sun Wallsend 1915 April 1969
Northumberland Seaton Burn Seaton Burn 1844 August 1963
Northumberland Seaton Delaval Seaton Delaval 1838 May 1960
Northumberland Seghill Seghill 1824 September 1962
Northumberland Shilbottle Alnwick 1855 (March) 1982 Sunk 1921. Merged with Whittle.
Northumberland Stagshaw Bank Corbridge 1910 October 1958
Northumberland Stobswood Waddrington Station 1875 May 1965
Northumberland Throckley, Blucher Throckley 1900 July 1956
Northumberland Throckley, Coronation Throckley 1925 August 1954
Northumberland Throckley, Isabella Throckley 1870 January 1954
Northumberland Throckley, Maria Throckley 1910 March 1953
Northumberland Ventners Hall Bardon Mill 1947 February 1959
Northumberland Wallsend, Rising Sun Wallsend 1913 April 1969 See Rising Sun
Northumberland Weetslade Dudley 1940 September 1966
Northumberland West Clifton Morpeth 1940 May 1947
Northumberland West Sleekburn Bedlington 1859 March 1962 See Bedlington ‘E’
Northumberland West Wylam Prudhoe 1873 May 1961
Northumberland Whittle Newton on the Moor 1917 January 1987
Northumberland Williams Dinnington 1940 July 1954
Northumberland Woodhorn Ashington 1895 February 1981
Nottinghamshire Annesley Annesley 1865 February 1994 Coal News, February 1994 – Sunk in 1865 and merged with Bentinck in 1988. To be closed by mid-February. RJB NewScene Jan/Feb 2000 Annesley Bentick closed at the end of January 2000 after being worked by Midland Mining?.
Nottinghamshire Babbington Cinderhill, Nottingham 1942 January 1986
Nottinghamshire Bentinck Kirkby-in-Ashfield 1895 January 2000 Merged with Annesley.
Nottinghamshire Bestwood Bestwood 1871 July 1967
Nottinghamshire Bevercotes Retford 1952 April 1993 Sunk 1958? Coal News, March 1993. To be put on care and maintenance.
Nottinghamshire Bevercotes Retford 1952 January 1962
Nottinghamshire Bilsthorpe Newark 1925 March 1997 NewScene April 1997 Sunk in 1925 and production had ended by April 1997.
Nottinghamshire Brinsley Brinsley 1855 – Part of Selston
Nottinghamshire Brookhill Pinxton, Nottingham 1908 (August) 1968 Merged with Bentinck
Nottinghamshire Calverton Calverton 1938 April 1999 Coal News, December 1993. Sunk 1938 and production ended – 19/11/1993. Reopened by RJB and closed in 1999.
Nottinghamshire Clifton Clifton, Nottingham 1870 July 1968
Nottinghamshire Clipstone Mansfield 1915 June 2003 Sunk 1922. Coal News, March 1993. To be put on care and maintenance. RJB NewScene Jan/Feb 2001 Clipstone was back in production after being closed by British Coal. – Closed by UK Coal in 2003
Nottinghamshire Cotgrave Cotgrave 1955 December 1992 Coal News, March 1993. Had not produced coal since Xmas.
Nottinghamshire Gedling Gedling, Nottingham 1900 November 1991 Sunk 1902.
Nottinghamshire Harworth Bircotes, Doncaster 1915 August 2006 Sunk 1924.
Nottinghamshire High Park Moorgreen 1854 1950 Part of Moorgreen
Nottinghamshire Hucknall Hucknall, Nottingham 1854 January 1986 Sunk 1865.
Nottinghamshire Kirkby Kirkby-in-Ashfield 1887 July 1968
Nottinghamshire Langton Pinxton, Nottingham 1842 (November) 1967 Merged with Kirkby
Nottinghamshire Langwith Mansfield 1876 August 1978
Nottinghamshire Linby Linby, Nottingham 1875 March 1988
Nottinghamshire Lodge Newthorpe 1862 (January) 1960 Merged with Moorgreen
Nottinghamshire Mansfield Mansfield 1904 March 1988 Sunk 1904 to 1905 and first coal raised in June 1905.
Nottinghamshire Moorgreen Newthorpe 1865 July 1985
Nottinghamshire New Hucknall Sutton-in-Ashfield 1876 February 1982
Nottinghamshire Newstead Newstead 1874 March 1987
Nottinghamshire Oakwood Grange Cossall 1932 1955 Merged with Cossall
Nottinghamshire Ollerton Newark 1923 February 1994 Coal News, February 1994 – to be closed by mid-February.
Nottinghamshire Pleasley Mansfield 1871 (January) 1984 Sinking 1871 to 1873.
Nottinghamshire Pye Hill Jacksdale 1874 August 1985
Nottinghamshire Radford Radford 1854 (December) 1961 See Redford & Wollaton
Nottinghamshire Radford & Wollaton Wollaton, Nottingham 1854 April 1965
Nottinghamshire Rufford Mansfield 1911 November 1993 Coal News, June 1993. Voted to close by Xmas. Coal News, December 1993. Production ended – 26/11/1993.
Nottinghamshire Selston Underwood 1890 (March) 1968 Split then merged with Moorgreen & Pye Hill
Nottinghamshire Sherwood Mansfield 1902 January 1992 Sunk 1902 to 1903.
Nottinghamshire Shirebrook Mansfield 1896 April 1993 Coal News, March 1993. To be put on care and maintenance.
Nottinghamshire Silverhill Sutton-in-Ashfield 1875 December 1992 Sunk 1875. Coal News, March 1993. Had not produced coal since Xmas.
Nottinghamshire Sutton Sutton-in-Ashfield 1874 August 1989
Nottinghamshire Teversal Sutton-in-Ashfield 1862 July 1980
Nottinghamshire Thoresby Mansfield 1925 July 2015
Nottinghamshire Warsop Mansfield 1893 August 1989
Nottinghamshire Watnall Hucknall Torkard 1854 December 1950
Nottinghamshire Welbeck Mansfield 1912 May 2010 Taken over by RJB Mining from January 24th 1994.
Nottinghamshire Wollaton Wollaton 1874 (December) 1961 See Radford & Wollaton
Shropshire Alveley Bridgnorth 1935 January 1969 Part of Highley
Shropshire Arleston Arleston 1923 April 1948
Shropshire Black Park St Martins 1855 January 1951
Shropshire Grange St Georges 1864 (April) 1952 Merged with Granville
Shropshire Granville Oakengates 1860 May 1979
Shropshire Harris Oakengates 1855 November 1948 See Old Park
Shropshire Highley Bridgnorth 1870 January 1969 Included Alveley.
Shropshire Kemberton Madeley 1864 July 1967 See Madeley Wood
Shropshire Lawley Wrekin 1923 April 1948
Shropshire Lilleshall Lilleshall 1875 (January) 1952 Merged with Granville
Shropshire Madeley Wood Madeley 1955 July 1967 Included Kemberton and Halesfield.
Shropshire Old Park (Harris) Oakengates 1855 November 1948
Shropshire Princes End Lawley Bank 1923 April 1948
Somerset Braysdown Radstock 1840 1956 Merged with Writhlington. Braysdown was also linked to Camerton, Radstock and Writhlington.
Somerset Bromley Stanton Drew 1895 May 1957 See Pensford & Bromley. Bromley was owned by the same company as Pensford before nationalisation, but seems to have operated independently until it closed in May 1957.
Somerset Charmborough Holcombe 1932 August 1947 Sinking began in 1932.
Somerset Kilmersdon Radstock 1874 September 1973 Writhlington merged with Kilmersdon in December 1968.
Somerset Marsh Lane Farrington Gurney 1924 November 1949 Sinking began in 1924.
Somerset New Rock Stratton-on-the-Fosse 1819 September 1968
Somerset Norton Hill Midsomer Norton 1900 February 1966
Somerset Old Mills Paulton 1947 April 1966
Somerset Pensford & Bromley Pensford 1910 December 1958 Bromley was owned by the same company as Pensford before nationalisation, but seems to have operated independently until it closed in May 1957.
Somerset Radstock Radstock 1855 March 1954 Was called Ludlows Pit before nationalisation.
Somerset Writhlington Radstock 1829 (December) 1968 Merged with Kilmersdon and closed in September 1973.
Somersetshire Camerton Camerton 1800 April 1950
Staffordshire Alvecote Tamworth 1875 (May) 1951 Merged with North Warwick
Staffordshire Ammington Tamworth 1891 (May) 1951 Merged with North Warwick
Staffordshire Apedale Chesterton, Stoke-on-Trent 1855 November 1969
Staffordshire Berry Hill Stoke-on-Trent 1863 April 1960
Staffordshire Bignall Hill Talke 1875 November 1947 Formerly Jamage Colliery
Staffordshire Birch Coppice Tamworth 1875 November 1986
Staffordshire Brereton Hednesford 1855 July 1960
Staffordshire Cannock & Leacroft Cannock 1874 (September) 1954 Merged with Mid Cannock
Staffordshire Cannock Chase Cannock 1861 January 1962
Staffordshire Cannock Chase No.9 Cannock 1869 1951 Merged with Cannock Chase
Staffordshire Cannock Wood Hednesford 1865 June 1973
Staffordshire Chatterley Whitfield Tunsall 1839 (March) 1977 Merged with Wolstanton
Staffordshire Conduit Norton Canes 1850 August 1949
Staffordshire Coppice Cannock 1874 April 1964
Staffordshire Daw Mill Tamworth 1964 March 2013 Began coaling in 1965 and second shaft sunk 1968 to 1971. A surface drift driven 1978 to 1982. Fire caused closure in 2013.
Staffordshire Deep Pit Hanley 1854 (February) 1962 Merged with Wolstanton
Staffordshire Dexter Kingsbury, Tamworth 1927 (March) 1965 Merged with Daw Mill
Staffordshire East Cannock Hednesford 1871 May 1957
Staffordshire Fenton Stoke-on-Trent 1947 October 1964 Included Glebe
Staffordshire Florence Longton, Stoke-on-Trent 1874 April 1994
Staffordshire Foxfield Stoke-on-Trent 1880 October 1965
Staffordshire Glasshouse Chesterton 1875 December 1960
Staffordshire Glebe Stoke-on-Trent 1865 October 1964 See Fenton
Staffordshire Grove Cannock (January) 1952 Merged with Wyrley No.3
Staffordshire Hamstead Great Barr, Birmingham 1875 March 1965
Staffordshire Hawkins Cannock 1840 April 1960
Staffordshire Hem Heath Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent 1920 June 1992 Sunk 1924. Included Pender and Bourne by 1964.
Staffordshire Hilton Main Wednesfield 1919 January 1969
Staffordshire Holditch Chesterton, Stoke-on-Trent 1912 August 1989 Sunk 1916.
Staffordshire Hollybank Essington 1895 December 1952
Staffordshire Kemball Fenton 1876 November 1963
Staffordshire Kingsbury Tamworth 1894 June 1968
Staffordshire Lea Hall Rugeley 1954 December 1990 Sunk 1960.
Staffordshire Littleton Huntington, Cannock 1877 December 1993 Coal News, December 1993. Production ended – 10/12/1993.
Staffordshire Madeley Keele 1855 September 1957
Staffordshire Mid Cannock Cannock 1875 December 1967
Staffordshire Mossfield Stoke-on-Trent 1880 May 1963
Staffordshire Nook & Wyrley Cheslyn Hay 1863 June 1949
Staffordshire North Warwick Tamworth 1848 April 1965
Staffordshire Norton Norton-in-the-Moors 1855 June 1977
Staffordshire Park Hall Longton 1860 December 1962
Staffordshire Parkhouse Chesterton, Stoke-on-Trent 1874 May 1968
Staffordshire Pooley Hall Tamworth 1848 (May) 1951 Merged with North Warwick
Staffordshire Rookery Talke 1875 November 1947
Staffordshire Sandwell Park West Bromwich 1905 September 1960
Staffordshire Shelton, Deep Hanley 1854 (February) 1962 See Deep Pit
Staffordshire Silverdale Newcastle 1855 December 1993 1996 Reopened by Midland Mining and closed December 24th 1998.
Staffordshire Sneyd Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent 1887 (July) 1962 Merged with Wolstanton
Staffordshire Stafford Great Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent 1873 January 1969 Included Kemball, Sutherland and Homer by 1964.
Staffordshire Standhills Kingswinford 1940 April 1947
Staffordshire Trentham Stoke-on-Trent 1990 October 1992 Coal News, November 1993. Production ended.
Staffordshire Victoria Biddulph 1850 July 1982
Staffordshire Walsall Wood Brownhills, Walsall 1874 October 1964
Staffordshire West Cannock 1 Hednesford 1869 (September) 1958 Merged with Littleton
Staffordshire West Cannock 2 Hednesford 1871 (January) 1955 Merged with West Cannock 5
Staffordshire West Cannock 3 Hednesford 1871 December 1949
Staffordshire West Cannock 5 Hednesford 1914 December 1982
Staffordshire Wimblebury Cannock 1872 (December) 1962 Merged with West Cannock 5
Staffordshire Wolstanton Stoke-on-Trent 1920 October 1985
Staffordshire Wyrley No.3 Cannock 1896 (June) 1963 Merged with Mid Cannock
Staffordshire Yew Tree Drift Essington 1947 April 1950
Warwickshire Ansley Hall Nuneaton 1873 (November) 1959 Merged with Haunchwood
Warwickshire Arley Coventry 1902 March 1968
Warwickshire Baddesley Atherstone 1850 February 1989
Warwickshire Binley Binley 1908 February 1963
Warwickshire Coventry Keresley 1912 August 1991 Coal News, August 1993. Closed – 1991. Sunk 1912.
Warwickshire Griff Clara Nuneaton 1895 May 1955
Warwickshire Griff No.4 Nuneaton 1885 July 1960
Warwickshire Haunchwood Nuneaton 1855 April 1967
Warwickshire Hawkesbury & Exhall Nuneaton 1855 September 1948
Warwickshire Newdigate Bedworth, Nuneaton 1896 February 1982 Sunk 1898.
Warwickshire Tunnel Galley Common 1895 – Part of Haunchwood
Worcestershire Baggeridge Sedgely, Dudley 1905 March 1968
Worcestershire Bayton, No.6 Mamble 1938 February 1950
Worcestershire Beech Tree Halesowen 1925 August 1958
Worcestershire Mobberley & Perry Cradley 1925 August 1958 See Beech Tree
Yorkshire Ackton Hall Featherstone 1877 July 1985
Yorkshire Aldwarke Main Parkgate, Rotherham 1900 June 1961 Closed – 30/06/1961
Yorkshire Allerton Bywater Allerton Bywater 1854 March 1992
Yorkshire Askern Askern 1911 December 1991 Closed – 20/12/1991
Yorkshire Barley Hall Thorpe Hesley 1886 May 1974 Closed – 31/05/1975
Yorkshire Barnburgh Barnburgh 1911 May 1989 Closed – 16/06/1989
Yorkshire Barnsley Main Barnsley 1899 May 1966 Reopened and closed 19/07/1991
Yorkshire Barrow Worsborough Bridge 1873 May 1985
Yorkshire Bentley Bentley 1905 December 1993 Coal News, December 1993. Production ended – 03/12/1993.
Yorkshire Billingley Drift Darfield, Barnsley 1951 July 1956
Yorkshire Birkenshaw Bradford 1910 – 1954 Merged with Gomersal.
Yorkshire Brierley Brierley 1910 January 1947
Yorkshire Brodsworth Woodlands 1905 September 1990 Closed – 07/09/1990
Yorkshire Brookhouse Sheffield 1929 October 1985
Yorkshire Bullcliffe Wood Bretton West 1948 August 1985
Yorkshire Bullcroft Carcroft 1908 (September) 1970 Merged with Brodsworth. Shaft riding ended 27/09/1970.
Yorkshire Cadeby Denaby Main 1889 November 1986 Closed – 07/11/1986
Yorkshire Cadeby Denaby Main 1889 (March) 1968 Merged with Denaby
Yorkshire Caphouse Overton 1828 October 1985
Yorkshire Cortonwood Wombwell 1873 October 1985 Standing from March 1984
Yorkshire Crigglestone Crigglestone 1874 April 1968
Yorkshire Darfield Main Wombwell 1858 July 1989 Merged with Houghton Main in November 1985.
Yorkshire Darton Darton 1869 August 1948
Yorkshire Dearne Valley Little Houghton 1900 March 1991 Closed – 05/03/1991.
Yorkshire Denaby Denaby Main 1856 (March) 1968 Merged with Cadeby
Yorkshire Denby Grange Netherton 1854 August 1991
Yorkshire Dinnington Dinnington 1901 September 1991
Yorkshire Dodworth Dodworth 1855 June 1985 Merged with Redbrook and effectively closed.
Yorkshire East Ardsley East Ardsley 1876 January 1968
Yorkshire Elsecar Elsecar 1905 October 1983
Yorkshire Emley Moor Emley 1948 December 1985
Yorkshire Ferrymoor Grimethorpe 1915 (April) 1973 See Ferrymoor Riddings
Yorkshire Ferrymoor Riddings South Kirkby 1973 March 1988 Closed – 25/03/1988
Yorkshire Firbeck Worksop 1923 November 1968
Yorkshire Frickley South Elmsall 1902 (March) 1968 See Frickley-South Elmsall
Yorkshire Frickley-South Elmsall South Elmsall 1902 November 1993 Coal News, December 1993. Production ended – 26/11/1993.
Yorkshire Fryston Fryston 1873 December 1985
Yorkshire Gascoigne Wood Drift Selby 1977 October 2004
Yorkshire Glasshoughton Glasshoughton 1863 March 1986
Yorkshire Goldthorpe Goldthorpe 1909 (March) 1968 See Goldthorpe-Highgate
Yorkshire Goldthorpe-Highgate Goldthorpe 1909 February 1994 Closed – 04/02/1994
Yorkshire Gomersal Gomersal 1913 June 1973
Yorkshire Grange Kimberworth, Rotherham 1855 July 1962
Yorkshire Grange Ash Grange Moor 1871 August 1966
Yorkshire Gregory Spring Mirfield 1921 (August) 1962 Merged with Shuttle Eye
Yorkshire Grimethorpe Grimethorpe 1894 October 1992 Closed – 30/10/1992
Yorkshire Haigh Haigh 1962 August 1968 Closed – 09/08/1968
Yorkshire Handsworth Sheffield 1901 October 1967
Yorkshire Hartley Bank Horbury 1872 January 1968
Yorkshire Hatfield Stainforth 1911 June 2015 Coal News, December 1993. Production ended – 03/12/1993 then reopened.
Yorkshire Hazlehead Hazlehead 1884 February 1948
Yorkshire Hemsworth Fitzwilliam 1876 (July) 1967 Merged with South Kirkby
Yorkshire Hermit Hill Drift Pilley 1916 – – Part of Wharncliffe Silkstone
Yorkshire Hickleton Thurnscoe 1892 (January) 1986 Merged with Goldthorpe. Put on development only basis in March 1985, went into care and maintenance in late 1987 and closed 03/03/1988.
Yorkshire Highgate Goldthorpe 1916 (March) 1968 See Goldthorpe-Highgate
Yorkshire Houghton Main Little Houghton 1873 December 1992 Closed – 230/10/1992. Coal News, March 1993. Had not produced coal since Xmas.
Yorkshire Howroyd Whitley, Dewsbury 1948 December 1962
Yorkshire Kellingley Knottingley 1958 December 2015 Coal News, March 1993. Not included in the review of the industry. Due to close in late 2015.
Yorkshire Kendal Drift Worsbrough September 1958
Yorkshire Kilnhurst Kilnhurst 1861 January 1986 Merged with Manvers 01/01/1986 and Manvers South Complex closed 26/02/1988.
Yorkshire Kinsley Drift Kinsley 1978 July 1986
Yorkshire Kiveton Park Sheffield 1866 October 1994 Coal News, May 1994. Sunk in 1866 and became a drift mine in 1977. Alan Hill – put on Care and Maintenance 30/09/1994 and finally closed 19/10/1994.
Yorkshire Ledston Luck Kippax 1909 October 1986
Yorkshire Lepton Edge Lepton Edge 1894 August 1964
Yorkshire Lofthouse Outwood 1873 July 1981
Yorkshire Maltby Rotherham 1907 December 2012 Coal News, February 1994 – had been closed for extensive redevelopment and was to be merged with Silverwood and resume coaling late in 1994.
Yorkshire Manor Wakefield 1899 December 1981
Yorkshire Manton Worksop 1897 February 1994 Coal News, February 1994 – to be closed by mid-February.
Yorkshire Manvers Wath-upon-Dearne 1868 March 1988 Closed – 23/03/1988
Yorkshire Markham Main Armthorpe 1916 October 1992 Coal News, November 1993. Production ended.
Yorkshire Middleton Broom Leeds 1888 May 1968
Yorkshire Mitchell Main Wombwell, Barnsley 1871 July 1956 Closed – 26/07/1956
Yorkshire Monk Bretton Monk Bretton 1867 April 1968
Yorkshire New Monckton Nos.1, 2 & 6 Royston 1875 December 1966 Closed – 03/12/1966
Yorkshire New Monckton Nos.3 & 4 South Hiendley 1948 December 1966
Yorkshire New Stubbin Rawmarsh 1913 July 1978 Closed – 06/07/1978
Yorkshire Newmarket Silkstone Stanley 1835 September 1983
Yorkshire Newmillerdam Newmillerdam 1929 November 1981
Yorkshire North Gawber Mapplewell 1854 (December) 1985 Merged with Woolley. Closed – 22/12/1987.
Yorkshire North Selby Selby 1979 July 1997 NewScene March 1997 North Selby merged with Stillingfleet on March 1st 1997.
Yorkshire Norwood Green Halifax 1929 April 1959
Yorkshire Nostell Nostell 1854 October 1987
Yorkshire Nunnery Sheffield 1860 August 1953 See Handsworth
Yorkshire Old Roundwood Ossett 1853 April 1966
Yorkshire Orgreave Sheffield 1851 October 1981
Yorkshire Park Hill Wakefield 1883 December 1982
Yorkshire Park Mill Clayton West 1877 (December) 1988 Merged with Denby Grange
Yorkshire Peckfield Micklefield 1888 December 1980
Yorkshire Primrose Hill Woodlesford 1893 March 1970
Yorkshire Prince of Wales Pontefract 1869 August 2002
Yorkshire Redbrook Barugh 1982 December 1987 Part of Dodworth
Yorkshire Riccall Selby 1978 October 2004 Merged with Whitemoor in July 1996.
Yorkshire Riddings Drift South Kirkby 1969 (April) 1973 See Ferrymoor Riddings
Yorkshire Rockingham Birdwell 1873 November 1979 Closed – 20/11/1979
Yorkshire Rossington Rossington 1912 March 2006 Coal News, March 1993. To be put on care and maintenance from April 1993. Reopened as a private mine in July 1994.
Yorkshire Rotherham Main Rotherham 1890 May 1954
Yorkshire Rothwell Rothwell 1950 December 1983
Yorkshire Royston Royston 1975 September 1989
Yorkshire Savile Methley 1873 August 1985
Yorkshire Sharlston New Sharlston 1858 July 1993 Coal News, March 1993. Sunk in 1865. To be closed through exaustion.
Yorkshire Sharlston West Wakefield 1894 December 1979 See Walton
Yorkshire Shaw Cross Dewsbury 1876 August 1968
Yorkshire Shireoaks Worksop 1854 June 1990
Yorkshire Shuttle Eye Grange Moor 1856 April 1973
Yorkshire Silkstone Common Silkstone Common, Barnsley 1923 (January) 1961 Merged with Wentworth Silkstone
Yorkshire Silverwood Thyrbergh 1899 December 1994 Merged with Maltby and production ended 23/12/1994.
Yorkshire Skiers Spring Birdwell 1915 January 1977 Part of Rockingham – coaling ended 14/01/1977.
Yorkshire Smithy Wood Chapeltown 1902 December 1972
Yorkshire Snydale Snydale 1861 August 1965
Yorkshire South Elmsall South Elmsall 1924 (March) 1968 See Frickley-South Elmsall
Yorkshire South Kirkby South Kirkby 1876 March 1988 Closed – 25/03/1988
Yorkshire St John’s Normanton 1870 June 1973
Yorkshire Steetley Worksop 1873 (March) 1983 Merged with Shireoaks
Yorkshire Stillingfleet Selby 1978 July 2004 Merged with North Selby on March 1st 1997.
Yorkshire Stocksbrldge Sheffield 1861 April 1948
Yorkshire Thorncliffe Chapeltown 1854 – 1954 See Barley Hall. Merged with Smithy Wood. Alan Hill – closed 02/04/1955.
Yorkshire Thorne Moorends 1909 December 1956
Yorkshire Thornhill Thornhill 1948 April 1972
Yorkshire Thurcroft Rotherham 1909 December 1991
Yorkshire Toftshaw Moor East Bierley 1913 August 1950
Yorkshire Treeton Rotherham 1878 December 1990 Closed – 07/12/1990
Yorkshire Upton Upton 1924 November 1964
Yorkshire Waleswood Anston 1861 May 1948 Closed – 15/05/1948
Yorkshire Walton Wakefield 1873 December 1979 Formerly called Sharlston West. Last coal raised 03/12/1979.
Yorkshire Water Haigh Woodlesford 1908 April 1970
Yorkshire Waterloo Leeds 1913 September 1968
Yorkshire Wath Wath-upon-Dearne 1873 March 1988 Merged with Manvers 01/01/1986 and closed 25/03/1988.
Yorkshire Wentworth Drift Wentworth 1948 November 1955
Yorkshire Wentworth Silkstone Stainborough 1911 June 1978
Yorkshire West Riding Altofts 1854 October 1966
Yorkshire Wharncliffe Silkstone Tankersley 1860 (June) 1967 Merged with Rockingham. Alan Hill gives closure date as 28/01/1966.
Yorkshire Wharncliffe Woodmoor Nos.1, 2 & 3 Carlton 1870 August 1966
Yorkshire Wharncliffe Woodmoor Nos.4 & 5 Carlton 1925 July 1970
Yorkshire Wheldale Castleford 1863 October 1987
Yorkshire Whitemoor Selby 1980 May 1998 Merged with Ricall in July 1996. NewScene April 1998 – production to end at Whitemoor in May 1998. Sinking began in February 1980, linked underground to Riccall in November 1986 and production began in January 1988.
Yorkshire Whitwood Castleford 1854 March 1968
Yorkshire Wistow Selby 1976 May 2004
Yorkshire Wombwell Main Wombwell 1854 May 1969 Closed – 23/05/1969
Yorkshire Woolley Darton 1854 December 1987 Closed – 22/12/1987
Yorkshire Woolley Edge Woolley Edge 1932 June 1966
Yorkshire Woolley Moor Darton 1955 September 1958
Yorkshire Yorkshire Main Edlington 1908 October 1985
Yorkshire Greatfield Ossett 1913 September 1954

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