Mining disasters in Lancashire in which five or more people were killed occurred most frequently in the 1850s, 1860s and 1870s.
National Coal Board
Statutory corporation created to run the coal mining industry in the United Kingdom under the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946.
New Bolsover
Model village adjoining the town of Bolsover in Derbyshire, built by the local colliery company to house its workers.
New Lester Colliery
Colliery on the Manchester Coalfield opened after 1872 by James and William Roscoe in Tyldesley, Lancashire, England.
New Manchester
Formerly isolated mining community at the extreme eastern end of the Tyldesley township.
Nook Colliery
Coal mine on the Manchester Coalfield after 1866 in Tyldesley, Lancashire, England.
Nostell Colliery
Former colliery on the South Yorkshire Coalfield, about four and a half miles south east of Wakefield, on the Nostell Priory estate.
Peelwood Colliery
Peelwood Colliery on the Manchester Coalfield in Shakerley, Tyldesley, Lancashire, began producing coal in 1883.
Pendleton Colliery
Former colliery that operated on the Manchester Coalfield from the late 1820s. It was a major employer but was subject to water ingress, which ultimately bankrupted its owner.
Pendleton fault
Geological fault stretching for about 20 miles (32 km) from Bolton in Greater Manchester in the north along the Irwell Valley through Pendleton and south to Poynton in Cheshire.