Thornhill Colliery

Former colliery in the West Riding of Yorkshire, worked from the 16th century until 1972.

Ledston Luck Colliery

Colliery nine miles east of Leeds and three miles north of Castleford on the Roman Ridge Road, sunk after coal had been proved under the Ledston Hall Estate in 1909.

Green’s tramroad

Mineral railway that connected Yew Tree Colliery in Tyldesley to the Bridgewater Canal at Astley.

Howroyd Colliery

Name for a number of day holes and drifts that worked the coal at the outcrop.

Emley Moor Colliery

Emley Moor Colliery refers to several sinkings and drift mines over a large area of Emley, towards the television mast, between Flockton to the north and particularly towards Skelmanthorpe to the south

Chanters Colliery

Former colliery in Hindsford, Atherton where coal was mined from 1854 until 1966.

Horse Gin

Horse-driven engine used in lead and shallow coal mines.

Elsecar

Former mining village in South Yorkshire, six miles north of Rotherham and six south of Barnsley.

Elsecar Collieries

Collieries in South Yorkshire owned by the Wentworth Fitzwilliams from the late-18th century.