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Clifton & Kersley Coal Company

Feb 26, 2022Daisy GraceCoal mining

Coal mining company that operated on the south side of the Irwell Valley on the Lancashire Coalfields.

Horse Gin

Feb 16, 2022Daisy GraceCoal mining, Mechanical devices

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

Elsecar

Feb 6, 2022Daisy GraceCoal mining, Ironworks & foundries, Model villages, Settlements in Yorkshire

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

Elsecar Collieries

Feb 1, 2022Daisy GraceCoal mining, Yorkshire

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

Kaye’s Mineral Line

Jan 25, 2022Daisy GraceCoal mining, Transport, Yorkshire

Standard gauge mineral line built to serve the pits owned by the Lister Kayes of Denby Grange in West Yorkshire.

Bedford Colliery

Jan 20, 2022Daisy GraceCoal mining, Greater Manchester

Colliery in Leigh sunk by John Speakman at Wood End Farm in the northeast part of Bedford in 1875

Hartley Bank Colliery

Jan 16, 2022Daisy GraceCoal mining

Former colliery in Netherton, West Yorkshire, opened in 1841 and closed in 1968.

Irwell Valley Fault

Jan 5, 2022Eric CorbettCoal mining, GeologyRedirect

Redirected to Pendleton Fault.

Hugh Tremenheere

Nov 14, 2021Daisy GraceCoal miningBetter than Wikipedia

Career civil servant and inspector of schools, and from 1843 to 1859 the first inspector of mines.

Flockton Collieries

Sep 29, 2021Daisy GraceCoal mining, Geology, Metalliferous mining, YorkshireBetter than Wikipedia

Flockton Collieries comprised several pits, some started before 1700, around Flockton and Middlestown between Wakefield and Huddersfield in the West Riding of Yorkshire.