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Coal Mines in Yorkshire 1854
Name Parish From To Comments
Cadeby Main Cadeby 1889 1986 Sunk 25/03/1889 to February 1893. Linked with Denaby Main in 1956 and merged on 23/03/1968. Closed 07/11/ 1986.
Calder (a) Mirfield, Dewsbury 1859 1921 Abandoned in 1909.
Calder (b) Elland, Halifax 1901 1950 Abandoned in 1905 and again in 1921 and reopened in 1935 and abandoned on 07/09/1960.
Calder Drift Bretton West 1987 1990 Part of Denby Grange
Calder Grove Wakefield 1911 1912
Calder Grove Drift Crigglestone, Wakefield 1947 1948 Closed temporarily 1948 to 1950
Calder Lower Fireclay Mine Elland, Halifax 1875 1887
Calder No.1 Thornhill, Dewsbury 1896 Sunk 1896 to 1898.
Calder No.2 Elland, Halifax 1937 1941 Abandoned September 1941. Calder No.2 Fireclay, Halifax Hard Bed, abandoned 04/09/1941, plan 13151.
Calder Vale No.1 Durkar, Wakefield 1921 1924 Abandoned
Calder Vale No.2 Durkar, Wakefield 1923 1927 Abandoned 23/02/1927
Calder Vale No.3 Durkar, Wakefield 1923 1927 Abandoned 23/02/1927
Calder Vale No.4 Durkar, Wakefield 1925 1927 Abandoned 23/02/1927
Calder, Dayhole (a) Elland, Halifax 1905 1912 Abandoned
Calder, Fireclay Elland, Halifax 1888 1904 Plan No.4879 - Halifax Hard Bed abandoned December 1st 1905. Plan No. 5764 - Halifax Hard Bed abandoned October 31st 1911. Plan No.5765 - Halifax Hard Bed abandoned October 31st 1911. Plan No.7488 - Halifax Hard Bed abandoned December 31st 1914.
Calder, New Mirfield, Dewsbury 1899 1904
Caledonian Oughtibridge, Sheffield 1889 1913 Abandoned 1908. Standing 1913 to 1914
California Shelley, Huddersfield 1861 1885
California Level Appletreewick, Skipton 1919 1921 Abandoned
Calverley Bradford 1855 1878
Caphouse Overton, Wakefield 1828 1985 According to the NCB Statistics Department Caphouse was probably established in 1828. Two shafts were sunk in 1874, one for men and materials and the other for pumping and ventilation. A new drift was driven in 1974 for bringing coal out.
Car House Rotherham 1855 1988 Sunk to Barnsley in 1856, to Swallow Wood in 1876 and Parkgate in 1891. Abandoned 1915. Used as a Pumping Station from 1944 to 1988.
Carbrook Sheffield 1854 1871
Cardigan Gelderd Road, Leeds 1909 1930 Abandoned December 1930.
Cardigan & Royds Gelderd Road, Leeds 1914 1924
Carlinghow Batley, Dewsbury 1864 1867
Carlton Main Carlton 1876 1909 Sinking between 1876 to 1877. Also called Wharncliffe Woodmoor No.1 Shaft. Sunk to Barnsley in 1874-1877 and to the Haigh Moor in 1903-04. Abandoned in 1909. Standing 1910 to 1913.
Carperby Carperby, Leyburn 1899 1908 Not working
Carr & Craggs Todmorden 1921 1927 No coal raised from 1928 to 1938. Some work may have been done c1940.
Carr Hall Holywell Green 1921 1921 Abandoned August 1921.
Carr House Farm Sheffield 1955 1956
Carr Lane Briestfield, Dewsbury 1864 1867
Carr Wood New Mill, Huddersfield 1865 1931 Standing from 1876 to 1892. Abandoned 1931.
Castle Sheffield 1855 1872
Castle Fields Rastrick, Brighouse 1891 1899 Bentley & Smith. 3 years. Mine plan suggests this opened about 1891. It appears in the lists 1897-1899, and is remarkable for its large payroll (197 men in 1897; still 92 in 1899).
Castle Hill Gomersal 1927 1927 Abandoned 09/09/1927
Castleford Leeds 1854 1857
Catherine Slack Ambler Thorn, Halifax 1904 See Ford Hill and Shibden Head. Sunk in 1904. = Ford Hill?
Cawley Heckmondwike 1874 1877 Sinking from 1874 to 1876.
Cawthorne Basin Barnsley 1884 1887
Central Silkstone Barnsley 1907 1917
Chairbarrows Scholes, Bradford 1903 1928 Standing in 1905. Abandoned December 1928.
Chapeltown Sheffield 1855 1878
Charles Pit Tong, Bradford 1884 1925 Abandoned 22/07/1925. Includes Tong in 1924 and 1925.
Charlestown Halifax 1873 1884 Sinking from 1873 to 1884.
Charlton Brook Barnsley 1854 1857
Chatts Hunsworth, Bradford 1914 1925 Abandoned May 1925. Black Bed = 2 ft 6 ins thick.
Chatts No.2 Hunsworth, Bradford 1925 1932 Chatts No.2 was formerly Road Pit. Abandoned December 1932
Chatts No.3 Hunsworth, Bradford 1931 1947 Abandoned August 1947.
Chatts No.4 Hunsworth, Bradford 1944 1947
Chellow Heights Heaton, Bradford 1905 1909 S. Kay
Chevet Elland, Halifax 1872 1877 Sinking from 1872 to 1877.
Chickenley Heath Chickenley 1855 1908 Abandoned
Chickenley Wood Earlsheaton, Dewsbury 1876 1882 Sinking from 1876 to 1878.
Chidswell Dewsbury 1876 1924 Includes Ridings from 1901 to 1905.
Church Field Roberttown, Liversedge 1884 1911 Sinking from 1884 to 1887. Standing from 1899 to 1907? Abandoned 1911
Church Lane Dodworth, Barnsley 1868 1872 Later called Old Silkstone Collieries
Churwell (a) Churwell, Leeds 1861 1899
Churwell (b) Churwell, Leeds 1861 1886
Churwell (d) Churwell, Leeds 1861 1872
Churwell (e) Churwell, Leeds 1861 1877
Churwell (f) Churwell, Leeds 1861 1877
Churwell (g) Churwell, Leeds 1854 1857
Churwell (h) Churwell, Leeds 1856 1860
Churwell (i) Churwell, Leeds 1858 1860
Cinder Hill (a) Siddal, Halifax 1876 1883 Sinking from 1876 to 1878.
Cinder Hill (b) Siddal, Halifax 1878 1892 & Quarry. Plan No.4641 - Halifax Hard & Soft Beds abandoned May 1888. Includes 'Quarry' from 1913 to 1962. Includes Great Miers in 1915 and 1916.
Cinder Hills Pit Siddal, Halifax 1898 1961 Fireclay, 36 Yard Band, abandoned 12/07/1962, plan 15205.
Claremont Halifax 1878 1880
Claremont Idle, Bradford 1894 1900 Not listed after 1897. T. Obank - on Idle Moor
Clay Works Holmfirth, Huddersfield 1874 1883
Clayton Clayton, Bradford 1897 1897 J. Thornton
Clayton (a) Clayton, Bradford 1859 1869
Clayton (b) Halifax 1864 1869
Clayton (c) Clayton, Bradford 1892 1908
Clayton Common Clayton West, Huddersfield 1862 1887
Cleckheaton (a) Hunsworth, Bradford 1861 1893
Cleckheaton (b) Hunsworth, Bradford 1878 1887
Cleckheaton (d) Hunsworth, Bradford 1885 1887
Cleckheaton (e) Hunsworth, Bradford 1861 1880
Cleckheaton (f) Hunsworth, Bradford 1907 1909 Probably became Hunsworth Lift
Cliff Churwell, Leeds 1878 1882
Cliffe Bridge Crane Moor, Sheffield 1903 1949
Cliffe Hill Cumberworth, Huddersfield 1902 1905
Cliffe Quarry Bradford 1901 1908 A. Turner & Co
Clifford Bentham, Ingleton 1905 1907 Standing 1907 to 1909.
Cliffrigg Great Ayton 1887 1926 Not worked in 1927.
Cliffrigg & Slacks Great Ayton 1887 1914
Clifton Halifax 1854 1863
Clifton (a) Brighouse 1861 1883 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet.
Clifton New Brighouse 1949 1952 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet. See Ox Pit.
Clifton, Green Lane Pit Brighouse 1947 1957 Green Lane Pit sunk in 1865.
Clog Sole Delf Brighouse 1935 1943 J.R. Oates. On 1st edition OS Sheet. Closed Novemver 1941.
Close Loxley, Sheffield 1931 1931 Ganister, abandoned 07/01/1932, plan 10814.
Close Hill Huddersfield 1861 1910 Standing from 1902 to 1909 and abandoned in 1910.
Clough Deepcar, Sheffield 1875 1899 Sinking from 1875 to 1878.
Clough (c) Dewsbury 1854 1887 Not listed from 1858 to 1885?
Clough Dayhole Deepcar, Sheffield 1920 1936 Abandoned December 1936.
Clough Green Cawthome 1934 1959 Fireclay, Better Bed or Cumberworth Clay Seam, abandoned 24/11/1959, plan 15182.
Clough Head Todmorden 1858 1904 Continued as Clough Head, Clay and Clough Head, Coal.
Clough Head No.2 Todmorden 1947 1948 Not worked during 1947.
Clough Head, Clay Todmorden 1905 1957 Fireclay, abandoned 18/06/1958, plan 15157.
Clough Head, Coal Todmorden 1905 1938 Abandoned October 1938.
Clough Head, Coal No.1 Todmorden 1935 1937
Clough Head, Inchfield Moor Todmorden 1938 1952 Discontinued June 1947 to 1950.
Clough House Denby 1909 1931 Abandoned February 1931.
Clough, Clay Deepcar, Sheffield 1901 1950 Fireclay, Black Pot or Black Clay, abandoned 31/07/1951, plan 15095.
Clough, Clay (b) Deepcar, Sheffield 1873 1884 Sinking from 1873 to 1876.
Coalfield Brickyards Doncaster 1949 1952
Coates Lane Thurgoland, Sheffield 1899 1899 See Thornley Silkstone
Coates Pit Wyke, Bradford 1878 1938 Sunk in 1872 and abandoned March 1938.
Cobbler Bottom Silkstone Station, Barnsley 1892 1893
Cockerdale Drighlington, Leeds 1873 1873 Sinking
Cockermouth Flockton, Wakefield 1881 1899
Cockermouth No.4 Flockton Moor, Wakefield 1914 1918 Standing in 1918 and abandoned 1919.
Cockhill Farm Shelf, Bradford 1872 1883
Cocking Lane Pit Clayton, Bradford 1884 1894 This became the site of Clayton Fire Clay Works by the 1937 edition.
Cockle Shell Stannington, Sheffield 1902 1907
Cockshutts Bolsterstone, Sheffield 1931 1933 Abandoned September 1933
Coldwell Lane New Mill, Huddersfield 1890 1892
College Birstall, Dewsbury 1855 1873 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet.
Colls Delph, Oldham 1923 1941 Abandoned 1928 to 1933 inclusive. Abandoned January 1935. Discontinued January 1941. Abandoned April 1945.
Colne Bridge Bradley, Huddersfield 1887 1888
Colton Leeds 1854 1860
Combs Thornhill, Dewsbury 1856 1971 Became Thornhill Colliery under the NCB and closed in 1971.
Commondale Commondale 1896 1904 Reopened 1935/36. See also Providence Works
Commonside Cumberworth, Huddersfield 1865 1869
Commonside West Ardsley, Leeds 1912 1912
Coney Wood Tong, Bradford 1915 1918 A day hole. Discontinued from 1918 to 1920.
Conyers Dewsbury 1878 1908
Cooke Lane Heckmondwike 1873 1879 Sinking from 1873 to 1878.
Cooper Lane Cawthorne 1952 1952
Copley Springs Wibsey, Bradford 1875 No.6 Pit sunk before 1875.
Cornpack Cotherstone 1920 1920
Coronation Northowram, Halifax 1902 1931 Abandoned August 1931.
Corton Wood Brampton 1871 1985 Sinking began October 1873 to 1876. Standing from March 1984 to October 1985. An overtime ban began in early December 1983 and the proposal to close Cortonwood led to a national from 10/03/1984.
Cortwood Brampton 1854 1854 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet.
Cortworth x?? 1954
Cottage of Content Wath, Rotherham 1858 1867
Cotterdale High Abbotside, Hawes 1875 1922 Standing after 1877 and abandoned July 5th 1880. Reopened 1888. Closed in 1920. Standing 1923 to 1925.
Cottingley Hall Churwell, Leeds 1878 1880 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet. Not shown on 1908 edition.
Cottingley Moor Bottom Bradford 1854 1860
Cotton Hole Bradford 1864 1872
Cow Close Wyke, Bradford 1883 1887
Cowmes Fenay Bridge, Huddersfield 1855 1881 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet.
Coxon Lane Darton, Barnsley 1872 1872
Crabtree Hall Soil Hill, Halifax 1893 1917 Plan No.6988 - Halifax Hard Bed abandoned March 14th 1918.
Cragg End Arkengarthdale 1882 1922
Crane Moor Sheffield 1921 1960 Abandoned June 30th 1928 until 1952.
Crane Moor No.2 Opencast Sheffield 1957 1958 Suspended 1959 and 1960
Craps Hall Wilsden, Bradford 1858 1860
Crawshaw Clay Bradfield, Sheffield 1901 1960 Fireclay, Stannington Pot Clay, abandoned 22/11/1960, plan 15184.
Cricket Field Idle, Bradford 1890 1890 E. Dickinson
Crigglestone Crigglestone, Wakefield 1854 1862
Crigglestone Crigglestone, Wakefield 1970 1988 Closed in April 1968 and used as a Pumping Station from 1970 to 1988.
Crigglestone Crigglestone, Wakefield 1891 1968 See Woollen Well Main in previous years Slack Shaft sunk 1912 to 1914. Closed in April 1968.
Crigglestone Main Crigglestone, Wakefield 1896 1927 Sinking from 1896 to 1899. Discontinued November 29th 1927 and abandoned December 1931.
Croft Hollow Rastrick, Brighouse 1899 1900 Firth, Earnshaw & Walker
Croft Top Halifax 1874 1874 Sinking
Cromwell Dewsbury 1854 1860
Crooked Lane (Brow Pit) Queensbury, Bradford 1855 1877 Plan No.898 - Halifax Soft Bed abandoned prior to November 1878.
Cross Bank Batley, Dewsbury 1862 1882
Cross Flats Pit Holbeck, Leeds 1878 1880 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet.
Cross Green Leeds 1854 1878
Cross No.1 Silkstone, Barnsley 1902 1916 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet. Abandoned 1908 to 1914
Cross No.2 Silkstone, Barnsley 1907 1940
Cross No.3 Silkstone, Barnsley 1917 1918 Abandoned
Cross, Clay Kirkburton, Huddersfield 1944 1947
Crosses Hunsworth, Bradford 1902 1912
Crosses Hunsworth, Bradford 1878 1897 Abandoned. See Hunsworth Crosses
Crossing Main Thurgoland, Sheffield 1886 1897
Crossley Hall Allerton, Bradford 1858 1860 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet.
Crossley Lane Mirfield, Dewsbury 1855 1869 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet.
Crow Nest Lightcliffe, Brighouse 1933 1937 Closed October 1937
Crow Royd Opencast Kirkheaton, Huddersfield 1956 1956
Crow Trees Rastrick, Brighouse 1901 1918
Crow Trees Gomersal 1855 1883
Crowd Hill Wyke, Bradford 1884 1890 Sunk 1867 to 1968. May be Crow Hill Colliery.
Crowedge Penistone 1855 1937 Abandoned September 1938.
Crown Point Leeds 1855 1867
Crows Nest Lightcliffe, Brighouse 1933 1937 Brookes Ltd
Crowtrees Brighouse 1901 1902 S. Marshall & Sons. 20 years Sunk 1901. Continuously worked until closure in 1920. Up to 60 men employed. Good detailed plan; original held by Thornhill Yorkshire Estates.
Crowtrees Rastrick, Brighouse 1900 1912 Marsden, Murgatroyd & Sons. 13 years. Sunk 1900, and continuously worked until end of listing in 1912. A moderate-size mine, with a maximum of 79 men early in the period.
Cud Hill Farnley, Leeds 1891 1905
Cudworth Cudworth 1966 1966 4 miles of Barnsley and 2 miles SE of Cudworth - opencast
Cudworth Cudworth 1874 1902 Sinking from 1874 to 1876. Not working in 1902.
Cullingworth Bingley, Bradford 1861 1870
Cumberworth Upper Cumberworth 1854 1918 Abandoned 1905 and reopened in 1907.
Cumberworth (b) Cumberworth, Huddersfield 1901 1903
Cumberworth (c) Cumberworth, Huddersfield 1854 1860
Cumberworth Brogs Cumberworth, Huddersfield 1919 1929 Discontinued November 1929 and abandoned 08/02/1936.
Cutter Height Bradford 1856 1880 Given as Cutler Height from 1856 to 1872.


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