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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