Coal Mines in Yorkshire 1854
Name | Parish | From | To | Comments |
Dale | Rawmarsh, Rotherham | 1894 | 1899 | |
Dale Lane | Heckmondwike | 1859 | 1867 | |
Dam Head | Shibden, Halifax | 1879 | 1892 | Plan No.4640 - Halifax Hard & Soft Beds abandoned July 1888. |
Damfield | Dewsbury | 1877 | 1877 | |
Darfield Fireclay | Barnsley | 1876 | 1899 | |
Darfield Main | Darfield, Barnsley | 1856 | 1986 | Sinking from 1856 to 1860. No.1 Shaft (1015 ft) and No.2 Shaft were sunk in 1860 and No.3 (1884 ft) sunk 1916-1919. To be closed by the end of September 1985 and its reserves worked by Houghton Main (Coal News, June 1985). |
Dark Lane | Mirfield, Dewsbury | 1873 | 1925 | Dark Lane, Engine Pit sunk 1873 to 1875. |
Darley Main | Worsbrough Dale, Barnsley | 1854 | 1886 | Explosion in 1849 - 75 killed. |
Dartmouth | Morley, Leeds | 1861 | 1886 | |
Darton | Mapplewell | 1869 | 1948 | According to the NCB Statistics Department a coal winding shaft was sunk at North Gawber in 1924 and linked to Darton Colliery Darton merged with North Gawber in 1948 and the Darton Section closed in August 1948. |
Darton (a) | Mapplewell | 1968 | 1969 | Sunk 1910 and closed in August 1948. Pumping Station from 1968 to 1969. |
Darton Hall | Barnsley | 1876 | 1888 | |
Darton Main | Darton, Barnsley | 1913 | 1935 | Sunk 1914 - Barnsley Seam reached on 11/08/1914. Discontinued August 1935 and abandoned 1938. |
Day House | Gawber, Barnsley | 1913 | 1925 | Abandoned |
Day House Bridge | Gawber, Barnsley | 1856 | 1856 | |
Daylight | Carlinghow, Batley | 1894 | 1899 | |
Dean Bottom | Kirkburton, Huddersfield | 1893 | 1905 | |
Dean Clough | Todmorden | 1880 | 1880 | |
Dean Hall | Morley, Leeds | 1858 | 1896 | Given as Dean House from 1861 to 1869. |
Dean Lane | Bradford | 1872 | 1872 | |
Deanwood (Clay) | Todmorden | 1886 | 1942 | At Portsmouth. Discontinued July 1942 and abandoned 31/12/1955. |
Dearne Side | Mapplewell | 1955 | 1977 | Pumping Station |
Dearne Valley | Little Houghton | 1901 | 1991 | According to the NCB Statistics Department two drifts were driven in 1900 and a shaft was sunk in 1901 was still used for ventilation in 1984. A new drift, for men and materials, was driven in 1973. |
Deep Green | Hartshead, Leeds | 1861 | 1862 | |
Deepcar | Deepcar, Sheffield | 1854 | 1872 | |
Deepcar & Henholmes | Deepcar, Sheffield | 1915 | 1938 | Abandoned. See Henholmes from 1869 to 1913, and Deepcar from 1869 to 1913. |
Deepcar (a) | Deepcar, Sheffield | 1864 | 1913 | |
Deepcar (b) | Deepcar, Sheffield | 1864 | 1887 | |
Deepcar Fireclay | Deepcar, Sheffield | 1912 | 1913 | |
Deerpark | Stannington, Sheffield | 1901 | 1910 | Abandoned in 1907. Standing 1911 to 1913 |
Deffer Wood | Clayton West, Huddersfield | 1913 | 1920 | Discontinued December 31st 1920. |
Denaby Main | Mexborough | 1856 | 1968 | Sunk between 1864 and 1912, and merged with Cadeby on 23/03/1968. |
Denby Dale | Penistone | 1877 | 1922 | Sinking from 1877 to 1887. Not listed from 1888 to 1892. |
Denby Dale (a) | Penistone | 1873 | 1876 | Sinking from 1873 to 1875. |
Denby Dale (c) | Penistone | 1855 | 1877 | |
Denby Grange | Netherton, Wakefield | 1854 | 1991 | According to the NCB Statistics Department it was established in 1894, but there was a shaft dating from 1870 [widened and deepened in 1882] A shaft sunk in 1894 was still used for men and materials in July 1984. |
Denby Grange, Caphouse | Overton, Wakefield | 1884 | 1942 | See Caphouse from 1943. On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet. Became a Mining Museum. |
Denby Grange, Prince of Wales | Netherton, Wakefield | 1888 | 1946 | Prince of Wales Pit - sunk about 1894. See Denby Grange from 1947 to 1990. |
Denham | Bradford | 1880 | 1880 | |
Denholme | Denholme, Keighley | 1854 | 1869 | |
Denholme (a) | Denholme, Keighley | 1861 | 1878 | |
Denholme (b) | Denholme, Keighley | 1870 | 1876 | |
Denholme (c) | Denholme, Keighley | 1879 | 1893 | At Hazel Crook |
Denholme (d) | Denholme, Keighley | 1915 | 1926 | Discontinued May 31st 1926. Some work done in 1937? |
Denholme Clough | Denholme, Keighley | 1854 | 1860 | |
Denholme Park | Denholme, Keighley | 1834 | 1854 | Commission on Children's Employment in 1841 - Isaac Baxandale had been manager for seven years and David Baxandale & Sons were the owners. |
Denholme Park (a) | Denholme, Keighley | 1892 | 1897 | |
Denholme, Holling Hall | Denholme, Keighley | 1877 | 1903 | Abandoned in 1903. At Holling Park. |
Dennington | Crigglestone, Wakefield | 1904 | 1910 | Abandoned. |
Denshaw | Oldham | 1918 | 1920 | Abandoned |
Dent Main | Mosbrough, Sheffield | 1920 | 1963 | |
Denton Row | Wortley, Leeds | 1881 | 1883 | |
Dewsbury | Dewsbury | 1862 | 1867 | |
Dewsbury Bank | Dewsbury | 1868 | 1875 | |
Dewsbury Lane | Ossett, Wakefield | 1856 | 1877 | |
Dewsbury Moor | Dewsbury | 1854 | 1887 | |
Dewsbury Moor (a) | Dewsbury | 1855 | 1877 | |
Dickey Steel | Elland, Halifax | 1873 | 1876 | Sinking between 1873 and 1876. |
Dickey Steel | Elland, Halifax | 1862 | 1872 | |
Dinnington Main | Dinnington | 1901 | 1991 | Sinking between 1901 and 1904 and closed 27/09/1991. |
Dirtcar | Durkar, Wakefield | 1854 | 1893 | On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet at SE31781659. See Durkar |
Dixon Pit | Farnley, Leeds | 1878 | 1903 | |
Dodworth | Dodworth, Barnsley | 1855 | 1985 | Used to be Church Lane Colliery. Closed and the men transferred to Redbrook 03/06/1985. |
Dodworth Road | Barnsley | 1908 | 1911 | |
Dodworth Road | Barnsley | 1856 | 1860 | |
Dodworth Road | Barnsley | 1873 | 1877 | |
Dog Lane | Bradford | 1856 | 1877 | |
Doghouse | Liversedge, Dewsbury | 1859 | 1867 | |
Dogley Bar | Kirkburton, Huddersfield | 1902 | 1905 | |
Dogloach | Dewsbury | 1868 | 1872 | |
Doles Lane (a) | Clifton, Brighouse | 1884 | 1894 | On 1894 edition. |
Doles Lane (b) | Clifton, Brighouse | 1884 | 1887 | |
Doles Wood | Drighlington, Leeds | 1863 | 1887 | Reopened in 1908. |
Don Pedro | Loscoe, Normanton | 1878 | 1912 | Whitwood, Don Pedro from 1901 to 1912. |
Dore | Dore, Sheffield | 1944 | 1945 | Mainly a Ganister mine. |
Dore House | Sheffield | 1855 | 1860 | |
Dove House | Halifax | 1855 | 1869 | |
Dovecliffe | Worsbrough Dale, Barnsley | 1923 | 1928 | Abandoned 1928. |
Dovecliffe Drift | Worsbrough Dale, Barnsley | 1938 | 1938 | Abandoned in 1938 = Dovercliffe Drift? |
Dragon Pit | Wortley, Leeds | 1888 | 1891 | |
Drake Lane | Adwalton, Leeds | 1921 | 1922 | Closed September 1922. |
Drake Pit | Wyke, Bradford | 1899 | 1911 | Abandoned. 183 ft to Black Bed and 303 ft to Better Bed |
Drighlington | Drighlington, Leeds | 1903 | 1904 | |
Dropping Well | Rotherham | 1854 | 1864 | |
Dropping Well | Rotherham | 1861 | 1862 | |
Drub Lane | Gomersal, Leeds | 1861 | 1867 | |
Dudley Hill | Bradford | 1919 | 1924 | Shertcliffe abandoned 22/10/1924. |
Duke Wood | Clayton West, Huddersfield | 1913 | 1915 | Standing 1916 to 1922. |
Duke Wood | Clayton West, Huddersfield | 1862 | 1887 | |
Dungworth | Sheffield | 1854 | 1881 | Reopened in 1894. |
Dunkirk | Denby Dale | 1916 | 1918 | See Wrigley Tip in 1915 |
Durkar | Durkar, Wakefield | 1904 | 1988 | Woodmoor Seam abandoned in 1907. Closed in 1914 and used as a Pumping Station from 1965 to 1988. See Dirtcar. Shown as Crigglestone in 1947. |
Dye House | Gomersal | 1856 | 1872 | |
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