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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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