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Coal Mines in Yorkshire 1854
Name Parish From To Comments
Eagle Leeds 1860 1860
Earths Wood Scissett 1943 1952 Abandoned October 1943. Reopened and closed in 1952.
Earths Wood Scissett 1892 1893
East Ardsley East Ardsley, Leeds 1862 1878
East Ardsley (a) East Ardsley, Leeds 1876 1968 Due to close on 01/03/1968.
East Ardsley (d) East Ardsley, Leeds 1855 1877
East Ardsley, Fan Shaft East Ardsley, Leeds 1947 1968 No.3 or Fan Pit sunk to Middleton Main in 1877 and Middleton Eleven Yards in 1927.
East Ardsley, Pumping Pit East Ardsley, Leeds 1871 1968 Pumping Pit sunk 1871 and a drift was driven from its bottom to the Beeston from the Middleton Eleven Yards in 1935.
East Ardsley, Red Pit East Ardsley, Leeds 1968
East Barnsley Barnsley 1918 1921 Abandoned January 6th 1922.
East Gawber Barnsley 1915 1921 Standing from 1916. Abandoned December 31st 1921.
East Gawber Barnsley 1855 1899 Also called Red Pit.
East Hunsworth Bowling, Bradford 1890 1899
East Hunsworth, Roads Hunsworth, Bradford 1890 1897
East Hunsworth, Toftshaw
Bottoms
Hunsworth, Bradford 1888 1897
East Hunsworth, Valley (b) Hunsworth, Bradford 1888 1888
East Shaw Gayle, Hawes 1887 1902 Standing
Eastfield Thurgoland, Sheffield 1854 1869
Eastwell Huddersfield 1876 1877
Ecclesall (a) Sheffield 1854 1860
Ecclesall (b) Sheffield 1854 1860
Ecclesall (c) Sheffield 1854 1857
Eccleshall Sheffield 1874 1887 Sinking from 1883 to 1887
Eccleshill Greengates, Bradford 1854 1899
Eckington Westhorpe 1994 2004 Probably just into Derbyshire and still working in 2004.
Eddercliffe Liversedge, Dewsbury 1921 1921
Edge Mount Bradfield, Sheffield 1888 1904 Fireclay, Pot Clay, abandoned September 1894, plan 4897.
Edmunds Main Worsbrough Dale, Barnsley 1855 1889 Sunk 1853. Explosion killed 59 on 08/12/1862.
Effingham Stannington, Sheffield 1908 1913 Discontinued from 1910 to 1913
Egton Grosmont 1887 1921 Not worked 1918 to 1921
Elder Cliff Deepcar, Sheffield 1865 1872
Elland Elland, Halifax 1855 1887 Sinking from 1873 to 1875.
Elland Elland, Halifax 1898 1899
Elland Edge Elland, Halifax 1854 1854
Elland Fireclay Elland, Halifax 1888 1888 See Elland in previous years.
Elland Hey Elland, Halifax 1858 1862
Elland Park Elland Road, Leeds 1877 1881 Sinking 1877 to 1878
Elland Parkwood Elland, Halifax 1878 Abandoned (No.796) January 1878 - worked by Edward Brookes & Sons.
Elland Pipe Works Elland, Halifax 1904 1911
Elland Road Holbeck, Leeds 1873 1915 Abandoned in 1916. See Peacock Pit. Pumping station at SE428450431530
Elland Road (a) Leeds 1861 1869
Elland Road (b) Leeds 1874 1878 Sinking from 1874 to 1878
Ellen Royd Pepper Hill, Halifax 1878 1949 Includes Horley Green from 1915 to 1948
Ellen Tree Huddersfield 1855 1869 Or Ellin Tree
Ellenbank Loxley, Sheffield 1952 Closed in March 1952.
Ellerby Lane Cross Green, Leeds 1861 1875 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet.
Ellis Laith Barnsley 1867 1888
Elsecar Elsecar, Barnsley 1925 1988 Used as a pumping station from 1925 to 1988
Elsecar Elsecar, Barnsley 1854 1887 Working in 1852.
Elsecar Main Elsecar, Barnsley 1905 1983 Sinking began 17/07/1905. No.1 Shaft sunk 1924-5. John Threlkeld - PITS A Pictorial History of Mining - sunk between 1905-8. Closed in [28/10/1983] 1983 (NUM Report to Annual Conference 1984). Demolished 1985.
Emley Moor Emley, Wakefield 1948 1985 Called Emley No.3 Drift from 1878 to 1947. Closed on 20/12/1985.
Emley Moor Emley, Wakefield 1854 1882
Emley Moor, No.3 Drift Emley, Wakefield 1888 1947 See Emley Moor from 1948 to 1986.
Emley Moor, Speedwell Emley, Wakefield 1888 1918 Abandoned
Emley Moor, Taylor's Main Emley, Wakefield 1888 1896
Emley Park Emley, Wakefield 1856 1879
Emley Woodhouse Emley, Wakefield 1854 1857
Emroyd (a) Emroyd, Wakefield 1854 1887 Closed in 1893.
Emroyd (b) Emroyd, Wakefield 1885 1886
Emroyd (c) Emroyd, Wakefield 1885 1887
Emroyd Common Opencast Emroyd, Wakefield 1959 1960
Engine House Airedale, Castleford 1935 1937 Abandoned January 1937
Exley Halifax 1876 1879 Sinking from 1876 to 1879.
Exley Gate Denby 1921 1935 Abandoned May 1935
Exley Gate No.2 Denby 1935 1938
Exley Gate No.3 Denby 1935 1936 Abandoned December 1936
Exley Pit Exley, Halifax 1876 1879 Sinking from 1876 to 1879.
Eyreswood Clayton West, Huddersfield 1891 1892


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