Coal Mines in Yorkshire 1854
Name | Parish | From | To | Comments |
Hadley House | Silkstone Common, Barnsley | 1921 | 1922 | |
Hagg Stones | Worrall, Sheffield | 1910 | 1938 | New opening. Closed from 1918 to 1937. |
Hagg Wood | Dewsbury | 1868 | 1877 | |
Haigh | Haigh, Barnsley | 1862 | 1968 | Closed on 09/08/1968. |
Haigh (a) | Haigh, Barnsley | 1888 | 1897 | |
Haigh Moor | High Hazels, Sheffield | 1942 | 1945 | Abandoned October 1945. |
Haigh Moor (a) | Normanton | 1861 | 1887 | |
Haighenfield | Loxley, Sheffield | 1903 | 1905 | Standing 1904 to 1905 |
Hall | Oughtibridge, Sheffield | 1894 | 1897 | |
Hall | Beeston, Leeds | 1879 | 1894 | |
Hall Broom | Bradfield, Sheffield | 1928 | 1928 | Pot Clay, Black or Stannington Pot Clay, abandoned 01/10/1928, plan 9643. |
Hall Broom No.2 | Bradfield, Sheffield | 1929 | 1964 | Fireclay, abandoned 30/09/1964, plan 15220. |
Hall Park | Stannington, Sheffield | 1874 | 1881 | Sinking from 1874 to 1878. |
Hall Royd | Silkstone Common, Barnsley | 1861 | 1928 | Not liseted from 1909 to 1926. Abandoned 1928. |
Halton | Halton, Leeds | 1925 | 1938 | Not worked in 1922. Abandoned February 1938. |
Hand Lane | Crane Moor, Sheffield | 1903 | 1907 | Abandoned |
Handbank | Penistone | 1898 | 1931 | |
Handsworth | Handsworth, Sheffield | 1971 | 1988 | Handsworth Pit sunk in 1903. Closed at the end of October 1967. Used as a Pumping Station between 1971 and 1988. Part of Nunnery Colliery. Called High Hazels No.2 in 1947. |
Handsworth | Handsworth, Sheffield | 1903 | 1967 | Handsworth Pit sunk in 1903. Closed at the end of October 1967. Used as a Pumping Station between 1971 and 1988. Part of Nunnery Colliery. Called High Hazels No.2 in 1947. |
Handsworth | Handsworth, Sheffield | 1854 | 1871 | Not listed between 1855 and 1864. |
Handsworth Woodhouse | Handsworth, Sheffield | 1854 | 1854 | |
Happy Valley Opencast | Lepton, Huddersfield | 1956 | 1959 | |
Harboro Hills | Barnsley | 1905 | 1907 | |
Hare Park | Liversedge, Dewsbury | 1904 | 1910 | |
Hare Park (b) | Liversedge, Dewsbury | 1907 | 1908 | |
Harehills | Harehills, Leeds | 1866 | 1920 | Not listed from 1878 to 1896. Flooded in 1920 and abandoned August 16th 1921. |
Harley Head | Brighouse | 1885 | 1928 | J. Brooke & Sons; Brookes Ltd 1923 onwards. 29 years. Listing begins 1900. Not listed 1905-1922 (in abeyance?). Abandoned August 1928. Not more than 33 men employed. Plans not available. Shaft site and stone faces shown on Yew Tree plans (see below). |
Harp Bottom (a) | Queensbury, Bradford | 1854 | 1860 | |
Harp Bottom (b) | Queensbury, Halifax | 1854 | 1879 | |
Harrop Edge | Bradford | 1871 | 1872 | |
Hart Hill | Gildersome, Leeds | 1917 | 1920 | |
Harthill | Gildersome, Leeds | 1901 | 1903 | |
Hartley Bank | Netherton, Wakefield | 1872 | 1968 | On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet. Opened in 1873 and closed in February 1968. |
Hartley Bank No.2 | Netherton, Wakefield | 1881 | | Sunk 1881. |
Hartshead | Normanton | 1854 | 1854 | |
Hartshead (a) | Hartshead, Bradford | 1861 | 1935 | Not listed from 1878 to 1885. Discontinued November 1935 |
Hartshead (b) | Normanton | 1882 | 1887 | |
Hartshead Moor Bottom (a) | Dewsbury | 1854 | 1857 | |
Hartshead Moor Bottom (b) | Dewsbury | 1854 | 1867 | |
Hartshead Moor Bottom (c) | Dewsbury | 1854 | 1854 | |
Hartshead No.2 | Hartshead, Bradford | 1925 | 1928 | Abandoned November 1928. |
Hartshead Pit (Clifton) | Liversedge, Dewsbury | 1947 | 1949 | Hartshead Pit sunk 1882 to 1884. |
Hatfield Main | Stainforth, Doncaster | 1912 | | Sinking from 1912 to 1916. Closed on 03/12/1993 but reopened and worked as a private mine in early 1994. Closed 30/01/2004. (NB Linked underground to Thorne which was in mothballs). Reopened - still working. |
Havercroft Main | Wakefield | 1876 | 1891 | Sinking from 1876 to 1877. |
Haw Park Shaft | Cold Hiendley | 1983 | 1988 | Pumping Station - Part of Sharlston West otherwise Crofton |
Hay Royds | Clayton West, Huddersfield | 1948 | 2012 | An earlier site at SE24780950 - see also Bagden Wood. Closed in August 2012. |
Haycliffe Hilt | Wibsey, Bradford | 1868 | 1872 | |
Haywood | Deepcar, Sheffield | 1864 | 1872 | |
Hazelhirst | Northowram, Halifax | 1897 | 1900 | S. Parkinson |
Hazlehead | Hazlehead, Holmfirth | 1884 | 1948 | Sinking from 1884 to 1887. Not listed from 1888 to 1893. Closed February 1948. |
Headland | Dewsbury | 1855 | 1860 | |
Headley | Bradford | 1854 | 1860 | |
Headley (a) | Bradford | 1854 | 1854 | |
Healy Lane | Ossett, Wakefield | 1876 | 1889 | Healey Lane? Sinking from 1876 to 1877. See Heeley Lane from 1890. |
Heaton | Shipley, Bradford | 1854 | 1887 | |
Heaton | Heaton, Bradford | 1900 | 1900 | E. Tetley |
Heaton (a) | Shipley, Bradford | 1863 | 1883 | |
Heaton Croft | Wortley, Leeds | 1887 | 1887 | May be part of Blue Hill Lane. |
Heaton Hall | Huddersfield | 1884 | 1893 | Sinking from 1884 to 1887 |
Heaton Hall Quarry | Bradley, Huddersfield | 1949 | 1955 | |
Heaton Park | Bradford | 1897 | 1899 | R. Roper |
Heator Bottom | Cumberworth, Huddersfield | 1919 | 1920 | Abandoned |
Heckmondwike (a) | Dewsbury | 1854 | 1871 | |
Heckmondwike (c) | Dewsbury | 1854 | 1858 | |
Heckmondwike (e) | Dewsbury | 1854 | 1854 | |
Heeley | Briestfield, Dewsbury | 1865 | 1878 | |
Heeley Lane | Ossett, Wakefield | 1890 | 1899 | #NAME? |
Helm | Kirkheaton, Huddersfield | 1854 | 1922 | Abandoned 30/06/1922. |
Hemingfield | Elsecar, Barnsley | 1925 | 1988 | |
Hemingfield | Hemingfield | 1930 | 1958 | Discontinued 1940. John Threlkeld - PITS A Pictorial History of Mining - Sunk 1930, a drift opened in 1944 and closed 1958. Sometimes called "Gedney's" after its owner. |
Hemingfield | Elsecar, Barnsley | 1882 | 1920 | Abandoned in May 1920 |
Hemsworth | Fitzwilliam, Pontefract | 1888 | 1967 | NB Called Fitzwilliam Main from 1876 to 1887. Hemsworth merged with South Kirkby in July 1967. |
Henholmes | Deepcar, Sheffield | 1864 | 1913 | Standing 1903 to 1909. See Deepcar & Henholmes from 1918 to 1939. |
Hepshaw | Holmfirth, Huddersfield | 1864 | 1893 | |
Hepworth | Holmfirth, Huddersfield | 1856 | 1894 | |
Herley Lane | Dewsbury | 1854 | 1854 | |
Hermit Hill | Pilley | 1916 | 1924 | Ventilation Shaft to Whinmoor in 1923 and 1924. |
Heywood | Deepcar, Sheffield | 1873 | 1874 | |
Heywood Bottom | Denby Dale | 1918 | 1919 | Abandoned 1919. |
Hickleton Main | Thurnscoe, Doncaster | 1892 | 1985 | No.3 Shaft sunk to Barnsley between December 1892 and 28/06/1894 and below the Silkstone from 1921 to 1923. Put on a develpoment only basis in March 1985. Merged with Goldthorpe on 01/01/1986 and went onto care and maintenance in late 1987. |
High Bank | Shipley, Bradford | 1865 | 1868 | |
High Cotes Farm | Wilsden, Bradford | 1926 | 1926 | Sinking |
High Elsecar | Elsecar, Barnsley | 1878 | 1889 | |
High Field | Southowram, Halifax | 1855 | 1860 | |
High Green | Sheffield | 1854 | 1861 | |
High Hamble | Darnall, Sheffield | | 1908 | Abandoned |
High Hazels | Sheffield | 1894 | 1925 | Abandoned 1907 to 1909. Discontinued 12/09/1925. |
High Hazels No.2 | Darnall, Sheffield | 1940 | 1947 | No.3 Pit sunk 1901. Renamed as Handsworth 1948 to 1966. |
High Matlock | Stannington, Sheffield | 1910 | 1912 | High Matlock - Ganister, abandoned 30/11/1912, plan 6038. |
High Moor | Killamarsh | 1987 | 1989 | In April 1987 High Moor Drift became part of the South Yorkshire area. |
High Moor Lane | Clifton, Brighouse | 1878 | 1924 | Closed in 1925? |
High Moor Lane Pit | Hartshead, Bradford | 1875 | 1924 | Sunk c1865? |
High Park | Bradley, Huddersfield | 1875 | 1892 | |
High Royd | Upper Hoyland | 1855 | 1864 | See Huth Royd. |
High Royd & Elsecar | Upper Hoyland | 1865 | 1876 | |
High Stile | Barnsley | 1870 | 1878 | |
High Thorn | Allerton, Bradford | 1864 | 1867 | Midgley & Midgley; Southwart & others 1865. Shackleton and others, 1867 onwards |
High Wincobank | Wincobank, Sheffield | 1911 | 1912 | Abandoned |
High Wincobank | Wincobank, Sheffield | 1901 | 1902 | Not working in 1902. |
High Wood | Kirkburton, Huddersfield | 1873 | 1877 | Sinking from 1873 to 1876. |
High Wood | Kirkburton, Huddersfield | 1916 | 1916 | See Green House & High Wood from 1917 |
Higham | Higham | 1900 | 1988 | Used as a Pumping Station from 1900 to 1945 and 1986 to 1988. New Furnace Shaft = Higham Shaft |
Higham | Higham | 1854 | 1899 | 15/02/1860 - explosion killed 13. Not listed from 1870 to 1887 and standing 1897 to 1900. |
Highfield | Southowram, Halifax | 1861 | 1877 | Plan No.740 - Halifax Hard & Soft Beds abandoned March 25th 1878. |
Highfield | Drighlington, Leeds | 1921 | 1944 | Abandoned in 1922 and again in October 1944. |
Highgate | Highgate, Doncaster | 1916 | 1968 | Shafts sunk in 1916 and replaced by drifts in 1948 which were used for output until 1966 when it was linked underground with Goldthorpe and output surfaced at Goldthorpe. Merged with Goldthorpe in March 1968. |
Highwood | Kirkburton, Huddersfield | 1927 | 1927 | Abandoned 11/02/1927. |
Hill Crest | Brighouse | 1911 | 1929 | I.R. Oates |
Hill End | Armley, Leeds | 1891 | 1893 | |
Hill Pit | Hunsworth, Bradford | 1872 | 1887 | Not listed from 1873 to 1883. |
Hill Pit | Oakenshaw, Bradford | 1884 | 1891 | 201 ft to Black Bed and 301 ft to Better Bed. |
Hill Top | Lightcliffe, Brighouse | 1881 | 1885 | S. Crowther & Sons |
Hill Top | Queensbury, Bradford | 1889 | 1891 | Ellis Robinson |
Hill Top (b) | Lightcliffe, Brighouse | 1876 | 1885 | Bentley & Butterfield; W. H. Bentley 1881. This mine leased to Gomersall, Bentley and Butterfield in 1876. Partnership dissolved October 1878. However, mine plan suggests workings in 1875. |
Hill Top (e) | Lightcliffe, Brighouse | 1878 | 1891 | Ledgard Naylor |
Hill Top (h) | Stannington, Sheffield | 1907 | 1917 | |
Hill Top (j) | Stannington, Sheffield | 1927 | 1929 | Discontinued 1927. Fireclay, Middle Bed, abandoned 24/11/1929, plan 10044. |
Hill Top (k) | Kimberworth | 1934 | 1936 | Abandoned February 1936 |
Hill Top (l) | Muker | 1934 | 1936 | Abandoned December 1936. |
Hillcrest | Brighouse | 1911 | 1930 | I.R. Oates. 20 years Listing begins 1911; worked continuously from 1912 until abandonment in 1930. A small mine with not more than 8 men. Plans not available. |
Hilltop | West Ardsley, Leeds | 1907 | 1912 | |
Hodroyd | Havercroft, Barnsley | 1870 | 1922 | Abandoned May 1922. |
Hodroyd New | Grimethorpe | 1915 | 1918 | Sinking from 1915 to 1916 |
Holbeck | Leeds | 1861 | 1877 | |
Holbrook | Killamarsh | 1916 | 1943 | Part of Norwood Colliery? |
Hole Bottom | Queensbury, Bradford | 1878 | 1911 | Abandoned |
Hollin Dyke | Southowram, Halifax | 1902 | 1903 | Sykes & Co |
Hollin Heys | Huddersfield | 1855 | 1863 | |
Hollin House | New Mill, Huddersfield | 1866 | 1887 | Reopened in 1924. Abandoned 31/10/1924. |
Hollin Wood | Thurlstone, Penistone | 1894 | 1899 | |
Hollinghall Lane | Crigglestone, Wakefield | 1921 | 1922 | Abandoned April 1922. |
Hollinghouse (a) | Clayton West, Huddersfield | 1861 | 1883 | |
Hollinghouse (b) | Huddersfield | 1863 | 1869 | |
Hollinghouse (c) | Clayton West, Huddersfield | 1879 | 1887 | |
Hollinghouse Lane Bottom | Huddersfield | 1855 | 1860 | |
Hollingthorpe | Crigglestone, Wakefield | 1864 | 1885 | Sold by auction in 1860. |
Hollingthorpe Main | Crigglestone, Wakefield | 1858 | 1867 | |
Hollingwood | Highburton | 1921 | 1927 | Closed. Abandoned 14/06/1927. |
Hollingwood | Penistone | 1937 | 1941 | Developing in 1937. Abandoned June 1941. |
Hollins | Stannington, Sheffield | 1918 | 1920 | Standing in 1920 |
Hollins End | Tinsley, Sheffield | 1872 | 1874 | |
Hollins Grove | Halifax | 1897 | 1899 | E. Tetley |
Hollins Hall Quarry | Elland, Halifax | 1949 | 1951 | |
Holly | Denby Dale | 1931 | 1959 | Fireclay, abandoned 16/10/1959, plan 15177. |
Holly Bush | Bolsterstone, Sheffield | 1873 | 1912 | |
Holly Park | Calverley, Leeds | 1878 | 1890 | |
Holme Bank | Bradford | 1858 | 1883 | |
Holme Tong | Bradford | 1876 | 1883 | |
Holmes | Rotherham | 1928 | 1932 | Used as a Pumping Station from 1928 to 1932. |
Holmes | Rotherham | 1858 | 1867 | No.2 Shaft sunk 1857 to 1861. |
Holmes Farm | Bowling, Bradford | 1910 | 1920 | |
Holmfield | Holmfield, Halifax | 1911 | 1947 | Worked as Holmfield & Howcans from 1915 to 1925. Discontinued July 1928 to 1937. Discontinued June 1947. Fireclay, Halifax Hard Bed, abandoned 12/12/1949, plan 14830. |
Honey Well | Barnsley | 1854 | 1864 | On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet. |
Honley | Huddersfield | 1861 | 1862 | |
Honley Wood | Huddersfield | 1854 | 1860 | |
Hoober | Wentworth | 1953 | 1966 | Called Cortworth in 1954 |
Hoober Opencast | Wentworth | 1955 | 1955 | |
Hood Green | Barnsley | 1856 | 1860 | |
Hookwell | Leeds | 1860 | 1860 | |
Hope | Oughtibridge, Sheffield | 1907 | 1908 | |
Hope | Barnsley | 1858 | 1860 | |
Hope | Flockton, Wakefield | 1878 | 1887 | |
Hope & Anchor | Upper Denby | 1893 | 1902 | |
Hopewell | Gildersome Street, Leeds | 1861 | 1867 | |
Hopton | Mirfield, Dewsbury | 1868 | 1881 | |
Hopton Mills | Mirfield, Dewsbury | 1883 | 1933 | Sinking from 1883 to 1887. Abandoned December 1933 |
Hopton Mills (Liley) | Mirfield, Dewsbury | 1935 | 1936 | Abandoned June 1936 |
Hopton Mills (Slade) | Mirfield, Dewsbury | 1935 | 1935 | Abandoned December 1935 |
Hor Ing | Huddersfield | 1854 | 1854 | |
Horley Green | Halifax | 1892 | 1914 | Standing 1904 to 1914. Included with Ellen Royd from 1915 to 1948. |
Horse Riggs | Adwalton, Leeds | 1872 | 1944 | Not listed from 1873 to 1884 and from 1886 to 1900. Abandoned August 1913. Reopened c1936 and Abandoned May 1944. Employment included with Horse Riggs No.2. |
Horse Riggs No.2 | Drighlington, Leeds | 1943 | 1961 | Opened c1944 and closed 1961. |
Horsefield Opencast | Lepton, Huddersfield | 1955 | 1957 | |
Horton | Horton, Bradford | 1855 | 1867 | |
Horton (a) | Horton, Bradford | 1859 | 1867 | |
Horton (b) | Horton, Bradford | 1861 | 1867 | |
Horton (c) | Horton, Bradford | 1861 | 1867 | |
Hostingley | Thornhill, Dewsbury | 1854 | 1883 | |
Houghton Main | Little Houghton | 1873 | 1992 | Sinking from 1873 to 1877 and closed 30/10/1992. From 1984 the lower seam output was conveyed underground and wound at Grimethorpe. Upper seam output (Dunsil) wound at Houghton No.1 Shaft. Called Houghton-Darfield 1987-1989 and Houghton 1990 to 1992. |
Hound Hill No.1 | Worsborough, Barnsley | 1913 | 1929 | Abandoned 01/03/1929. May be the same as Rob Royd Colliery. |
Hound Hill No.2 | Barnsley | 1915 | 1927 | Abandoned 13/08/1927. |
Hound Hill No.3 | Worsboro', Barnsley | 1923 | 1925 | |
Hounds Hill | Barnsley | 1878 | 1879 | |
Housley | Chapeltown | 1907 | 1910 | |
Hove Edge Delf | Brighouse | 1905 | 1907 | C. Roper. On 1st edition OS Sheet. |
How Royd | Whitley Clough | 1905 | 1941 | Opened between 1903 and 1907. Closed from c1908 until 1929. Became Howroyd, Old - Abandoned May 1941. |
Howcans | Boothtown, Halifax | 1878 | 1944 | Plan No.4846 - 36 Yard Band abandoned July 1st 1905. Abandoned 1911. Worked with Holmfield from 1915 to 1925. Discontinued 1926. Not worked during 1931. Abandoned December 1933. Discontinued July 1944. Abandoned October 1947. |
Howden | Howden Gate, Keighley | 1922 | 1932 | Prospecting. Discontinued July 1932. Abandoned April 1933 |
Howden Clough | Morley, Leeds | 1861 | 1935 | Discontinued June 1935 and abandoned May 1938. |
Howden Clough (a) | Morley, Leeds | 1873 | 1877 | Sinking from 1873 to 1876. |
Howley Park | Morley, Leeds | 1855 | 1929 | On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet. Lease signed in 1849 and closed in 1928. Discontinued May 1929. Abandoned April 1930. Discontinued April 1936. Abandoned July 1937. Abandoned January 1941. |
Howroyd | Whitley Clough | 1948 | 1962 | Previously called Howroyd (New) |
Howroyd | Briestfield, Dewsbury | 1873 | 1892 | Sinking from 1873 to 1878. |
Howroyd (New) | Whitley Clough | 1931 | 1947 | Became Howroyd after Nationalisation. Closed in December 1962. |
Hoyland | Hoyland, Barnsley | 1854 | 1854 | |
Hoyland and Elsecar | Hoyland, Barnsley | 1855 | 1872 | |
Hoyland New Silkstone | Hoyland, Barnsley | 1913 | 1917 | |
Hoyland Silkstone | Hoyland, Barnsley | 1873 | 1928 | Sinking from 1874 to 1876. Temporarily abandoned in 1922. Discontinued 1926. Discontinued May 1928. Became part of Rockingham. |
Hoyle Mill Farm | Thornhill Edge, Dewsbury | 1912 | 1919 | |
Hudcliffe Wood | Ecclesall, Sheffield | | 1915 | Fireclay, abandoned 09/06/1915, plan 6437. |
Hudcliffe Wood No.1 | Ecclesall, Sheffield | | 1910 | Fireclay, abandoned 20/07/1910, plan 5977. |
Hudcliffe Wood No.2 | Ecclesall, Sheffield | | 1910 | Fireclay, abandoned 27/07/1910, plan 5976. |
Hugh House | Nab End | 1863 | 1866 | J. & A. Robinson |
Hunger Hill | Adwalton, Leeds | 1873 | 1877 | Sinking from 1873 to 1876. |
Hungry Chert | Arkengarthdale | 1932 | 1950 | |
Hunshelf | Thurgoland, Sheffield | 1859 | 1872 | |
Hunshelf (a) | Thurgoland, Sheffield | 1865 | 1872 | |
Hunslet | Hunslet, Leeds | 1855 | 1877 | |
Hunslet Carr | Hunslet, Leeds | 1873 | 1883 | Sinking from 1873 to 1883. |
Hunsworth | Hunsworth, Bradford | 1854 | 1883 | On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet. |
Hunsworth Lift | Hunsworth, Bradford | 1910 | 1925 | Temporarily abandoned February 1925. Probably Taylors Lift - pumping engine. |
Hunsworth Lodge | Hunsworth, Bradford | 1910 | 1929 | Abandoned November 1929 |
Hunsworth Mills | Hunsworth, Bradford | 1873 | 1880 | Sinking from 1873 to 1879. |
Hunt Royal | Upper Whiteley, Wakefield | 1868 | 1882 | |
Huntroyd | Wakefield | 1884 | 1887 | Sinking from 1884 to 1887. |
Hurfield Hill | Heeley, Sheffield | 1923 | 1923 | Abandoned. |
Hurlfield | Sheffield | 1877 | 1881 | Sinking from 1877 to 1881. |
Hutcliffe Wood | Millhouses, Sheffield | 1922 | 1934 | Abandoned August 1934 |
Huth Royd | Upper Hoyland | 1853 | 1877 | On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet. Sunk 1853 and closed 1877. |
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