Coal Mines in Yorkshire 1854
Name | Parish | From | To | Comments |
Ladywood | Thornhill Lees, Dewsbury | 1921 | 1928 | Abandoned March 1928. |
Ladywood | Mirfield, Dewsbury | 1877 | 1881 | Sinking from 1877 to 1878. |
Laister Dyke | Laisterdyke, Bradford | 1856 | 1899 | Sunk 1858 by Joseph Cliffe. Reopened in 1911 but standing in 1912 and 1913 and abandoned in 1914. |
Laitham Brow | Huddersfield | 1855 | 1860 | |
Landmere | Northowram, Halifax | 1909 | 1922 | L. Naylor; W. & J. Glossop 1920 onwards. 14 years. This small mine is listed only from 1909 to 1922, and only worked in eight of those years. Not more than 13 men employed. No plans available. |
Lands Head | Northowram, Halifax | 1866 | | Haley & Haley |
Lands Head | Northowram, Halifax | 1911 | 1913 | B. Ore. Sinking in 1911 and 1912 |
Lane | Huddersfield | 1855 | 1869 | On 1st edition 1/10560 sheet - Sow Pit |
Lane | Leeds | 1881 | 1883 | |
Lane Bottom | Denholme, Keighley | 1920 | 1920 | Abandoned |
Lane Dyehouse | Dewsbury | 1854 | 1871 | |
Lane End | Flockton, Wakefield | 1955 | 1988 | See Denby Grange, Lane End |
Lane End | New Mill, Huddersfield | 1878 | 1914 | Standing 1904 to 1913. Abandoned 1914 |
Lane End | Clayton West, Huddersfield | 1927 | 1941 | Discontinued April 1934 and August 1935 |
Lane Head | Brighouse | 1897 | 1902 | L. Chadwick & Co. |
Lane Head | Brighouse | 1911 | 1915 | J. Brooke & Sons; Brookes Ltd 1913 onwards |
Lane Head (c) | Brighouse | 1897 | 1899 | J. Cliffe (See Garden Road) |
Lane Head (j) | Brighouse | 1878 | 1915 | |
Lane Side | Shelley, Huddersfield | 1856 | 1869 | |
Lane Side (a) | Adwalton, Leeds | 1902 | 1911 | Standing in 1909 and 1910 and abandoned in 1911 until 1921. Abandoned 1922. |
Lane Side (b) | Drighlington, Leeds | 1894 | 1894 | |
Lane Side (c) | Cumberworth | 1905 | 1905 | |
Lane Side or Bell String | Kirkheaton, Huddersfield | 1927 | 1930 | Abandoned March 1930. Fireclay, Better Bed, abandoned 22/02/1930, plan 10241. |
Lanes Wood | Gomersal | 1865 | 1899 | |
Langbaurgh | Great Ayton | 1887 | 1950 | |
Langhouse | Worrall, Sheffield | 1907 | 1920 | Formerly called Birtin. Abandoned in 1910 and standing in 1911 to 1914. Reopened 1919 to 1920. |
Latham Lane | Gomersal, Leeds | 1854 | 1863 | |
Law | Southowram, Halifax | 1897 | 1898 | J. Farrar & Sons |
Law | Huddersfield | 1854 | 1863 | |
Law Hill | Lightcliffe, Brighouse | 1932 | 1949 | W. & J. Glossop Ltd; Yorkshire Public Works 1946 onwards. 15 years. Electrified mine listed 1932-1946, but discontinued working in December 1939. Not over 16 men employed. Plan held by Calderdale Archives. |
Leak Hall | Cumberworth | 1901 | 1903 | Abandoned in 1903. |
Ledgard Bridge | Mirfield, Dewsbury | 1854 | 1885 | Called Ledgard from 1854 to 1858. |
Ledston Luck | Kippax, Leeds | 1910 | 1986 | Sinking from 1910 to 1914. No.1 Pit was closed in 1933 and No.2 Pit closed in 1945. Redeveloped by the NCB in 1950. Closed on 31/10/1986. |
Ledstone | Kippax, Leeds | 1907 | 1911 | Sand, abandoned 15/10/1911, plan 5771. |
Lee Pit | Holbeck, Leeds | 1884 | 1898 | Disused by 1908 - near Beeston Royds. |
Lee Top | Allerton, Guide Moor | 1887 | 1896 | D. & C. Roper |
Lee Wood | Thurgoland, Sheffield | 1859 | 1873 | |
Legram Lane | Horton, Bradford | 1897 | 1899 | R. Roper |
Lepton | Huddersfield | 1894 | 1899 | |
Lepton Edge | Lepton, Huddersfield | 1968 | 1988 | Closed in August 1964 and used as a Pumping Station from 1968 to 1988. |
Lepton Edge | Lepton, Huddersfield | 1894 | 1964 | Closed in August 1964 and used as a Pumping Station from 1968 to 1988. |
Lewden Bridge | Worsbrough Dale, Barnsley | 1894 | 1915 | Working in 1874 and 1875? Standing in 1910 and 1911 and abandoned in 1915 |
Leyburn | Leyburn, Hawes | 1897 | 1900 | Abandoned. No plans, only a trial hole. |
Lidgett | Tankersley, Sheffield | 1883 | 1911 | Abandoned in 1911 |
Lightcliffe | Halifax | 1920 | 1921 | Plan (dated 1864) held at Railway Engineers Office. Standing 1922 to 1926. |
Lightcliffe | Halifax | 1854 | 1872 | |
Lightcliffe (c) | Halifax | 1869 | 1873 | |
Lightcliffe (g) | Southowram, Halifax | 1920 | 1925 | Standing from 1923 to 1925. |
Lilley Clough | Whiteley, Huddersfield | 1858 | 1860 | On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet. |
Lime House | Halifax | 1863 | 1871 | |
Lindale Hill | Wakefield | 1901 | 1903 | Abandoned in 1903. |
Linfit | Kirkburton, Huddersfield | 1855 | 1894 | On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet. Linked to a mill by a tramway. |
Linfit Hill | Kirkburton, Huddersfield | 1901 | 1914 | Abandoned November 1914 |
Linfit Lane | Huddersfield | 1892 | 1901 | |
Listerwike, Low Pit | Shibden, Halifax | 1855 | 1865 | Plan probably held by the Rail Authority Engineers Office at Derby |
Little Clough | Huddersfield | 1856 | 1856 | |
Little Don | Stocksbridge, Sheffield | 1942 | 1950 | Fireclay, Pot Clay, abandoned 21/08/1947, plan 14244. |
Little Gomersal | Gomersal | 1854 | 1887 | On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet. |
Little Green | Liversedge, Dewsbury | 1855 | 1867 | |
Little Horton | Bradford | 1863 | 1871 | |
Little Matlock | Stannington, Sheffield | 1901 | 1928 | Abandoned June 30th 1928. High Matlock - Ganister, abandoned 30/11/1912, plan 6038. |
Little Whiteley | Drighlington, Leeds | 1901 | 1923 | Not listed from 1905 to 1915. |
Liversedge | Dewsbury | 1854 | 1858 | |
Liversedge (a) | Liversedge, Dewsbury | 1865 | 1875 | |
Liversedge (b) | Liversedge, Dewsbury | 1867 | 1879 | |
Liversedge Foundry | Liversedge, Dewsbury | 1861 | 1863 | |
Lockwood Common | Huddersfield | 1855 | 1883 | |
Lodge | Morley, Leeds | 1874 | 1903 | Sinkinf from 1874 to 1878. Abandoned in 1903. |
Lodge Farm | Hunsworth, Bradford | 1884 | 1889 | |
Lodge Mill | Kirkheaton, Huddersfield | 1890 | 1930 | Abandoned March 1930 |
Lofthouse | Outwood, Wakefield | 1873 | 1981 | Sinking from 1873 to 1882. Closed in July 1981. |
Lofthouse Estate | Lofthouse Park, Wakefield | 1936 | 1940 | Abandoned June 1941. |
Lofthouse Park | Lofthouse, Wakefield | 1922 | 1922 | Opened December 1922 and closed at the end of the month. Abandoned February 1923. Abandoned March 1927 |
Loftshaw | Ughill, Sheffield | 1948 | 1950 | Fireclay, Pot Clay or Stannington, abandoned 28/03/1949, plan 14456. |
Long | Oakenshaw, Bradford | 1883 | 1884 | |
Long Close | Brighouse | 1897 | 1913 | Midgley & Roper. 17 years A relatively small mine, continuously worked from 1897 until end of listing in 1913. Not over 29 men. No plans available. Site unknown. Might be near Closes Road SE141224 or in one of the Brighouse Closes SE138222 |
Long Royd | Rastrick, Brighouse | 1879 | 1886 | Thornton & Midgley |
Long Royd | Rastrick, Brighouse | 1881 | 1887 | Nowell & Robson |
Long Royd | Rastrick, Brighouse | 1879 | 1917 | Bentley & Kaye & others. 21 years. Mine plans show first shafts sunk in 1879. Continuous working until 1917, when it was considered worked out. Up to 114 men employed. Good detailed plans. Originals, held by Thornhill Yorkshire Estates and NCB Small Min |
Longlands | Ossett, Wakefield | 1910 | 1923 | Abandoned May 1923. |
Longroyd | Rastrick, Brighouse | 1882 | 1917 | |
Low Ash | Sheffield | 1878 | 1879 | |
Low Close | Holbeck, Leeds | 1907 | 1931 | Abandoned August 1915. Reopened 1927 and abandoned August 1931. |
Low Elsecar | Elsecar, Rotherham | 1855 | 1871 | |
Low Flatts | Lightcliffe, Brighouse | 1876 | | Ledgard Naylor. A group of mines. Records confused. |
Low Flatts | Lightcliffe, Brighouse | 1876 | | Midgley & Illingworth; T. Illingworth 1881 |
Low Flatts | Lightcliffe, Brighouse | 1876 | | Illingworth & Midgley; Hardy, Hainsworth. Howard and Mackerill 1878; ?Mackrill and Co. 1879 onwards |
Low Laithes | Ossett, Wakefield | 1855 | 1927 | Discontinued 17/05/1927 and abandoned 26/06/1928. |
Low Level | Arkengarthdale | 1926 | 1932 | Discontinued May 1932 |
Low Level Pit | Muker | 1887 | 1893 | |
Low Matlock | Stannington, Sheffield | 1920 | 1945 | |
Low Moor Lane Drift | Woolley Moor, Barnsley | 1956 | 1973 | |
Low Slack | Hepworth, Holmfirth | 1893 | 1893 | |
Low Street | West Ardsley, Leeds | 1884 | 1885 | Sinking from 1884 to 1885 |
Low Stubbin | Rotherham | 1871 | 1988 | Closed in 1918 and abandoned in July 1920. Used as a Pumping Station from 1961 to 1988. |
Low Tunnel | Cumberworth, Huddersfield | 1921 | 1922 | Closed July 1922 |
Low Wincobank | Wincobank, Sheffield | 1876 | 1877 | Sinking in 1876. |
Low Wood | Shipley, Bradford | 1875 | 1877 | |
Lowe Wood | Stainboro' | 1903 | 1916 | |
Lower Cliffe | Denby Dale | 1924 | 1929 | Abandoned April 1929 |
Lower Cumberworth | Huddersfield | 1875 | 1885 | |
Lower Denby | Denby Dale | 1921 | 1921 | Abandoned December 1921. |
Lower Denby Opencast | Dewsbury | 1957 | 1961 | |
Lower Green Farm | Brighouse | 1898 | 1902 | Exors. of H. Westwood; Collins & Morris, 1899 |
Lower Hall | Kirkheaton, Huddersfield | 1893 | 1894 | |
Lower Holmhouse | Huddersfield | 1873 | 1881 | Sinking from 1873 to 1878. |
Lower Knight Royd | Northowram, Halifax | 1860 | | Jagger & Jagger |
Lower Shibden | Shibden, Halifax | 1870 | 1887 | |
Lower Shibden (a) | Shibden, Halifax | 1885 | 1892 | |
Lower Wincobank | Wincobank, Sheffield | 1873 | 1883 | |
Lowood Wharncliffe | Sheffield | 1888 | 1893 | |
Lowther | Leeds | 1855 | 1858 | Including Preston Main |
Lowther's | Kippax, Leeds | 1855 | 1858 | On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet. |
Loxley Common | Loxley, Sheffield | 1902 | 1904 | Abandoned 1904 |
Lumb Lane | Liversedge, Dewsbury | 1877 | 1896 | Sinking from 1877 to 1887. Abandoned in 1903. |
Lumb Wood | Drighlington, Leeds | 1856 | 1886 | Reopening in 1913 - See Spring Gardens. |
Lundhill | Wombwell, Barnsley | 1968 | 1969 | Used as a Pumping Station from 1968 to 1969. |
Lundhill | Wombwell, Barnsley | 1855 | 1869 | Sunk 1855. |
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