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Coal Mines in Yorkshire 1854
Name Parish From To Comments
Maltby (Main) Maltby 1907 2012
Manor (b) Sheffield 1873 1889 Sinking from 1873 to 1877.
Manor (c) Hoylandswaine, Barnsley 1937 1944 Abandoned August 1944.
Manor (d) Wortley, Leeds 1888 1905
Manor Hill Kirkburton, Huddersfield 1891 1891
Manor Laithe Sheffield 1917 1924 Abandoned July 1924.
Manor No.2 Hoylandswaine, Barnsley 1941 1950 Fireclay, Blackband - Whinmoor, abandoned 20/06/1950, plan 15057.
Manston Manston, Leeds 1854 1881 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet.
Manston Lodge Manston, Leeds 1865 1881 NB This is the location of Manston Lodge
Manton Manton 1897 1993 No.2 Pit sunk 1897 to 1906. A new shaft was completed in 1952. Wound the first coal in Yorkshire after the 1984 to 1985 strike.
Manvers Main No.1 Wath upon Dearne 1868 1988 Sinking from 1868 to 1870 on shafts 1, 2 & 3. No.4 shaft was sunk to the Parkgate Seam in 1899-1901. Closed 25/03/1988.
Manvers Main Nos.2 & 3 Wath upon Dearne 1868 1936 Merged with Manvers No.1 in 1936
Margery Wood High Hoyland, Barnsley 1920 1947 Abandoned November 1922 and reopened in 1929.
Markham Main Armthorpe, Doncaster 1916 1992 Sinking from 1916 to 1924. In review May 1992. Closed October 1992.
Marriott Wood Millhouses, Sheffield 1920 1928 Abandoned in 1921. Reopened in 1927 and abandoned August 22nd 1928.
Marsh Southowram, Halifax 1897 1898 Baines, Whiteley & Rushworth
Marsh Lane Southowram, Halifax 1902 1915 Stott & Gledhill; Stott & Sons 1906 onwards. 14 years. Listing begins 1902, mine abandoned in 1915; in this period it was worked in 11 years only. Up to 37 men employed. No plans available. Reopening 1910 to 1912. Abandoned 1915.
Marsh Platt Huddersfield 1855 1860
Martins Main Barnsley 1879 1879 List of fatal accidents
Mary Churwell, Leeds 1874 1881 Sinking from 1874 to 1879
Masborough Rotherham 1854 1854
May Royd Northowram, Halifax 1893 1899
Mayers Lane Bradfield, Sheffield 1938 1938
Meadow Fireclay Sheffield 1874 1899 Sinking from 1874 to 1878.
Meadow Hall Rawmarsh, Rotherham 1877 1904 Sinking from 1877 to 1881.
Meadow Hall Sheffield 1921 1927 May be the same as Meadow Hall at Rawmarsh which was closed from 1904 to 1920
Meal Hill Holmfirth, Huddersfield 1877 1881 Working in 1854?
Medhurst Kippax, Leeds 1891 1908 Standing 1904 to 1908
Medhurst (a) Kippax, Leeds 1902 1913 Standing 1909 to 1913.
Mellor Hill Flockton, Wakefield 1904 1905
Meltham Holmfirth, Huddersfield 1864 1873
Meltham Holmfirth, Huddersfield 1903 1903 May have been called Greens End from 1904.
Melton Silkstone Smithies, Barnsley 1929 1930 Abandoned June 2nd 1930
Merchant Fields Cleckheaton 1873 1892 Sinking from 1873 to 1878. Near Brookhouse Iron Works.
Methley Junction Methley, Leeds 1854 1902 Sunk to Haigh Moor about 1845 and to the Beeston in 1900. Called Methley from 1854 to 1860.
Methley Park II Methley, Leeds 1966 5.5 miles SE of Leeds and 4 miles WNW of Castleford
Mexborough Sheffield 1957 1959
Micklefield Micklefield, Leeds 1854 1887 See Peckfield from 1888 onwards
Middle Lane Clayton, Bradford 1893 1903 J. Thornton 1893 to 1898 and Clayton Brick & Stone Co. from 1898 to 1903.
Middle Woolhouse Southedge, Hipperholme 1896 1902 Not listed after 1897. Shepherd & Bentley
Middlecliffe Penistone 1855 1878
Middleton Middleton, Leeds 1854 1887
Middleton Broom Middleton, Leeds 1888 1968 Closed on 17/05/1968.
Middleton Broom, New Middleton, Leeds 1928 1945 From 1928 to 1945 it was used as a pumping station for Middleton Broom.
Middleton Main Middleton, Leeds 1876 1892 Sinking from 1876 to 1878.
Middleton, Beeston Park Middleton, Leeds 1888 1899
Middleton, Little Middleton, Leeds 1888 1901
Middleton, Middleton Main Middleton, Leeds 1888 1899
Middleton, New Pit Middleton, Leeds 1901 1925 Closed 1925 and used as a Pumping Station from 1927 to 1945.
Midgelden Brick Works Dulesgate, Todmorden 1884 1887
Midgelden Pasture Todmorden 1930 1937 NGR = Fire Clay Works
Midgelden Pasture No.2 Todmorden 1932 1944 Abandoned January 1935. Discontinued November 1944.
Midgelden Pasture No.3 Todmorden 1943 1944 Discontinued November 1944.
Midhope Stones Sheffield 1873 1878 Sinking from 1873 to 1878.
Midland Pit Rothwell, Leeds 1909 1914 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet. A Ventilating shaft from 1910 to 1914 (at least)
Mill Wyke, Bradford 1874 1887 Sinking from 1874 to 1875. Not listed 1876 to 1881.
Mill Dam Thornhill Edge, Dewsbury 1953 1957
Mill Dam Opencast Middlestown 1953 1957
Mill Hill Burton-in-Lonsdale 1909 1929 Abandoned September 1914, plan 7118. To be reopened. Abandoned October 1929
Milnes Beeston, Leeds 1884 1887
Milnthorp Wakefield 1855 1877
Minerva Sheffield 1905 1913 Abandoned 1908. Worked 1910 to 1912. Abandoned March 1913.
Mirfield Mirfield, Dewsbury 1854 1889
Mirfield Moor Mirfield, Dewsbury 1863 1931 Sunk 1882 to 1885? Abandoned June 1931.
Mirfield, Dark Lane & Calder Ravensthorpe, Wakefield 1927 1931 Abandoned June 1931. Employment includes Mirfield Moor.
Mitchell Main Darfield, Barnsley 1871 1956 Sinking from 1871 to 1877. Closed on 26/07/1956 and used as a Pumping Station from 1965 to 1988.
Mitchell Main Darfield, Barnsley 1965 1988 Closed on 26/07/1956 and used as a Pumping Station from 1965 to 1988.
Mold Green Huddersfield 1897 1897
Monckton Main Nos.1, 2 & 5 Havercroft, Barnsley 1875 1947 Sinking from 1875 to 1876. Called New Monckton Nos.1, 2 & 5 from 1948.
Monckton Main Nos.3 & 4 Havercroft, Barnsley 1913 1947 No.3 Shaft began sinking from 30/09/1913 to 03/03/1915. No.4 sinking 05/04/1923 to 21/05/1924. Called New Monckton Nos.3 & 4 from 1948.
Monk Bretton Monk Bretton 1867 1968 Sinking in 1867. Closed on 26/04/1968.
Moor Gleadless, Sheffield 1929 1945
Moor End Silkstone Silkstone Common, Barnsley 1921 1948 Worked c1921 to 1924. Reopened in 1947. Moorend Silkstone Opencast = 1949-1952
Moor Hole Mosbrough, Sheffield 1855 1900 Sunk 1855, closed c1900. Used as a Pumping Station in 1925.
Moor House Barnsley 1869 1885
Moor Lane Highburton 1872 1882
Moor Side Mosbrough, Sheffield 1943 1992 Developed from December 1943 when the neighbouring Dent Main - opened in 1927 - became uneconomic. Last coal raised 28/02/1992.
Mooredge Totley, Sheffield 1937 1938 Development in 1937 and discontinued in 1938.
Moorend Cawthorne 1948 1911 Abandoned
Moorend Stainborough, Barnsley 1893 1912
Moorend II Opencast Silkstone Common, Barnsley 1948 1956
Moorend Silkstone Opencast Silkstone Common, Barnsley 1949 1952
Moorgarth Ingleton, Settle 1863 1877 Pits worked here were flooded in 1829. Sinking from 1863 to 1864. Closed from 1869 to 1873.
Moorhouse Barnsley 1855 1872
Moorland Gildersome, Leeds 1873 1880 Sinking from 1873 to 1880.
Moorside Wortley, Leeds 1933 1933 Abandoned December 1933
Moorside Kirkburton, Huddersfield 1887 1903
Moortown Leeds 1874 1883 Sinking from 1874 to 1880.
Morley Morley, Leeds 1855 1860
Morley (a) Morley, Leeds 1861 1883
Morley (b) Morley, Leeds 1861 1877
Morley (d) Morley, Leeds 1855 1860
Morley Main Morley, Leeds 1855 1908 Given as Morley from 1855 to 1859. Sunk around 1854 closed on 23/07/1909.
Morley West End Morley, Leeds 1876 1897 Continues as West End from 1898 until May 1933. Abandoned October 1937.
Mosborough Moor Mosbrough, Sheffield 1936 1936 Discontinued June 1936. Abandoned June 1938.
Mosley's Skelmanthorpe 1915 1916 Not worked. Owner dead.
Moss Ganister Nos.1 & 2 Dore, Sheffield 1934 1938 Abandoned April 1941.
Moss Level Lofthouse, Pateley Bridge 1920 1920 Abandoned
Mossdale Gill Wensleydale 1877 1883 Standing in 1883
Mottram Wood Barnsley 1908 1944 Abandoned September 1945
Mount Brighouse 1897 1899 Longbottom & Barker. Earlier workings, back to the 1880's, shown on Thornhill Estate plans.
Mount Osborne Barnsley 1854 1883 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet.
Mount Pleasant Ossett, Wakefield 1871 1871 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet.
Mount Vernon Barnsley 1861 1892
Mountain End Halifax 1854 1874
Muffitt Lane Gomersal 1870 1887
Myers Lane Loxley, Sheffield 1874 1928 Sinking from 1874 to 1878. Abandoned May 8th 1928. Briefly reopened in 1937?
Myrtle Hill Handsworth, Sheffield 1873 1873 Sinking
Myrtle Spring Handsworth, Sheffield 1873 1876 Sinking from 1873 to 1876.
Myrtle Springs Intake, Sheffield 1918 1921 Discontinued August 1921.
Mytholme Southowram, Halifax 1890 1905 Abandoned in 1905.
Mytholme, New Northowram, Halifax 1947 1956 +1960 & 1961
Mytholme, Old Northowram, Halifax 1886 1905 Plan No.4790 - 36 Yard Band abandoned April 7th 1905.


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