Coal Mines in Yorkshire 1854
Name | Parish | From | To | Comments |
Nab End | Boothtown, Halifax | 1855 | 1860 | On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet. |
Nab End | Brighouse | 1898 | 1902 | Collins & Morris |
Nab End | Brighouse | 1898 | 1905 | Sunderland & Mellors; H. Mellors & Sons 1902 onwards |
Nab Lane (Moor) | Rotherham | 1916 | 1918 | |
Near Hill | Barnsley | 1922 | 1922 | Abandoned December 1922. |
Near Low Park | Birstall, Dewsbury | 1873 | 1875 | Sinking from 1873 to 1875. |
Needle Eye | Denby Grange, Wakefield | 1868 | 1872 | |
Needless Hall | Lane Head, Brighouse | 1897 | 1901 | Cookson & Ellis; J. Cookson (1901) |
Needlewood | Keresforth | 1919 | 1924 | |
Needlewood No.2 | Dodworth, Barnsley | 1924 | 1934 | Discontinued December 1932 and abandoned January 1934 |
Netherfield | Rawmarsh, Rotherham | 1874 | 1884 | Sinking from 1874 to 1876. |
Netherton (a) | Netherton, Wakefield | 1876 | 1923 | Included British Oak from 1918 to 1923. |
Netherton (b) | Drighlington, Leeds | 1917 | 1923 | See Gildersome. Abandoned 16/05/1925. |
Netherton No.2 | Drighlington, Leeds | 1924 | 1925 | Abandoned 14/09/1925. |
Netherton Opencast | Drighlington, Leeds | 1961 | 1964 | |
Nethertown | Drighlington, Leeds | 1855 | 1914 | Not listed from 1873 to 1891. Abandoned July 1914. |
Nethertown (a) | Drighlington, Leeds | 1873 | 1883 | Sinking from 1873 to 1891. |
Nethertown (b) | Drighlington, Leeds | 1873 | 1877 | Sinking from 1873 to 1878. |
Neville Hill | Osmondthorpe, Leeds | 1854 | 1884 | On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet. |
New Bank (a) | Halifax | 1878 | 1884 | |
New Bank (b) | Halifax | 1878 | 1884 | |
New Brampton | Rotherham | 1891 | 1902 | not working in 1902. |
New Carlton | Flockton Moor, Wakefield | 1914 | 1915 | |
New Crown Point | Drighlington, Leeds | 1873 | 1877 | Sinking from 1873 to 1877. |
New Dale | Rawmarsh | 1901 | 1901 | Abandoned |
New Farm | Southowram, Halifax | 1923 | 1927 | S. Marshall & Sons. Not worked in 1923. Abandoned 1927. |
New Gawber Hall | Barnsley | 1854 | 1861 | Sunk prior to 1869 - also called Smithy Bridge |
New Ground | Huddersfield | 1861 | 1910 | Standing 1905 to 1909 and abandoned in 1910. There was a Copperas House nearby. |
New Hall | Middleton, Leeds | 1855 | 1872 | |
New Hall (a) | Middleton, Leeds | 1869 | 1903 | Abandoned in 1903. |
New Hall (b) | Elland, Halifax | 1878 | 1945 | Discontinued September 1943. Fireclay, Halifax 36 Yard Band, abandoned 27/04/1945, plan 14006. |
New Hall Quarry | Elland, Halifax | 1949 | 1951 | |
New Holland | Wilsden, Bradford | 1921 | 1926 | Abandoned 03/09/1926. |
New Ingleton | Ingleton, Settle | 1912 | 1936 | Sinking began in 1912 (the shafts were completed in 1914) by the New Ingleton Colliery Company Ltd. (W.C. Blackett; Charlsaw & Sacriston Colliery Co. Ltd - Sacriston, Co. Durham). Discontinued March 1936. Abandoned on 16/08/1940. |
New Inn | Clayton West, Huddersfield | 1914 | 1927 | Abandoned 18/03/1927. |
New Lane | Drighlington, Leeds | 1873 | 1877 | Sinking from 1873 to 1877. |
New Lane | Gildersome, Leeds | 1932 | 1935 | J. Lloyd liquidator. Abandoned May 1935 |
New Mills | Huddersfield | 1854 | 1854 | |
New Monckton No.4 | South Hiendley | 1970 | 1988 | |
New Monckton No.5 | Notton, Barnsley | 1948 | 1951 | No.5 Shaft |
New Monckton Nos.1 & 2 | Royston | 1848 | 1966 | Sinking as Monckton from 1875 to 1878 and became New Monckton in 1901. Closed 03/12/1966. |
New Monckton Nos.1 & 6 | Royston | 1954 | 1966 | Nos 1 & 2 were sunk in 1875. No.3 was sunk in 1915 about 1.5 miles to the NE of Nos.1 & 2. No.4 was sunk next to No.3 in 1924. No.5 was sunk in 1927 about 1.5 miles NW of No.1 and was redundant in 1954. No.6 Shaft was being sunk in 1954. |
New Monckton Nos.3 & 4 | South Hiendley | 1948 | 1966 | Called Monckton Main Nos.3 & 4 before 1948. No.3 Shaft was sunk from 1913 to 1915. No.4 was sinking from 1923 to 1924. Closed on 03/12/1966. No.4 Shaft was a Pumping Station from 1970 to 1988. |
New Mytholme | Hipperhome, Bradford | 1903 | 1962 | Fireclay, 36 Yard Band, abandoned 12/07/1962, plan 15207. |
New Oaks | Stairfoot | 1903 | 1909 | Sinking from July 1867 to July 1870 and abandoned in 1909. |
New Oaks | Barnsley | 1845 | 1909 | Shown on 1st edition OS 1/10560 sheet as 'Oaks', but called 'Barnsley Main' on the 1904 OS map. Abandoned in 1909. NB The Old Oaks Colliery also became Barnsley Main at a later date (c1900?). |
New Peace | Huddersfield | 1910 | 1923 | Included Fieldhouse from 1913 to 1924. Abandoned 29/01/1924. |
New Plumbley | Plumbley, Sheffield | 1952 | 1966 | |
New Road | Northowram, Halifax | 1897 | 1906 | Saville Holmes |
New Road | Liversedge, Dewsbury | 1861 | 1867 | |
New Road | Thornton, Bradford | 1912 | 1923 | Reopening old shaft |
New Royd Head | Saddleworth | 1856 | 1860 | |
New Sharlston | Normanton | 1865 | 1877 | See Sharlston. Sunk to Haigh Moor in 1865 and the Silkstone in 1898. |
New Silkstone | Cawthorne | 1935 | 1968 | Discontinued June 1936. Includes New Silkstone Opencast from 1949 to 1950. |
New Sovereign | Dodworth, Barnsley | 1901 | 1908 | Sunk 1862. Standing 1903 to 1908. Clarke’s Old Silkstone Collieries. |
New Speedwell | Staincross | 1923 | 1933 | Discontinued January 1933 |
New Speedwell, No.2 | Emley, Wakefield | 1911 | 1935 | Standing in 1911. Discontinued 05/11/1927. Standing 1928 to 1935. Abandoned November 1935 |
New Stubbin | Rawmarsh, Rotherham | 1913 | 1978 | Sinking 1913 to 1920. Closed 06/07/1978. |
New Thornton | Thornton, Bradford | 1898 | 1903 | |
New Victoria | Wakefield | 1855 | 1860 | |
New Winning | Sheffield | 1864 | 1887 | |
New Winning | Ingleton, Settle | 1831 | 1857 | Sunk by Joseph Hunter and reached the Four Foot Coal (at 80 yds) in January 1831 and the Six Foot Coal in June 1834. It became part of the (later) Wilson Wood Colliery and closed in 1857 - abandonment plan No.2132. |
Newbiggin | Tankersley, Sheffield | 1918 | 1920 | |
Newbiggin | Tankersley, Sheffield | 1888 | 1894 | |
Newbiggin | New Mill, Huddersfield | 1922 | 1922 | |
Newfield | Ingleton, Settle | 1871 | 1876 | Sinking in 1871 and 1872. Four Foot Coal at 82 feet and Six Foot Coal at 156 feet. |
Newhill | Wath upon Dearne | 1873 | 1886 | |
Newman Road | Sheffield | 1912 | 1912 | May be Newman Silkstone |
Newman Silkstone | Sheffield | 1911 | 1911 | |
Newmarket | Adwalton, Leeds | 1854 | 1887 | |
Newmarket (a) | Bradford | 1854 | 1854 | |
Newmarket (b) | Birkenshaw, Bradford | 1873 | 1920 | Sinking from 1873 to 1876. Discontinued c1918. Abandoned in 1920 |
Newmarket (c) | Stanley, Wakefield | 1854 | 1897 | |
Newmarket Silkstone | Stanley, Wakefield | 1836 | 1983 | On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet. Called Clive Pit. Sunk Sunk between 1836 and 1837. Closed on 30/09/1983. |
Newmarket, Nelson Pit | Stanley, Wakefield | 1896 | 1897 | |
Newmarket, Spencer Pit | Stanley, Wakefield | 1888 | 1913 | |
Newmarket, Swithens | Rothwell, Leeds | 1902 | 1921 | Abandoned March 1921. |
Newmillerdam | Newmillerdam, Wakefield | 1929 | 1982 | Began as Nineveh Colliery and closed in March (or December?) 1982. |
Newton | Wakefield | 1854 | 1860 | |
Newton Lane | Stanley, Wakefield | 1888 | 1897 | |
Newton Main | Pontefract | 1861 | 1879 | |
Ninevah | Crigglestone, Wakefield | 1921 | 1929 | Discontinued March 1928 and abandoned February 1929. Became Newmillerdam Colliery. |
Norcliffe | Southowram, Halifax | 1924 | 1925 | |
Norcliffe Lane | Southowram, Halifax | 1924 | 1926 | A. Binns |
Norfolk | Chapeltown | 1880 | 1901 | |
Norfolk & Smithy Wood | Thorncliffe, Sheffield | 1902 | 1931 | Continues as Smithy Wood from 1932 to 1973. |
Norr Hill | Wilsden, Bradford | 1841 | 1869 | Pre 1841 |
Norristhorpe | Liversdge, Dewsbury | 1892 | 1892 | |
North Bierley (a) | Bradford | 1854 | 1880 | |
North Bierley (b) | Bradford | 1854 | 1880 | |
North Cliffe | Shipley, Bradford | 1854 | 1877 | |
North Gawber | Mapplewell | 1854 | 1987 | Sinking 1850 to 1852 and closed in December 198). Darton merged with North Gawber in 1948 and the Darton Section closed in August 1948. One of the two surface drifts driven in 1960 was extended and by 1984 was bringing all output to the surface. |
North Selby | Escrick, Selby | 1979 | 1997 | Merged with Stillingfleet and closed in July 1997. |
North Staveley | Aston, Sheffield | 1870 | 1905 | Sunk in 1864. May have become Aston |
North Wing | Bradford | 1855 | 1860 | |
North Wood | Tong, Bradford | 1918 | 1925 | Discontinued. Abandoned 1925. Receiver = J. Barker, Dudley Hill. |
Northfield | Kirkburton, Huddersfield | 1920 | 1921 | Abandoned October 14th 1921. |
Northfield | Ossett, Wakefield | 1896 | 1917 | Abandoned 1917. |
Northorpe | Mirfield, Dewsbury | 1854 | 1875 | |
Nortonthorpe | Clayton West, Huddersfield | 1888 | 1913 | Abandoned October 1913 |
Nortonthorpe | Scissett | 1888 | 1913 | Abandoned October 1913. |
Norwood | Norwood, Bradford | 1865 | 1943 | Sunk to Top Hard in 1865 and to the Deep Soft in 1916. |
Norwood Green | Norwood Green, Bradford | 1929 | 1959 | Sinking in 1873. Closed April 1959. The shaft at this mine, which also had a drift, was earlier called Flathers Pit. There is a picture of making the new drift into Norwood Green c1929 – in the Telegraph & Argus 05/10/1987. |
Norwood Green | Norwood Green, Bradford | 1855 | 1869 | 120 ft to Black Bed. |
Norwood Green | Norwood Green, Bradford | 1873 | 1880 | Sinking from 1873 to 1876. |
Nostell | Nostell, Wakefield | 1854 | 1987 | According to the NCB Statistics Department the mine was sunk in 1860. Closed 23/10/1987. |
Nunbrook | Mirfield, Dewsbury | 1879 | 1903 | Abandoned in 1903. |
Nunnery | Sheffield | 1961 | 1988 | Sinking from 1860 to 1864. Was a Pumping Station from 1961 to 1988. |
Nunnery | Sheffield | 1860 | 1953 | Sinking from 1860 to 1864 and closed August 1953. Was a Pumping Station from 1961 to 1988. Not listed as Nunnery until c1890 so it may have had another name. |
Nunnery, Handsworth | Sheffield | 1901 | 1925 | Sinking from 1901 to 1902. Might be High Hazels |
Nunthorpe | Great Ayton | 1909 | 1927 | Not worked 1915 to 1918 |
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