Coal Mines in Yorkshire 1854
Name | Parish | From | To | Comments |
Oak Wood | Mirfield, Dewsbury | 1882 | 1884 | |
Oakenshaw | Rhodes, Bradford | 1854 | 1890 | Not listed from 1861 to 1877. |
Oakroyd | Birkenshaw, Bradford | 1877 | 1887 | |
Oaks | Stairfoot, Barnsley | 1854 | 1896 | Oaks, Old from 1897 to 1898. |
Oaks Farm | Darton, Barnsley | 1919 | 1937 | Abandoned in February 1920. Discontinued May 1936. Abandoned April 1937. Abandoned August 1945 |
Oaks Farm Opencast | Barugh, Barnsley | 1948 | 1961 | |
Oaks, New | Stairfoot, Barnsley | 1897 | 1898 | |
Oakwell | Adwalton, Leeds | 1872 | 1893 | On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet. |
Oakwell (a) | Morley, Leeds | 1855 | 1878 | |
Occupation | Mirfield, Dewsbury | 1876 | 1877 | Sinking in 1876. |
Ogden Lane Nos.1 & 3 | Brighouse | 1904 | 1939 | H. Mellors. 43 years. Closed 1939. Working plans suggest mine started 1904. Listing begins 1909, continues to 1946, but working was discontinued in December 1939. Not more than 25 men employed. Plan located only for earliest period. |
Old Burtersett | Hawes | 1907 | 1916 | Reopened Aug. 1907 |
Old Flockton | Emroyd, Wakefield | 1886 | 1894 | |
Old Gawber | Barnsley | 1856 | 1863 | |
Old Hall | Roberttown, Liversedge | 1874 | 1896 | Sinking from 1874 to 1883. |
Old Hall | Liversedge, Dewsbury | 1904 | 1912 | Abandoned 1911. |
Old Holmfield Pit | Boothtown, Halifax | 1947 | 1948 | |
Old Mill Pit | Barnsley | 1855 | 1883 | |
Old Oaks | Barnsley | 1838 | 1899 | Old Oaks - first sunk 1838 - site later occupied by Barnsley Main. Explosion - 12 & 13th December 1866 killed 334 plus 27 rescue workers. A Pumping Station from 1904 to 1918. |
Old Oaks | Barnsley | 1901 | 1918 | |
Old Roundwood | Ossett, Wakefield | 1853 | 1966 | Called Roundwood Colliery before 1901 and thereafter called Old Roundwood. Sunk in 1853 and closed in April 1966. |
Old Silkstone | Dodworth, Barnsley | 1855 | 1899 | Also see Dodworth. Sunk to Silkstone prior to 1862 and to Whinmoor in 1927. |
Old Silkstone Main | Worsbro’ Park, Barnsley | 1855 | 1884 | |
Old Sovereign | Dodworth, Barnsley | 1965 | 1969 | |
Old Tarn | Saddleworth, Oldham | 1873 | 1873 | |
Old Town | Barnsley | 1873 | 1876 | |
Oldfieldnook | Cleckheaton | 1861 | 1863 | |
Olive Branch | Mexborough, Rotherham | 1855 | 1860 | |
Orchard | Handsworth, Sheffield | 1927 | 1932 | Abandoned April 1932 |
Orchard Lane | Beighton, Sheffield | 1988 | 1988 | Pumping Station |
Orchard's Head | Pontefract | 1901 | 1941 | Includes Eccleshill Sand Mine in 1915 and 1916. |
Orgreave | Treeton | 1855 | 1981 | Sunk to Barnsley in 1851 and the Silkstone in 1889-90. Closed in October 1981. |
Orgreave Opencast | Treeton | 1953 | 1955 | |
Osmondthorpe, Railway Pit | Osmondthorpe, Leeds | 1854 | 1928 | Abandoned September 1928. |
Osset Common | Wakefield | 1855 | 1860 | |
Ossett | Ossett, Wakefield | 1854 | 1880 | |
Oughtibridge | Oughtibridge, Sheffield | 1861 | 1899 | |
Ouslethwaite | Worsborough, Barnsley | 1923 | 1924 | |
Outcrop | Halifax | 1918 | 1962 | Mainly a Fireclay mine. Hard Bed, abandoned 01/07/1962, plan 15206. |
Owlet Hall | Drighlington, Leeds | 1855 | 1872 | On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet. |
Ox Close | Ossett, Wakefield | 1873 | 1881 | Sinking from 1873 to 1878. |
Ox-Bow | Leeds | 1966 | | 4 miles SE of Leeds - opencast |
Oxlee | Hepworth, Holmfirth | 1879 | 1897 | |
Ozzings | Shelley, Huddersfield | 1874 | 1881 | Sinking from 1874 to 1878. |
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