Coal Mines in Yorkshire 1854
Name | Parish | From | To | Comments |
Paddock | Northowram, Halifax | 1899 | 1900 | D. Briggs & Co |
Paper Hall Opencast | Lepton, Huddersfield | 1955 | 1956 | |
Paradise | Birstall, Dewsbury | 1876 | 1877 | |
Park | Liversedge, Dewsbury | 1873 | 1899 | Sinking from 1873 to 1876. |
Park | Lightcliffe, Brighouse | 1897 | 1897 | R. Kershaw |
Park | Northowram, Halifax | 1897 | 1904 | J. Brooke & Sons |
Park | Lightcliffe, Brighouse | 1897 | 1914 | Walker & Co; Skirrow & Robertshaw 1902. 18 years Existed in 1897, and was worked more or less continuously until 1914, but it appears there was only surface work after 1911 (or underground work force not returned?). Not more than 28 men employed. |
Park | Huddersfield | 1855 | 1860 | |
Park | Brighouse | 1909 | 1912 | Shaw, Hirst & Hardy |
Park (h) | Clayton West, Huddersfield | 1912 | 1912 | Abandoned 1912 |
Park Bottom | Halifax | 1855 | 1869 | |
Park Brickworks Quarry | Sheffield | 1954 | 1959 | |
Park Farm | Heckmondwike | 1868 | 1905 | Abandoned 1905 |
Park Gate | Chapeltown | 1854 | 1878 | |
Park Hill | Stanley, Wakefield | 1876 | 1982 | No.3 Pit sunk in 1876 to 1877. Opened in 1877 and closed in December 1982. |
Park Lane | Ossett, Wakefield | 1862 | 1885 | |
Park Mill | Clayton West, Huddersfield | 1877 | 1989 | This mine pioneered mechanical coal cutting in 1880. Closure may have been in 1990. |
Park Nook | Elland, Halifax | 1962 | 1988 | |
Park Side | Farnley, Leeds | 1921 | 1935 | Abandoned November 1935 |
Park View | Kimberworth | 1921 | 1923 | |
Park View No.2 | Kimberworth | 1924 | 1925 | Abandoned February 1926. |
Park Wood | Tong, Bradford | 1932 | 1961 | Discontinued in 1920. |
Parkgate (a) | Rotherham | 1856 | 1860 | |
Parkgate (b) | Rotherham | 1856 | 1860 | |
Parkwood | Neepsend | 1916 | 1920 | |
Parlington Opencast | East Garforth, Leeds | 1948 | 1952 | |
Parr Town | Huddersfield | 1854 | 1854 | |
Pasture | Oakenshaw, Bradford | 1941 | 1944 | Abandoned January 1944. |
Pasture House | Southowram, Halifax | 1859 | 1860 | Messrs Naylor, & others |
Pasture Pit | Wyke, Bradford | 1877 | 1880 | Sinking from 1877 to 1878. |
Peacock Pit | Holbeck, Leeds | | 1915 | On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet. See Elland Road. |
Pease Close | Huddersfield | 1861 | 1883 | |
Peckfield | Micklefield, Leeds | 1888 | 1980 | See Micklefield 1869 to 1888. No.1 Shaft sunk in 1872. Closed in December 1980. |
Peep Green | Hartshead, Bradford | 1861 | 1899 | Not listed from 1876 to 1890. |
Pen Hill Opencast | Cudworth Common | 1957 | 1964 | |
Penhill | West Witton, Leyburn | 1882 | 1910 | Not worked in 1910. |
Penn Field | Drighlington, Leeds | 1856 | 1864 | |
Pepper Lane | Hunslet, Leeds | 1855 | 1864 | |
Perseverance | Wakefield | 1873 | 1876 | Sinking from 1873 to 1876. |
Philadelphia | Gildersome, Leeds | 1894 | 1912 | |
Pigeon Bridge | Waleswood, Rotherham | 1855 | 1860 | |
Pildacre | Ossett, Wakefield | 1872 | 1944 | Standing 1910 to 1933. Abandoned September 1936 and abandoned July 1944. |
Pilley | Sheffield | 1854 | 1858 | |
Pilley Wood | Sheffield | 1854 | 1854 | |
Pindar Oaks | Barnsley | 1867 | 1884 | Sunk in 1867. Closed after 1884 and reopened in 1918. Abandoned 25/11/1922. |
Pinfold | Brighouse | 1902 | 1902 | W. Collins |
Pinfold | Fixby, Huddersfield | | 1940 | |
Pinfold (a) | Elland, Halifax | 1886 | 1909 | Marshall & Walker. This mine was closed in 1900 and re-opened in 1902 according to the mine plan. Working began 1891. |
Pinfold (b) | Ridge End | 1878 | 1887 | J.H. Marshall |
Pinfold (c) | Denby Dale | 1908 | 1919 | Reopened in 1938. Pinfold - Fireclay, Whinmoor, abandoned 10/07/1940, plan 12720. |
Pinfold Ridge | Fixby, Huddersfield | 1902 | 1909 | Marshall & Walker |
Pinfold, New | Papist Hill | 1918 | 1921 | Abandoned in 1922. |
Pinfold, Old | Denby Dale | | 1917 | Standing 1918 to 1919. |
Pisgah Farm | Grange Moor, Wakefield | 1927 | 1930 | |
Pitsmoor | Sheffield | 1854 | 1860 | |
Platts | Ughill, Sheffield | 1907 | 1960 | Pot Clay, abandoned 01/06/1960, plan 15178. |
Plevna | Shipley, Bradford | 1899 | 1901 | G. Vint & Sons |
Plumbley | Eckington, Sheffield | 1896 | 1896 | |
Pocket Stile | Brighouse | 1879 | 1882 | H.C. Goodyear; J. & C. Goodyear 1880 |
Pogmoor | Barnsley | 1856 | 1867 | |
Pogmoor Main | Barnsley | 1905 | 1911 | Abandoned |
Ponker Hill | Lower Cumberworth | 1925 | 1964 | Fireclay, abandoned 01/12/1964, plan 15227. |
Pool Hill | Denby Dale | 1874 | 1876 | Sinking from 1874 to 1876. |
Popplewell Pit | Wyke, Bradford | 1856 | 1894 | Sunk in 1856. |
Popplewell Pit | Wyke, Bradford | 1872 | 1894 | |
Portland | Highburton | 1880 | 1887 | Sinking from 1880 to 1884. |
Pot Clay | Deepcar, Sheffield | 1905 | 1920 | Standing 1913 to 1916 Standing in 1920 and abandoned 01/11/1920, plan 7163. |
Pot House | Stocksbridge, Sheffield | 1903 | 1941 | Discontinued Janaury 1941. Clay Shale, Halifax Middle Bed, abandoned 06/05/1946, plan 14100. |
Potter Hill | Sheffield | 1877 | 1879 | Sinking from 1877 to 1878. |
Potternewton | Potternewton, Leeds | 1855 | 1877 | |
Poverty Hill | Castleton | 1888 | 1893 | Standing from 1888 to 1893. |
Poverty Hill | Castleton | 1877 | 1893 | |
Premier | Lightcliffe, Brighouse | 1898 | 1902 | T. Turner & Son |
Preston | Preston under Scar, Leyburn | 1892 | 1914 | Not worked 1912 to 1914 |
Preston Main | Leeds | 1856 | 1858 | |
Priest Booth | Todmorden | 1937 | 1944 | On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet. Discontinued November 1944. Employment includes Midgelden Pasture No.3 and Saunder Clough No.1. |
Primrose | Hoylandswaine, Barnsley | 1935 | 1968 | |
Primrose | Dolly Lane, Leeds | 1873 | 1883 | Sinking from 1873 to 1883. |
Primrose Hill | Swillington, Leeds | 1947 | 1970 | Called Allerton Main, Primrose Hill [sunk 1893] until 1947. Closed March 1970. |
Primrose Hill | Liversedge, Dewsbury | 1861 | 1904 | Standing 1905 to 1911. Abandoned 1912. |
Primrose Lane | Mirfield | 1874 | 1877 | Sinking from 1874 to 1876. |
Primrose Main | Barnsley | 1888 | 1913 | |
Primrose Winter | Barnsley | 1885 | 1887 | |
Prince of Wales | Pontefract | 1869 | 2002 | According to the NCB Statistics Department the mine was sunk in 1869. New Shaft sunk to Haigh Moor in 1872 and the Silkstone in 1894. Sinking to the Beeston in 1920. It was a training centre in 1948. Drift to Beeston from New Pit bottom. |
Prospect | Hartshead, Bradford | 1885 | 1887 | Blocking = 2 ft 4 ins thick. |
Prospect | Roberttown, Liversedge | 1876 | 1883 | |
Prospect | White Lee, Batley | 1901 | 1903 | |
Providence | Wakefield | 1855 | 1880 | |
Providence | East Ardsley, Leeds | 1864 | 1864 | |
Providence Works | Commondale | 1887 | 1893 | Standing in 1889. See also Commondale |
Pudsey | Pudsey, Leeds | 1873 | 1879 | Sinking from 1873 to 1878. |
Pudsey Green Top | Pudsey, Leeds | 1923 | 1934 | Had been called Green Top. Discontinued June 1931. Abandoned June 1934 |
Pulling Hill | Denby Dale | 1873 | 1887 | Sinking from 1873 to 1887. |
Punchard | Arkengarthdale | 1887 | 1927 | Or Punchard Gill. Discontinued 1927. Abandoned 1929 |
Purston | Purston Jaglin, Pontefract | 1855 | 1860 | On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet. |
Purston | Purston Jaglin, Pontefract | 1877 | | Sinking |
Pye Wood (a) | Darton, Barnsley | 1907 | 1921 | |
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