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Coal Mines in Yorkshire 1854
Name Parish From To Comments
Smear Hall Wray, Lancaster 1896 1896
Smedles Bowling, Bradford 1868 1872
Smelter Wood Sheffield 1920 1929 Abandoned November 19th 1929
Smithey Place Honley, Bradford 1856 1863
Smithies Barnsley 1876 1894
Smithies (a) Birstall, Dewsbury 1855 1888
Smithy Bridge Barnsley 1869 1869 Also called New Gawber. Sunk prior to 1869 - also called New Gawber
Smithy Hill Liversedge, Dewsbury 1868 1874
Smithy Wood Ecclesfleld, Sheffield 1932 1972 Included with Norfolk until 1931. Smithy Wood was sunk in 1890 and modernised in 1954. Close in December 1972.
Smut Hole Hazlehead, Holmfirth 1902 1914
Snapethorpe Wakefield 1864 1881
Snowgatehead Huddersfield 1876 1896
Snydale Whitwood, Normanton 1861 1965 Sunk in 1862 and closed in August 1965.
Soaphouse Sheffield 1855 1871 This mine may also be the one entered as Sheffield from 1855 to 1860 fit.
Soft Band Drift Hazlehead, Holmfirth 1915 1935 Not worked in 1922 and 1926. Reopened November 1927. Discontinued October 4th 1928. Maintenance work only 1933 to 1935. Discontinued 1935.
Softley Hazlehead, Holmfirth 1923 1924
Soil Hill Ovenden, Halifax 1855 1879
Soothill Batley, Dewsbury 1854 1930 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet. Abandoned March 1930
Soothill Wood Batley, Dewsbury 1873 1928 Sinking from 1873 to 1876. Discontinued September 1927. Abandoned 18/02/1928.
Soughley Hazlehead, Holmfirth 1925 1933 Abandoned 25/03/1933
South Edge Hipperhome, Bradford 1891 1932 W.H. Bentley, Ledgard & Naylor 1893 onwards. Not listed after 1897. Mine idle 1932 to 1937.
South Elmsall South Elmsall, Doncaster 1924 1993 Sinking from 1920 to 1923 and was closed in November 1993.
South Grain Todmorden 1856 1937 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet. Closed 1903 and reopened c1931
South Hiendley South Hiendley 1891 1918 Abandoned in 1920.
South Kirkby South Kirkby, Pontefract 1876 1988 Sinking from 1876 to 1883. Closed 25/03/1988.
Southages Rastrick, Brighouse 1899 1955 Includes Southages Nos.10 & 11 from 1924 to January 1935. Bentley & Smith; S. Marshall & Sons 1937 onwards. 57 years. Sunk 1899, worked almost without a break until 1939; reopened 1946 and finally closed 1955. Employed up to 150 men about 1900.
Southedge Hipperhome, Bradford 1903 1907 J. Brooke & Sons
Southedge Hipperhome, Bradford 1907 1907 G. Walker
Southedge Lightcliffe, Brighouse 1932 1937 Brookes Ltd
Southfield Liversedge, Dewsbury 1888 1934 Discontinued June 1929. Discontinued August 1934 and abandoned December 1935
Southfield Drighlington, Leeds 1887 1887
Southfield Lane Bradford 1873 1873 Sinking
Southgates Rastrick, Brighouse 1938
Southowram Southowram, Halifax 1898 1898 Baines, Whiteley & Rushworth
Southowram Southowram, Halifax 1854 1854
Sovereign Dodworth, Barnsley 1965 1969 Pumping Station
Sowden Farnley, Leeds 1880 1894
Sowden Pit No.4 Farnley, Leeds 1924 1932
Sowerby Gate High Abbotside, Hawes 1921 1922 See Staggs Fell
Spa House Wakefield 1921 1924 Abandoned
Speedwell Mapplewell, Barnsley 1854 1867 Name given as Mapplewell
Speedwell Nab End 1901 1909 J. Pearson
Spen Bank Cleckheaton 1911 1914 Sinking 1911 to 1914.
Spen Vale Heckmondwike 1901 1901
Spink Hall Sheffield 1873 1889 Sinking from 1873 to 1876.
Spinkwell Bradford 1903 1911 Moulson & Mellors; Spinkwell Quarries 1907; Moulson & Mellors 1908 onwards. Standing from 1911 to 1913. Off Bolton Road?
Spitewinter Bradfield, Sheffield 1948 1949 Mainly fireclay
Spring End Wakefield 1855 1857
Spring Gardens Drighlington, Leeds 1855 1927 Includes Lumb Wood from 1914 to 1927. Abandoned May 1913 and reopened c1928
Spring Gardens Kirkheaton, Huddersfield 1919 1921
Spring Grove Clayton West, Huddersfield 1919 1927 Abandoned 30/09/1927.
Spring Vale Crookes, Sheffield 1884 1887 Sinking from 1884 to 1887.
Spring Wood Ecclesfleld, Sheffield 1878 1887
Spring Wood Rainsworth 1918 1923
Springfield Shibden, Halifax 1944 1987 Mainly a Fireclay mine. Formerly (1947-1949) called Springfield Farm
Springfield Kirkburton, Huddersfield 1876 1877 Sinking from 1876 to 1877.
Springfield Farm Shibden, Halifax 1938 1945 Mainly a Fireclay mine.
Springfield Thorn Morley, Leeds 1927 1927 Abandoned 02/04/1927.
Springhall Lightcliffe, Brighouse 1931 1931 W. & J. Glossop Ltd
Springwood Mirfield, Dewsbury 1934 1936 Discontinued January 1936. Abandoned December 1937
Springwood Huddersfield 1862 1877 Sinking began in 1862.
St David's Oughtibridge, Sheffield 1862 1881
St Helen's Kirkburton, Huddersfield 1902 1929 Standing in 1905. Discontinued February 1929 and abandoned February 1930
St John’s Normanton 1870 1973 Sinking c1868. Production ended at the end of August 1973.
St John’s (d) Normanton 1854 1883
St John’s Cliff Wakefield 1854 1854
Staggs Fell High Abbotside, Hawes 1885 1925 Not worked 1914 to 1918
Stainborough Barnsley 1854 1860 Or Stainborough Park.
Staincliffe Dewsbury 1855 1901 Not lised from 1868 to 1880. Abandoned in 1901.
Staincross Smithies, Barnsley 1918 1927 Abandoned 13/03/1927.
Stainton Stainton 1887 1926 Not worked 1918 to 1921. Not worked in 1927.
Stanbury Moor Stanbury, Keighley 1861 1864 Prospecting.
Stanhope Silkstone, Barnsley 1901 1930 Stanhope Silkstone. Seams abandoned on 18/06/1928. Used as a pumping station until September 1930.
Stanhope Shaft Higham 1986 1988 Pumping Station
Stanhope Silkstone Main Silkstone, Barnsley 1876 1899 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet.
Stanley Stanley, Wakefield 1855 1880 Ferry Pit
Stanley Main Liversedge, Dewsbury 1868 1927 Abandoned 10/08/1927.
Stannington Stannington, Sheffield 1873 1883
Stannington Wood Stannington, Sheffield 1876 1905 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet.
Star Netherton, Wakefield 1923 1924 Abandoned 12/02/1924.
Star Netherton, Wakefield 1858 1887
Star Farm Opencast Lepton, Huddersfield 1961 1961
Starnhill Sheffield 1888 1905 Standing 1902 to 1905 and abandoned in 1905.
Station Birkenshaw, Bradford 1925 1930 Discontinued in May 1930. Abandoned January 1932.
Station Road Hipperhome, Bradford 1911 1922
Steel Bank Walkley, Sheffield 1882 1887
Steetley Steetley 1873 1985 Sunk 1873 to 1876. Merged with Shireoaks on 27/03/1983 and its coal taken up the drift at Shireoaks.
Sticker Lane Bowling, Bradford 1921 1923 Abandoned October 1923.
Stile Common Huddersfield 1884 1885
Stillingfleet Stillingfleet, Selby 1978 2004 Production began in January 1988. Incorporated North Selby from 1998 and closed on 30/07/2004.
Stockdale Muker 1910 1930 Opening
Stocksbridge Stocksbridge, Sheffield 1861 1948 Sunk 1890. Called - Stocksbridge No.1 from 1912 to 1927. Closed in April 1948.
Stocksbridge No.3 Stocksbridge, Sheffield 1912 1915
Stocksbridge, New Stocksbridge, Sheffield 1914 1927 Sinking 1914.
Stocksmoor Wakefield 1858 1883
Stone Halifax 1918 1947 Discontinued October 1941. Abandoned 29/05/1947.
Stoney Brow Siddal, Halifax 1914 1915
Stoney Royd Thornhill, Dewsbury 1943 1947 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet.
Stonyhall Halifax 1855 1869
Stopes Stannington, Sheffield 1901 1905
Storrs Loxley, Sheffield 1891 1980 Not listed from 1895 to 1900.
Storrs Bridge Loxley, Sheffield 1878 1935
Storrs Bridge Nos.1 & 2 Loxley, Sheffield 1936 1982 Closed 16/07/1982.
Storrs Hill South Ossett 1901 1908 Standing 1904 to 1908.
Storrs Mill Cudworth 1957 1957
Storth & Tonge Royd Elland, Halifax 1954 1955
Storth (a) Hawes 1877 1922 Standing from 1891 to 1893 and from 1916 to 1919 and in 1921, but re-opened in 1920. Standing in 1926.
Storth (b) Elland, Halifax 1888 1918
Storth (c) Elland, Halifax 1888 1905 Not working from 1901 to 1905.
Storth No.3 Elland, Halifax 1953 1955 Abandoned 17/11/1953 (?).
Storth Nos.1 & 2 Elland, Halifax 1915 1961 Abandoned 26/03/1960.
Strafford Main Dodworth, Barnsley 1855 1935 Discontinued August 1935. Used as a Pumping Station from 1944 to 1945 and from 1981 to 1988. See Rob Royd.
Strawberry Bank Liversedge, Dewsbury 1866 1918
Strawberry Lea No.2 Dore, Sheffield 1940 1945
Stream Head Bradford 1854 1860
Street Lane Leeds 1854 1860 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet.
Street Lane (a) Gildersome, Leeds 1876 1879 Sinking from 1876 to 1878.
Street Lane (b) Gildersome, Leeds 1876 1880 Sinking from 1876 to 1878.
Street Lane (c) Gildersome, Leeds 1901 1952 Standing from 1904 to 1909 and from 1913 to 1927. Reopened in 1928. Abandoned October 1935. Reopened by 1944. Closed 1952
Street Lane No.2 Gildersome, Leeds 1935 1936 Abandoned February 1936. Employment included with Street Lane
Streethouse Pontefract 1873 1883
Strinesdale Saddleworth, Oldham 1856 1869
Stubbin Denby Dale 1911 1919
Stubbin Oughtibridge, Sheffield 1908 1927 Abandoned 19/11/1927.
Stubbin House Denby Dale 1952 1961
Stubbin Lane Handsworth, Sheffield 1873 1876 Sinking from 1873 to 1876.
Stubbins Hipperhome, Bradford 1900 1901 J. Brooke & Sons
Stubley Heckmondwike, Leeds 1855 1860
Stubley Farm Heckmondwike, Leeds 1861 1867
Stubley Farm Gomersal, Leeds 1873 1873 Sinking
Studfield Hill Loxley, Sheffield 1907 1909
Summer Leys Idle, Bradford 1846 1852 Messrs Vint
Summerfield Idle, Bradford 1897 1897 E.S. Vint
Sunny Bank Southowram, Halifax 1877 1914 Abandoned May 1st 1889. Discontinued in 1909 and 1910. Abandoned 30/09/1914. Abandoned 19/05/1915.
Sunny Bank (a) Birkenshaw, Bradford 1876 1879
Sunny Bank (b) Birkenshaw, Bradford 1913 1915 Abandoned in 1915.
Sunny Vale Southowram, Halifax 1898 1962 Plan No.8531 - 80 Yard Band abandoned January 1st 1922.
Swaithe Main Worsbrough Dale, Barnsley 1861 1894 Sunk about 1860. Explosion on 06/12/1875 - 143 killed.
Swalesmoor Northowram, Halifax 1845 Sunk 1845
Swallow Hill Barugh, Barnsley 1945 1947 Developing from 1945 to 1947,
Swallow Hill Darton, Barnsley 1855 1894
Swallow Nest Sheffield 1854 1854
Swallow Wood Rawmarsh, Rotherham 1854 1860 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet.
Swallownest Barugh, Barnsley 1948 1949
Swallows Mosbrough, Sheffield 1852 Closed in 1852
Swan Bank Siddal, Halifax 1854 1860
Swan Bank (a) Siddal, Halifax 1854 1874
Swillington Park Swillington, Leeds 1921 1923 Abandoned November 1923.
Swillington Quarry Swillington, Leeds 1996 1996
Swindell Hill Whitley Upper 1927 1945 Abandoned 01/06/1927. Reopened in 1930 and abandoned February 1945.
Swinton Common Swinton 1874 1929 Sinking in 1874 but only listed from 1924 to 1929. Abandoned 30/07/1929.
Swinton Park Gate Rawmarsh, Rotherham 1854 1857 Sunk 1854
Syke Ing Dewsbury 1855 1869
Syke Pit Wibsey, Bradford 1869 1894 Sunk 1877. On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet.
Sykes Drighlington, Leeds 1855 1885 Sunk 1852 by Terry & Co.
Sykes’ Blendings Tong, Bradford 1865 1867


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