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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