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Coal Mines in Yorkshire 1854
Name Parish From To Comments
Wadsley Sheffield 1873 1887
Wadsley Common Wadsley, Sheffield 1890 1923 Abandoned 26/06/1923
Wadsley Common (a) Wadsley, Sheffield 1904 1915
Wadsley Park Wadsley, Sheffield 1901 1938 Abandoned September 1940
Waleswood Aston, Sheffield 1861 1948 Closed in 15/05/1948 and used as a Pumping Station from 1953 to 1988.
Waleswood Aston, Sheffield 1953 1988 Closed in May 1948 and used as a Pumping Station from 1953 to 1988.
Walkley Heckmondwike 1933 1936 Discontinued July 1933
Walkley Lane Heckmondwike 1908 1932 Standing 1908. Sinking in 1909 and 1910. Abandoned 10/05/1922.
Wall Pit Hunsworth, Bradford 1883 1893
Wallsend Main Smithies, Barnsley 1902 1905
Walter Clough Shibden, Halifax 1873 1878 Sinking in 1873 to 1878.
Walterclough Shibden, Halifax 1905 1980
Walton Crofton, Wakefield 1873 1979 Sinking from 1873 to 1883. Closed December 1979.
Walton No.3 Walton, Wakefield 1983 1987 Pumping Station
Warren House Upper Haugh, Rawmarsh 1860 1952 Sinking to Barnsley 1860 and to Parkgate 1894. Used as a Pumping Station from 1944 to 1952.
Warren House Dewsbury 1868 1872
Warren Park Quarry Bingley, Bradford 1910 1913 Stone shafts in the Gilstead area.
Warren Vale Rawmarsh, Rotherham 1854 1938 20/12/1851 - explosion killed 52. Developing 1933 to 1938. Closed 1905 to 1932.
Water Haigh Oulton, Leeds 1908 1970 Sinking from 1908 to 1909. Closed in April 1970 and then used as a Training Centre until 1972.
Water Loose Adwalton, Leeds 1862 1872
Waterloo Woodlesford, Leeds 1855 1879
Waterloo Main Temple Newsam, Leeds 1854 1968 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet. Closed in December 1968..
Waterloo Main, Dam Pit Temple Newsam, Leeds 1907 1916 Sunk 1906
Waterloo Main, Park Pit Temple Newsam, Leeds 1917 1927 Sunk 1857. Discontinued 23/11/1927. Used as a Pumping Station from 1929 to 1945.
Waterloo Main, Park Pit Temple Newsam, Leeds 1929 1945 Used as a Pumping Station from 1929 to 1945
Waterloo Main, Temple Pit Temple Newsam, Leeds 1913 1968 Sinking Temple Pit from 1913 to 1914. Became part of Waterloo Main from 1947.
Waterloo, Emley Flockton, Wakefield 1896 1912 Standing 1902 to 1911. Abandoned in 1912
Waterside Burton-in-Lonsdale 1896 1911 Standing 1908 to 1911.
Wath Main Wath upon Dearne 1873 1988 Sinking from 1873 to 1877. Merged with Manvers in 1986 and closed 25/03/1988.
Wath Wood Barnsley 1874 1875
Watson Southowram, Halifax 1926 1928 Abandoned 1928.
Wavell Pit Scholes, Bradford 1881 1892 Part of Whitehall Colliery.
Webster Adwalton, Leeds 1875 1882
Well House Penistone 1911 1921
Well Royd Southowram, Halifax 1896 1899
Wellington Gomersal 1866 1881
Wentworth Birstal, Leeds 1855 1861
Wentworth Drift Wentworth 1947 1955 Closed in November 1955.
Wentworth Silkstone Stainbro' 1911 1978 Merged with Silkstone Common in January 1961 and closed in July 1978 and became a pumping pit..
West Ardsley West Ardsley, Leeds 1934 1935 Pumping Shaft from 1934 to 1935.
West Ardsley West Ardsley, Leeds 1855 1931 Abandoned April 1931.
West End Morley, Leeds 1898 1933 See Morley West End from 1876 to 1897. Discontinued May 1933. Abandoned October 1937
West End (b) Romaldkirk 1923 1925 Standing in 1926 and abandoned in March 1927.
West Field Wyke, Bradford 1877 1887 Sinking from 1877 to 1878. Standing from 1888 to 1898 and from 1903 to 1905.
West Field Wyke, Bradford 1877 1924 Sinking in 1905. Abandoned 11/01/1924.
West Gawber Barnsley 1858 1875
West Gawber Main Barnsley 1890 1893
West House Heaton, Bradford 1901 1908 E. Tetley; Hill & Craven 1902 onwards
West Hunsworth Hunsworth, Bradford 1888 1902 Included Cleckheaton
West Kiveton Kiveton Park 1874 Sunk 1874 to 1875. Also called Kiveton Park No.3 Shaft.
West Lane Gomersal 1873 1898 Sinking from 1883 to 1887
West Lane Southowram, Halifax 1897 1918 S. Marshall & Son; Marshall & Greenwood 1899-1901; Marshall & Sons 1901 onwards
West Lane Southowram, Halifax 1899 1909 J. Farrar; Farrar & Sons
West Lane Southowram, Halifax 1899 1902 Hartley & Kaye
West Lane Gomersal 1861 1867
West Lane Southowram, Halifax 1900 1900 L. Clegg & Co
West Lane Southowram, Halifax 1897 1916 Sunk 1896.
West Melton Melton, Rotherham 1854 1886
West Pits High Abbotside, Hawes 1926 1926 Closed since 31/12/1926
West Riding Altofts, Wakefield 1854 1966 1964-1965 = Fox Drift. Closed October 1966.
West Riding (Fox Pit) Altofts, Wakefield 1885 1966 Sunk to Silkstone in 1885 and the Better Bed in 1908.
West Scrafton West Scrafton, Leyburn 1870 1915 Reopening from 1905 to 1908. Abandoned in August 1908 and on 26/11/1915.
West Silkstone Silkstone Common, Barnsley 1855 1912 Not listed from 1871 to 1898. Abandoned in 1912. Reopened in 1921 and abandoned in 1922.
West Yorkshire Manston, Leeds 1865 1882
West Yorkshire (a) Birstall, Dewsbury 1862 1873 Listed in 1877.
Westcroft Lane Northowram, Halifax 1898 1905
Westfield Ossett, Wakefield 1863 1872 Working in 1897 and 1899.
Westfield (a) Parkgate, Rawmarsh 1925 1988
Westgate Cleckheaton 1905 1915 Abandoned March 1915
Westgate Common Wakefield 1890 1903 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet.
Westgate Manor Wakefield 1854 1860
Westgate Moor Wakefield 1874 1881 Sinking from 1874 to 1876.
Westroyde Hipperhome, Bradford 1909 1909
Westwood Sheffield 1863 1866
Wetshaw Ughill, Sheffield 1905 1905
Wharncliffe Oughtibridge, Sheffield 1859 1945 Not listed from 1890 to 1909. Working from 1910 to 1919. Not listed from 1920 to 1936. Working from 1937 to 1945. Abandoned February 1945.
Wharncliffe Chase Deepcar, Sheffield 1927 1947 See also Wharncliffe Wood
Wharncliffe Haigh Moor Barnsley 1910 Sinking
Wharncliffe Silkstone Pilley 1972 1988 Used as a Pumping Station from 1972 to 1988.
Wharncliffe Silkstone Pilley 1860 1967 Sunk 1853 and opened in 1854. Called Wharncliffe Silkstone No.1 until 1930. Closed and merged with Rockingham in June 1967. Used as a Pumping Station from 1972 to 1988
Wharncliffe Silkstone, Knoll
Drift
Tankersley, Sheffield 1905 1914 Used as a pumping station 1918 to 1921.
Wharncliffe Wood Deepcar, Sheffield 1866 1936 Not listed from 1882 to 1914. Discontinued July 1936 and abandoned August 1938.
Wharncliffe Woodmoor No.3 Carlton 1970 1988 No.3 used as a Pumping Station from 1970 to 1988.
Wharncliffe Woodmoor
Nos.1, 2 & 3
Carlton 1871 1965 Sinking in 1871. Closed in August 1965. No.3 used as a Pumping Station from 1970 to 1988.
Wharncliffe Woodmoor
Nos.4 & 5
Carlton 1925 1970 Called Carlton Main until it closed in 1909 and reopened in 1925. Closed in July 1970.
Wharncliffe, Carlton Barnsley 1878 1899
Wharncliffe, Ganister Deepcar, Sheffield 1901 1909
Wheatley Wood Darton, Barnsley 1869 1923 Sunk 1869. Abandoned 28/04/1923.
Wheatshire Ughill, Sheffield 1891 1980 Abandoned 11/10/1969.
Wheldale Castleford 1863 1987 Closed 16/10/1987.
Whetley Bradford 1855 1858
Whinmore No.1 Skelmanthorpe 1916 Abandoned
Whinmore No.2 Skelmanthorpe 1916 1923
Whinny Moor Ossett, Wakefield 1869 1913 Abandoned June 1913
Whitaker Pits Scholes, Bradford 1882 1899 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet.
White Close Lane Denby Dale 1917 1929 Standing in 1920. Discontinued February 1928.
White Gate Halifax 1878 1881
White Hart Bradford 1888 1892
White Hill or Penny Pie Dodworth, Barnsley 1861 1872
White Horse York Road, Leeds 1854 1885 Sometimes given as White House.
White Lea Heckmondwike 1888 1941 Abandoned April 1941.
White Lee Leeds 1854 1899 Not listed between 1888 and 1895.
White Rock High Abbotside, Hawes 1887 1913
Whitegate Siddal, Halifax 1898 1899
Whitehall Wyke, Bradford 1878 1883 See also Wavell Pit.
Whitehall Scholes, Cleckheaton 1893 1905
Whitehills Kippax, Leeds 1909 1913
Whitemoor Barlby, Selby 1980 1998 Production began in January 1988. Merged with Ricall in 1998.
White's Dayhole Farnley, Leeds 1878 1929
Whitley Kirkheaton, Huddersfield 1854 1883 Continued as Whitley Clough?
Whitley Beaumont Opencast Whitley Beaumont 1954 1957
Whitley Clough Mirfield, Dewsbury 1884 1947 Previously called Whitley.
Whitley Park Mirfield, Dewsbury 1922 1924
Whitley Park & Pisgah Farm Grange Moor, Wakefield 1931 1933 Abandoned January 1933
Whitley Park, Clough Gate Grange Moor, Wakefield 1925 1930
Whitley Park, Cockley Wood Grange Moor, Wakefield 1925 1930 Discontinued 30/06/1927.
Whitley Temple Drift Kirkheaton, Huddersfield 1955 1969
Whitley Wood Mirfield, Dewsbury 1868 1880
Whitwell Main Pontefract 1871 1871
Whitwood Whitwood, Normanton 1854 1968 Closed in March 1968.
Whitwood, Don Pedro Loscoe, Normanton 1878 1912 Called Don Pedro before 1901. Closed in 1912 and used for ventilation.
Wibsey Wibsey, Bradford 1854 1872 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet.
Wibsey Bank Foot Wibsey, Bradford 1871 1878
Will Royd Halifax 1888 1894
William Gill Arkengarthdale 1877 1893 Abandoned 12/04/1883.
Willow Bank Barnsley 1861 1887
Willow Main Tingle Bridge, Barnsley 1888 1889 See Tingle Bridge from 1877 to 1887.
Wilsden Wilsden, Bradford 1854 1912 Closed in 1899 and reopened in 1909. Standing from 1912 to 1916. Abandoned in 1917.
Wilson Field Rastrick, Brighouse 1899 1900 Sunderland & Mellors
Wilson Main Kirkburton, Huddersfield 1873 1881 Sinking from 1873 to 1878.
Wilson Pit Oakenshaw, Bradford 1858 1897 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet.
Wilson Wood Ingleton, Settle 1855 1887 Abandoned after an inundation on Sunday, 21st October 1866 and reopening in 1872 and production resumed from November 1874. For sale in July 1887 and closed in August 1887.
Wincobank Wincobank, Sheffield 1873 1879
Wincobank (a) Wincobank, Sheffield 1874 1877 Sinking from 1874 to 1876.
Wincobank Hall Wincobank, Sheffield 1920 1921
Wincobank Wood Grimesthorpe, Sheffield 1923 1924 Abandoned March 1924.
Windmill Hill Shelley, Huddersfield 1919 1922 Abandoned 1922
Windy Bank Ambler Thorn, Halifax 1855 1860 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet.
Winney Moor Wakefield 1868 1872
Winter Crigglestone, Wakefield 1926 1926 Abandoned 03/12/1926.
Winter Hill Hoyland, Barnsley 1854 1863
Winter Hill Hoyland, Barnsley 1872 1887
Winter Main Dirtcar, Wakefield 1894 1903
Winter Seam Worsbrough, Barnsley 1888 1889
Wistow Wistow, Selby 1976 2004 Production began on 27/06/1983 and the last coal was worked 13/05/2004.
Wombwell Main Wombwell, Barnsley 1854 1969 Sinking from 1853 to 1854.. Closed 23/05/1969.
Wood Denby Dale 1921 1926 Standing from 1924 to 1926.
Wood (a) Holmfirth, Huddersfield 1855 1873
Wood (b) Holmfirth, Huddersfield 1855 1897
Wood (d) Hunsworth, Bradford 1878 1886
Wood Ganister New Mill, Huddersfield 1913 1914 Abandoned June 1914
Wood Lane Bradford 1923 1927 Closed. Abandoned January 1927.
Wood Top Huddersfield 1893 1894
Woodend Stannington, Sheffield 1902 1949 Mainly a ganister mine
Woodend (a) Stannington, Sheffield 1910 1940
Woodend No.2 Oughtibridge, Sheffield 1910 1919 Standing
Woodend No.3 Oughtibridge, Sheffield 1915 1919 Standing
Woodfield Brighouse 1918 1929 Hudson Brook. Abandoned September 1929
Woodfield Liversedge, Dewsbury 1874 1875 Sinking from 1874 to 1875
Woodhead Hipperhome, Bradford 1904 1905 A. Longbottom
Woodhouse Handsworth, Sheffield 1861 1872
Woodhouse Hipperhome, Bradford 1908 1908
Woodhouse Normanton 1914 1916 Standing 1915 to 1916 - owner killed in War
Woodhouse Handsworth, Sheffield 1874 1877 Sinking from 1874 to 1877.
Woodhouse Junction Sheffield 1855 1866
Woodhouse Lane East Ardsley, Leeds 1888 1899 Sinking from 1880 to 1882.
Woodhouse Lane (a) East Ardsley, Leeds 1873 1885 Sinking from 1873 to 1878.
Woodhouse Lane (b) East Ardsley, Leeds 1880 1886 Sinking from 1880 to 1886.
Woodhouse Mill Sheffield 1854 1866
Woodlesford Woodlesford, Leeds 1887
Woodman Elland, Halifax 1909 1937 Abandoned 19/06/1937.
Woodman Clay Mine Elland, Halifax 1878 1903
Woodmoor Crigglestone, Wakefield 1854 1881 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet.
Woodmoor Crigglestone, Wakefield 1924 1926
Woodmoor (a) Crigglestone, Wakefield 1854 1881 #NAME?
Woodmoor (b) Crigglestone, Wakefield 1873 1880 Sinking from 1873 to 1877
Woodroyd Honley, Huddersfield 1855 1862
Woodroyde Wibsey, Bradford 1890 1897
Woodside Fartown 1861 1864 William Aspinall
Woodside Liversedge, Dewsbury 1883 1890
Woodside Odsal, Bradford 1918 1920 Abandoned
Woodside Opencast Lepton, Huddersfield 1957 1957
Woodsome Lepton, Huddersfield 1921 1931 No.3 Shaft sunk 1914 to 1922. Abandoned July 1941.
Woodsome No.2 Lepton, Huddersfield 1921 1924 Sinking 1921
Woodsome Outcrop Rowley Bottom 1930 1933 Abandoned December 1933.
Woodthorpe Sheffield 1854 1928 Discontinued 1928
Woodwell Batley, Dewsbury 1874 1878 Sinking from 1874 to 1878
Woogill Stonebeck Up, Pateley Bridge 1876 1892
Woollen Well Main Crigglestone, Wakefield 1874 1890 Sinking from 1874 to 1877.
Woolley Darton, Barnsley 1854 1987 Closed 22/12/1987.
Woolley Darton, Barnsley 1854 1987 No. 3 Shaft sunk 1942. Closed 22/12/1987.
Woolley Edge Woolley Edge, Barnsley 1932 1966 Closed through exhaustion in June 1966.
Woolley Moor Dennington 1896 1905
Woolley Moor (a) Dennington 1955 1969 Used as a Pumping Station from 1955 to 1969.
Woolley Moor (b) Dennington 1953 1955
Woolley, Barnsley Darton, Barnsley 1955 1988 Used as a Pumping Station from 1955 to 1988.
Woolrow Shelley, Huddersfield 1892 1925 Abandoned 22/12/1925.
Worrall Worrall, Sheffield 1885 1899
Worrall Moor Worrall, Sheffield 1893 1914 Abandoned in 1914.
Worrall Moor (a) Worrall, Sheffield 1913 1922 Or Darwent Lane (from 1918 to 1922). Discontinued 15/09/1915.
Worsborough Park Worsborough, Barnsley 1855 1886
Worsbro’ Dale Worsbro’, Barnsley 1890 1892
Wortley (a) Wortley, Leeds 1856 1887
Wortley (b) Wortley, Sheffield 1854 1889
Wortley No.2 Wortley, Leeds 1940 1969 Includes Wortley No.3 from 1948 to 1950.
Wortley No.3 Wortley, Leeds 1948 1950
Wortley Silkstone Sheffield 1861 1880
Wortley, Busk Pit Wortley, Leeds 1884 1905 See Busk
Wragby Wragby, Wakefield 1863 1863
Wrenthorpe Wakefield 1905 1928 Sunk in 1838 and closed in 1900. New sinking in 1905 and reopened in 1907 and abandoned 26/06/ 1928.
Wrenthorpe Wakefield 1854 1900 Sunk in 1838 and closed in 1900. Reopened in 1905.
Wrigley Tip Denby Dale 1915 1915 Discontinued
Wroe Bradford 1871 1880
Wrose Brow Shipley, Bradford 1892 1915
Wrose Hill Shipley, Bradford 1902 1944 Wrose Hill Fire Clay Works. Discontinued July 1944.
Wycliffe Richmond 1935 1938 Abandoned - October 1938
Wyke Wyke, Bradford 1854 1880
Wyre Hall Adwalton, Leeds 1875 1903


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