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Sheffield Coalfield
Aldwarke Main Barley Hall Bramley Hall Brookhouse Dinnington Grange Handsworth Harworth High Hazels Kilnhurst Kiveton Park Maltby New Stubbin Nunnery Orgreave Rotherham Main Silverwood Smithy Wood Thorncliffe Thurcroft Treeton Waleswood

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Collieries after Nationalisation in 1947
Colliery Location Opened    Closed
Aldwarke Main Parkgate 1862 June 1961
Barley Hall Thorpe Hesley 1886 May 1974
Bramley Hall No.2 Handsworth 1938 1947
Brookhouse Beighton 1929 October 1985
Dinnington (Main) Dinnington 1901 September 1991
Grange Kimberworth 1855 July 1962
Handsworth Handsworth 1901 October 1967
Harworth Bircotes 1924 2006
High Hazels Nos 1 & 2 Darnall 1940 1947
Kilnhurst Kilnhurst 1861 January 1986
Kiveton Park Kiveton Park 1866 October 1994
Maltby (Main) Maltby 1907 December 2012
New Stubbin Rawmarsh 1913 July 1978
Nunnery Sheffield 1860 August 1953
Orgreave Handsworth 1851 October 1981
Rotherham Main Rotherham 1890 May 1954
Silverwood Thrybergh 1899 December 1994
Smithy Wood Ecclesfield 1902 December 1972
Thorncliffe Thorncliffe 1854 - (1954) Merged with Smithy Wood
Thurcroft (Main) Thurcroft 1909 December 1991
Treeton Treeton 1878 December 1990
Waleswood Aston 1861 May 1948

Dates in brackets indicate the date that the colliery merged with another


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