Coal Hill

Coal Hill, Whorlton

Whorlton was a crown manor until the time of Charles I, when it was granted to the Bruce family, of Kinloss. Thomas Bruce was created Baron Bruce of Whorlton in 1641, and one of his descendants became the Earl of Ailesbury in 1776. In 1821 the title was uprated to Marquis. In the later 19th century, the Marquis sold Whorlton estate, including the lordship of the manor, to James Emerson of Easby Hall.

The seam in Stoneymoor Sike appears to have been tried about three-quarters of a mile to the north at Coal Hill on Whorlton Moor.