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Cadeby Main Cadeby 1889 1986 Sunk 25/03/1889 to February 1893. Linked with Denaby Main in 1956 and merged on 23/03/1968. Closed 07/11/ 1986.
Calder (a) Mirfield, Dewsbury 1859 1921 Abandoned in 1909.
Calder (b) Elland, Halifax 1901 1950 Abandoned in 1905 and again in 1921 and reopened in 1935 and abandoned on 07/09/1960.
Calder Drift Bretton West 1987 1990 Part of Denby Grange
Calder Grove Wakefield 1911 1912
Calder Grove Drift Crigglestone, Wakefield 1947 1948 Closed temporarily 1948 to 1950
Calder Lower Fireclay Mine Elland, Halifax 1875 1887
Calder No.1 Thornhill, Dewsbury 1896 Sunk 1896 to 1898.
Calder No.2 Elland, Halifax 1937 1941 Abandoned September 1941. Calder No.2 Fireclay, Halifax Hard Bed, abandoned 04/09/1941, plan 13151.
Calder Vale No.1 Durkar, Wakefield 1921 1924 Abandoned
Calder Vale No.2 Durkar, Wakefield 1923 1927 Abandoned 23/02/1927
Calder Vale No.3 Durkar, Wakefield 1923 1927 Abandoned 23/02/1927
Calder Vale No.4 Durkar, Wakefield 1925 1927 Abandoned 23/02/1927
Calder, Dayhole (a) Elland, Halifax 1905 1912 Abandoned
Calder, Fireclay Elland, Halifax 1888 1904 Plan No.4879 – Halifax Hard Bed abandoned December 1st 1905. Plan No. 5764 – Halifax Hard Bed abandoned October 31st 1911. Plan No.5765 – Halifax Hard Bed abandoned October 31st 1911. Plan No.7488 – Halifax Hard Bed abandoned December 31st 1914.
Calder, New Mirfield, Dewsbury 1899 1904
Caledonian Oughtibridge, Sheffield 1889 1913 Abandoned 1908. Standing 1913 to 1914
California Shelley, Huddersfield 1861 1885
California Level Appletreewick, Skipton 1919 1921 Abandoned
Calverley Bradford 1855 1878
Caphouse Overton, Wakefield 1828 1985 According to the NCB Statistics Department Caphouse was probably established in 1828. Two shafts were sunk in 1874, one for men and materials and the other for pumping and ventilation. A new drift was driven in 1974 for bringing coal out.
Car House Rotherham 1855 1988 Sunk to Barnsley in 1856, to Swallow Wood in 1876 and Parkgate in 1891. Abandoned 1915. Used as a Pumping Station from 1944 to 1988.
Carbrook Sheffield 1854 1871
Cardigan Gelderd Road, Leeds 1909 1930 Abandoned December 1930.
Cardigan & Royds Gelderd Road, Leeds 1914 1924
Carlinghow Batley, Dewsbury 1864 1867
Carlton Main Carlton 1876 1909 Sinking between 1876 to 1877. Also called Wharncliffe Woodmoor No.1 Shaft. Sunk to Barnsley in 1874-1877 and to the Haigh Moor in 1903-04. Abandoned in 1909. Standing 1910 to 1913.
Carperby Carperby, Leyburn 1899 1908 Not working
Carr & Craggs Todmorden 1921 1927 No coal raised from 1928 to 1938. Some work may have been done c1940.
Carr Hall Holywell Green 1921 1921 Abandoned August 1921.
Carr House Farm Sheffield 1955 1956
Carr Lane Briestfield, Dewsbury 1864 1867
Carr Wood New Mill, Huddersfield 1865 1931 Standing from 1876 to 1892. Abandoned 1931.
Castle Sheffield 1855 1872
Castle Fields Rastrick, Brighouse 1891 1899 Bentley & Smith. 3 years. Mine plan suggests this opened about 1891. It appears in the lists 1897-1899, and is remarkable for its large payroll (197 men in 1897; still 92 in 1899).
Castle Hill Gomersal 1927 1927 Abandoned 09/09/1927
Castleford Leeds 1854 1857
Catherine Slack Ambler Thorn, Halifax 1904 See Ford Hill and Shibden Head. Sunk in 1904. = Ford Hill?
Cawley Heckmondwike 1874 1877 Sinking from 1874 to 1876.
Cawthorne Basin Barnsley 1884 1887
Central Silkstone Barnsley 1907 1917
Chairbarrows Scholes, Bradford 1903 1928 Standing in 1905. Abandoned December 1928.
Chapeltown Sheffield 1855 1878
Charles Pit Tong, Bradford 1884 1925 Abandoned 22/07/1925. Includes Tong in 1924 and 1925.
Charlestown Halifax 1873 1884 Sinking from 1873 to 1884.
Charlton Brook Barnsley 1854 1857
Chatts Hunsworth, Bradford 1914 1925 Abandoned May 1925. Black Bed = 2 ft 6 ins thick.
Chatts No.2 Hunsworth, Bradford 1925 1932 Chatts No.2 was formerly Road Pit. Abandoned December 1932
Chatts No.3 Hunsworth, Bradford 1931 1947 Abandoned August 1947.
Chatts No.4 Hunsworth, Bradford 1944 1947
Chellow Heights Heaton, Bradford 1905 1909 S. Kay
Chevet Elland, Halifax 1872 1877 Sinking from 1872 to 1877.
Chickenley Heath Chickenley 1855 1908 Abandoned
Chickenley Wood Earlsheaton, Dewsbury 1876 1882 Sinking from 1876 to 1878.
Chidswell Dewsbury 1876 1924 Includes Ridings from 1901 to 1905.
Church Field Roberttown, Liversedge 1884 1911 Sinking from 1884 to 1887. Standing from 1899 to 1907? Abandoned 1911
Church Lane Dodworth, Barnsley 1868 1872 Later called Old Silkstone Collieries
Churwell (a) Churwell, Leeds 1861 1899
Churwell (b) Churwell, Leeds 1861 1886
Churwell (d) Churwell, Leeds 1861 1872
Churwell (e) Churwell, Leeds 1861 1877
Churwell (f) Churwell, Leeds 1861 1877
Churwell (g) Churwell, Leeds 1854 1857
Churwell (h) Churwell, Leeds 1856 1860
Churwell (i) Churwell, Leeds 1858 1860
Cinder Hill (a) Siddal, Halifax 1876 1883 Sinking from 1876 to 1878.
Cinder Hill (b) Siddal, Halifax 1878 1892 & Quarry. Plan No.4641 – Halifax Hard & Soft Beds abandoned May 1888. Includes ‘Quarry’ from 1913 to 1962. Includes Great Miers in 1915 and 1916.
Cinder Hills Pit Siddal, Halifax 1898 1961 Fireclay, 36 Yard Band, abandoned 12/07/1962, plan 15205.
Claremont Halifax 1878 1880
Claremont Idle, Bradford 1894 1900 Not listed after 1897. T. Obank – on Idle Moor
Clay Works Holmfirth, Huddersfield 1874 1883
Clayton Clayton, Bradford 1897 1897 J. Thornton
Clayton (a) Clayton, Bradford 1859 1869
Clayton (b) Halifax 1864 1869
Clayton (c) Clayton, Bradford 1892 1908
Clayton Common Clayton West, Huddersfield 1862 1887
Cleckheaton (a) Hunsworth, Bradford 1861 1893
Cleckheaton (b) Hunsworth, Bradford 1878 1887
Cleckheaton (d) Hunsworth, Bradford 1885 1887
Cleckheaton (e) Hunsworth, Bradford 1861 1880
Cleckheaton (f) Hunsworth, Bradford 1907 1909 Probably became Hunsworth Lift
Cliff Churwell, Leeds 1878 1882
Cliffe Bridge Crane Moor, Sheffield 1903 1949
Cliffe Hill Cumberworth, Huddersfield 1902 1905
Cliffe Quarry Bradford 1901 1908 A. Turner & Co
Clifford Bentham, Ingleton 1905 1907 Standing 1907 to 1909.
Cliffrigg Great Ayton 1887 1926 Not worked in 1927.
Cliffrigg & Slacks Great Ayton 1887 1914
Clifton Halifax 1854 1863
Clifton (a) Brighouse 1861 1883 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet.
Clifton New Brighouse 1949 1952 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet. See Ox Pit.
Clifton, Green Lane Pit Brighouse 1947 1957 Green Lane Pit sunk in 1865.
Clog Sole Delf Brighouse 1935 1943 J.R. Oates. On 1st edition OS Sheet. Closed Novemver 1941.
Close Loxley, Sheffield 1931 1931 Ganister, abandoned 07/01/1932, plan 10814.
Close Hill Huddersfield 1861 1910 Standing from 1902 to 1909 and abandoned in 1910.
Clough Deepcar, Sheffield 1875 1899 Sinking from 1875 to 1878.
Clough (c) Dewsbury 1854 1887 Not listed from 1858 to 1885?
Clough Dayhole Deepcar, Sheffield 1920 1936 Abandoned December 1936.
Clough Green Cawthome 1934 1959 Fireclay, Better Bed or Cumberworth Clay Seam, abandoned 24/11/1959, plan 15182.
Clough Head Todmorden 1858 1904 Continued as Clough Head, Clay and Clough Head, Coal.
Clough Head No.2 Todmorden 1947 1948 Not worked during 1947.
Clough Head, Clay Todmorden 1905 1957 Fireclay, abandoned 18/06/1958, plan 15157.
Clough Head, Coal Todmorden 1905 1938 Abandoned October 1938.
Clough Head, Coal No.1 Todmorden 1935 1937
Clough Head, Inchfield Moor Todmorden 1938 1952 Discontinued June 1947 to 1950.
Clough House Denby 1909 1931 Abandoned February 1931.
Clough, Clay Deepcar, Sheffield 1901 1950 Fireclay, Black Pot or Black Clay, abandoned 31/07/1951, plan 15095.
Clough, Clay (b) Deepcar, Sheffield 1873 1884 Sinking from 1873 to 1876.
Coalfield Brickyards Doncaster 1949 1952
Coates Lane Thurgoland, Sheffield 1899 1899 See Thornley Silkstone
Coates Pit Wyke, Bradford 1878 1938 Sunk in 1872 and abandoned March 1938.
Cobbler Bottom Silkstone Station, Barnsley 1892 1893
Cockerdale Drighlington, Leeds 1873 1873 Sinking
Cockermouth Flockton, Wakefield 1881 1899
Cockermouth No.4 Flockton Moor, Wakefield 1914 1918 Standing in 1918 and abandoned 1919.
Cockhill Farm Shelf, Bradford 1872 1883
Cocking Lane Pit Clayton, Bradford 1884 1894 This became the site of Clayton Fire Clay Works by the 1937 edition.
Cockle Shell Stannington, Sheffield 1902 1907
Cockshutts Bolsterstone, Sheffield 1931 1933 Abandoned September 1933
Coldwell Lane New Mill, Huddersfield 1890 1892
College Birstall, Dewsbury 1855 1873 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet.
Colls Delph, Oldham 1923 1941 Abandoned 1928 to 1933 inclusive. Abandoned January 1935. Discontinued January 1941. Abandoned April 1945.
Colne Bridge Bradley, Huddersfield 1887 1888
Colton Leeds 1854 1860
Combs Thornhill, Dewsbury 1856 1971 Became Thornhill Colliery under the NCB and closed in 1971.
Commondale Commondale 1896 1904 Reopened 1935/36. See also Providence Works
Commonside Cumberworth, Huddersfield 1865 1869
Commonside West Ardsley, Leeds 1912 1912
Coney Wood Tong, Bradford 1915 1918 A day hole. Discontinued from 1918 to 1920.
Conyers Dewsbury 1878 1908
Cooke Lane Heckmondwike 1873 1879 Sinking from 1873 to 1878.
Cooper Lane Cawthorne 1952 1952
Copley Springs Wibsey, Bradford 1875 No.6 Pit sunk before 1875.
Cornpack Cotherstone 1920 1920
Coronation Northowram, Halifax 1902 1931 Abandoned August 1931.
Corton Wood Brampton 1871 1985 Sinking began October 1873 to 1876. Standing from March 1984 to October 1985. An overtime ban began in early December 1983 and the proposal to close Cortonwood led to a national from 10/03/1984.
Cortwood Brampton 1854 1854 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet.
Cortworth x?? 1954
Cottage of Content Wath, Rotherham 1858 1867
Cotterdale High Abbotside, Hawes 1875 1922 Standing after 1877 and abandoned July 5th 1880. Reopened 1888. Closed in 1920. Standing 1923 to 1925.
Cottingley Hall Churwell, Leeds 1878 1880 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet. Not shown on 1908 edition.
Cottingley Moor Bottom Bradford 1854 1860
Cotton Hole Bradford 1864 1872
Cow Close Wyke, Bradford 1883 1887
Cowmes Fenay Bridge, Huddersfield 1855 1881 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet.
Coxon Lane Darton, Barnsley 1872 1872
Crabtree Hall Soil Hill, Halifax 1893 1917 Plan No.6988 – Halifax Hard Bed abandoned March 14th 1918.
Cragg End Arkengarthdale 1882 1922
Crane Moor Sheffield 1921 1960 Abandoned June 30th 1928 until 1952.
Crane Moor No.2 Opecast Site Sheffield 1957 1958 Suspended 1959 and 1960
Craps Hall Wilsden, Bradford 1858 1860
Crawshaw Clay Bradfield, Sheffield 1901 1960 Fireclay, Stannington Pot Clay, abandoned 22/11/1960, plan 15184.
Cricket Field Idle, Bradford 1890 1890 E. Dickinson
Crigglestone Crigglestone, Wakefield 1854 1862
Crigglestone Crigglestone, Wakefield 1970 1988 Closed in April 1968 and used as a Pumping Station from 1970 to 1988.
Crigglestone Crigglestone, Wakefield 1891 1968 See Woollen Well Main in previous years Slack Shaft sunk 1912 to 1914. Closed in April 1968.
Crigglestone Main Crigglestone, Wakefield 1896 1927 Sinking from 1896 to 1899. Discontinued November 29th 1927 and abandoned December 1931.
Croft Hollow Rastrick, Brighouse 1899 1900 Firth, Earnshaw & Walker
Croft Top Halifax 1874 1874 Sinking
Cromwell Dewsbury 1854 1860
Crooked Lane (Brow Pit) Queensbury, Bradford 1855 1877 Plan No.898 – Halifax Soft Bed abandoned prior to November 1878.
Cross Bank Batley, Dewsbury 1862 1882
Cross Flats Pit Holbeck, Leeds 1878 1880 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet.
Cross Green Leeds 1854 1878
Cross No.1 Silkstone, Barnsley 1902 1916 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet. Abandoned 1908 to 1914
Cross No.2 Silkstone, Barnsley 1907 1940
Cross No.3 Silkstone, Barnsley 1917 1918 Abandoned
Cross, Clay Kirkburton, Huddersfield 1944 1947
Crosses Hunsworth, Bradford 1902 1912
Crosses Hunsworth, Bradford 1878 1897 Abandoned. See Hunsworth Crosses
Crossing Main Thurgoland, Sheffield 1886 1897
Crossley Hall Allerton, Bradford 1858 1860 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet.
Crossley Lane Mirfield, Dewsbury 1855 1869 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet.
Crow Nest Lightcliffe, Brighouse 1933 1937 Closed October 1937
Crow Royd Opencast Site Kirkheaton, Huddersfield 1956 1956
Crow Trees Rastrick, Brighouse 1901 1918
Crow Trees Gomersal 1855 1883
Crowd Hill Wyke, Bradford 1884 1890 Sunk 1867 to 1968. May be Crow Hill Colliery.
Crowedge Penistone 1855 1937 Abandoned September 1938.
Crown Point Leeds 1855 1867
Crows Nest Lightcliffe, Brighouse 1933 1937 Brookes Ltd
Crowtrees Brighouse 1901 1902 S. Marshall & Sons. 20 years Sunk 1901. Continuously worked until closure in 1920. Up to 60 men employed. Good detailed plan; original held by Thornhill Yorkshire Estates.
Crowtrees Rastrick, Brighouse 1900 1912 Marsden, Murgatroyd & Sons. 13 years. Sunk 1900, and continuously worked until end of listing in 1912. A moderate-size mine, with a maximum of 79 men early in the period.
Cud Hill Farnley, Leeds 1891 1905
Cudworth Cudworth 1966 1966 4 miles of Barnsley and 2 miles SE of Cudworth – opencast
Cudworth Cudworth 1874 1902 Sinking from 1874 to 1876. Not working in 1902.
Cullingworth Bingley, Bradford 1861 1870
Cumberworth Upper Cumberworth 1854 1918 Abandoned 1905 and reopened in 1907.
Cumberworth (b) Cumberworth, Huddersfield 1901 1903
Cumberworth (c) Cumberworth, Huddersfield 1854 1860
Cumberworth Brogs Cumberworth, Huddersfield 1919 1929 Discontinued November 1929 and abandoned 08/02/1936.
Cutter Height Bradford 1856 1880 Given as Cutler Height from 1856 to 1872.
Dale Rawmarsh, Rotherham 1894 1899
Dale Lane Heckmondwike 1859 1867
Dam Head Shibden, Halifax 1879 1892 Plan No.4640 – Halifax Hard & Soft Beds abandoned July 1888.
Damfield Dewsbury 1877 1877
Darfield Fireclay Barnsley 1876 1899
Darfield Main Darfield, Barnsley 1856 1986 Sinking from 1856 to 1860. No.1 Shaft (1015 ft) and No.2 Shaft were sunk in 1860 and No.3 (1884 ft) sunk 1916-1919. To be closed by the end of September 1985 and its reserves worked by Houghton Main (Coal News, June 1985).
Dark Lane Mirfield, Dewsbury 1873 1925 Dark Lane, Engine Pit sunk 1873 to 1875.
Darley Main Worsbrough Dale, Barnsley 1854 1886 Explosion in 1849 – 75 killed.
Dartmouth Morley, Leeds 1861 1886
Darton Mapplewell 1869 1948 According to the NCB Statistics Department a coal winding shaft was sunk at North Gawber in 1924 and linked to Darton Colliery Darton merged with North Gawber in 1948 and the Darton Section closed in August 1948.
Darton (a) Mapplewell 1968 1969 Sunk 1910 and closed in August 1948. Pumping Station from 1968 to 1969.
Darton Hall Barnsley 1876 1888
Darton Main Darton, Barnsley 1913 1935 Sunk 1914 – Barnsley Seam reached on 11/08/1914. Discontinued August 1935 and abandoned 1938.
Day House Gawber, Barnsley 1913 1925 Abandoned
Day House Bridge Gawber, Barnsley 1856 1856
Daylight Carlinghow, Batley 1894 1899
Dean Bottom Kirkburton, Huddersfield 1893 1905
Dean Clough Todmorden 1880 1880
Dean Hall Morley, Leeds 1858 1896 Given as Dean House from 1861 to 1869.
Dean Lane Bradford 1872 1872
Deanwood (Clay) Todmorden 1886 1942 At Portsmouth. Discontinued July 1942 and abandoned 31/12/1955.
Dearne Side Mapplewell 1955 1977 Pumping Station
Dearne Valley Little Houghton 1901 1991 According to the NCB Statistics Department two drifts were driven in 1900 and a shaft was sunk in 1901 was still used for ventilation in 1984. A new drift, for men and materials, was driven in 1973.
Deep Green Hartshead, Leeds 1861 1862
Deepcar Deepcar, Sheffield 1854 1872
Deepcar & Henholmes Deepcar, Sheffield 1915 1938 Abandoned. See Henholmes from 1869 to 1913, and Deepcar from 1869 to 1913.
Deepcar (a) Deepcar, Sheffield 1864 1913
Deepcar (b) Deepcar, Sheffield 1864 1887
Deepcar Fireclay Deepcar, Sheffield 1912 1913
Deerpark Stannington, Sheffield 1901 1910 Abandoned in 1907. Standing 1911 to 1913
Deffer Wood Clayton West, Huddersfield 1913 1920 Discontinued December 31st 1920.
Denaby Main Mexborough 1856 1968 Sunk between 1864 and 1912, and merged with Cadeby on 23/03/1968.
Denby Dale Penistone 1877 1922 Sinking from 1877 to 1887. Not listed from 1888 to 1892.
Denby Dale (a) Penistone 1873 1876 Sinking from 1873 to 1875.
Denby Dale (c) Penistone 1855 1877
Denby Grange Netherton, Wakefield 1854 1991 According to the NCB Statistics Department it was established in 1894, but there was a shaft dating from 1870 [widened and deepened in 1882] A shaft sunk in 1894 was still used for men and materials in July 1984.
Denby Grange, Caphouse Overton, Wakefield 1884 1942 See Caphouse from 1943. On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet. Became a Mining Museum.
Denby Grange, Prince of Wales Netherton, Wakefield 1888 1946 Prince of Wales Pit – sunk about 1894. See Denby Grange from 1947 to 1990.
Denham Bradford 1880 1880
Denholme Denholme, Keighley 1854 1869
Denholme (a) Denholme, Keighley 1861 1878
Denholme (b) Denholme, Keighley 1870 1876
Denholme (c) Denholme, Keighley 1879 1893 At Hazel Crook
Denholme (d) Denholme, Keighley 1915 1926 Discontinued May 31st 1926. Some work done in 1937?
Denholme Clough Denholme, Keighley 1854 1860
Denholme Park Denholme, Keighley 1834 1854 Commission on Children’s Employment in 1841 – Isaac Baxandale had been manager for seven years and David Baxandale & Sons were the owners.
Denholme Park (a) Denholme, Keighley 1892 1897
Denholme, Holling Hall Denholme, Keighley 1877 1903 Abandoned in 1903. At Holling Park.
Dennington Crigglestone, Wakefield 1904 1910 Abandoned.
Denshaw Oldham 1918 1920 Abandoned
Dent Main Mosbrough, Sheffield 1920 1963
Denton Row Wortley, Leeds 1881 1883
Dewsbury Dewsbury 1862 1867
Dewsbury Bank Dewsbury 1868 1875
Dewsbury Lane Ossett, Wakefield 1856 1877
Dewsbury Moor Dewsbury 1854 1887
Dewsbury Moor (a) Dewsbury 1855 1877
Dickey Steel Elland, Halifax 1873 1876 Sinking between 1873 and 1876.
Dickey Steel Elland, Halifax 1862 1872
Dinnington Main Dinnington 1901 1991 Sinking between 1901 and 1904 and closed 27/09/1991.
Dirtcar Durkar, Wakefield 1854 1893 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet at SE31781659. See Durkar
Dixon Pit Farnley, Leeds 1878 1903
Dodworth Dodworth, Barnsley 1855 1985 Used to be Church Lane Colliery. Closed and the men transferred to Redbrook 03/06/1985.
Dodworth Road Barnsley 1908 1911
Dodworth Road Barnsley 1856 1860
Dodworth Road Barnsley 1873 1877
Dog Lane Bradford 1856 1877
Doghouse Liversedge, Dewsbury 1859 1867
Dogley Bar Kirkburton, Huddersfield 1902 1905
Dogloach Dewsbury 1868 1872
Doles Lane (a) Clifton, Brighouse 1884 1894 On 1894 edition.
Doles Lane (b) Clifton, Brighouse 1884 1887
Doles Wood Drighlington, Leeds 1863 1887 Reopened in 1908.
Don Pedro Loscoe, Normanton 1878 1912 Whitwood, Don Pedro from 1901 to 1912.
Dore Dore, Sheffield 1944 1945 Mainly a Ganister mine.
Dore House Sheffield 1855 1860
Dove House Halifax 1855 1869
Dovecliffe Worsbrough Dale, Barnsley 1923 1928 Abandoned 1928.
Dovecliffe Drift Worsbrough Dale, Barnsley 1938 1938 Abandoned in 1938 = Dovercliffe Drift?
Dragon Pit Wortley, Leeds 1888 1891
Drake Lane Adwalton, Leeds 1921 1922 Closed September 1922.
Drake Pit Wyke, Bradford 1899 1911 Abandoned. 183 ft to Black Bed and 303 ft to Better Bed
Drighlington Drighlington, Leeds 1903 1904
Dropping Well Rotherham 1854 1864
Dropping Well Rotherham 1861 1862
Drub Lane Gomersal, Leeds 1861 1867
Dudley Hill Bradford 1919 1924 Shertcliffe abandoned 22/10/1924.
Duke Wood Clayton West, Huddersfield 1913 1915 Standing 1916 to 1922.
Duke Wood Clayton West, Huddersfield 1862 1887
Dungworth Sheffield 1854 1881 Reopened in 1894.
Dunkirk Denby Dale 1916 1918 See Wrigley Tip in 1915
Durkar Durkar, Wakefield 1904 1988 Woodmoor Seam abandoned in 1907. Closed in 1914 and used as a Pumping Station from 1965 to 1988. See Dirtcar. Shown as Crigglestone in 1947.
Dye House Gomersal 1856 1872
Eagle Leeds 1860 1860
Earths Wood Scissett 1943 1952 Abandoned October 1943. Reopened and closed in 1952.
Earths Wood Scissett 1892 1893
East Ardsley East Ardsley, Leeds 1862 1878
East Ardsley (a) East Ardsley, Leeds 1876 1968 Due to close on 01/03/1968.
East Ardsley (d) East Ardsley, Leeds 1855 1877
East Ardsley, Fan Shaft East Ardsley, Leeds 1947 1968 No.3 or Fan Pit sunk to Middleton Main in 1877 and Middleton Eleven Yards in 1927.
East Ardsley, Pumping Pit East Ardsley, Leeds 1871 1968 Pumping Pit sunk 1871 and a drift was driven from its bottom to the Beeston from the Middleton Eleven Yards in 1935.
East Ardsley, Red Pit East Ardsley, Leeds 1968
East Barnsley Barnsley 1918 1921 Abandoned January 6th 1922.
East Gawber Barnsley 1915 1921 Standing from 1916. Abandoned December 31st 1921.
East Gawber Barnsley 1855 1899 Also called Red Pit.
East Hunsworth Bowling, Bradford 1890 1899
East Hunsworth, Roads Hunsworth, Bradford 1890 1897
East Hunsworth, Toftshaw Bottoms Hunsworth, Bradford 1888 1897
East Hunsworth, Valley (b) Hunsworth, Bradford 1888 1888
East Shaw Gayle, Hawes 1887 1902 Standing
Eastfield Thurgoland, Sheffield 1854 1869
Eastwell Huddersfield 1876 1877
Ecclesall (a) Sheffield 1854 1860
Ecclesall (b) Sheffield 1854 1860
Ecclesall © Sheffield 1854 1857
Eccleshall Sheffield 1874 1887 Sinking from 1883 to 1887
Eccleshill Greengates, Bradford 1854 1899
Eckington Westhorpe 1994 2004 Probably just into Derbyshire and still working in 2004.
Eddercliffe Liversedge, Dewsbury 1921 1921
Edge Mount Bradfield, Sheffield 1888 1904 Fireclay, Pot Clay, abandoned September 1894, plan 4897.
Edmunds Main Worsbrough Dale, Barnsley 1855 1889 Sunk 1853. Explosion killed 59 on 08/12/1862.
Effingham Stannington, Sheffield 1908 1913 Discontinued from 1910 to 1913
Egton Grosmont 1887 1921 Not worked 1918 to 1921
Elder Cliff Deepcar, Sheffield 1865 1872
Elland Elland, Halifax 1855 1887 Sinking from 1873 to 1875.
Elland Elland, Halifax 1898 1899
Elland Edge Elland, Halifax 1854 1854
Elland Fireclay Elland, Halifax 1888 1888 See Elland in previous years.
Elland Hey Elland, Halifax 1858 1862
Elland Park Elland Road, Leeds 1877 1881 Sinking 1877 to 1878
Elland Parkwood Elland, Halifax 1878 Abandoned (No.796) January 1878 – worked by Edward Brookes & Sons.
Elland Pipe Works Elland, Halifax 1904 1911
Elland Road Holbeck, Leeds 1873 1915 Abandoned in 1916. See Peacock Pit. Pumping station at SE428450431530
Elland Road (a) Leeds 1861 1869
Elland Road (b) Leeds 1874 1878 Sinking from 1874 to 1878
Ellen Royd Pepper Hill, Halifax 1878 1949 Includes Horley Green from 1915 to 1948
Ellen Tree Huddersfield 1855 1869 Or Ellin Tree
Ellenbank Loxley, Sheffield 1952 Closed in March 1952.
Ellerby Lane Cross Green, Leeds 1861 1875 On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet.
Ellis Laith Barnsley 1867 1888
Elsecar Elsecar, Barnsley 1925 1988 Used as a pumping station from 1925 to 1988
Elsecar Elsecar, Barnsley 1854 1887 Working in 1852.
Elsecar Main Elsecar, Barnsley 1905 1983 Sinking began 17/07/1905. No.1 Shaft sunk 1924-5. John Threlkeld – PITS A Pictorial History of Mining – sunk between 1905-8. Closed in [28/10/1983] 1983 (NUM Report to Annual Conference 1984). Demolished 1985.
Emley Moor Emley, Wakefield 1948 1985 Called Emley No.3 Drift from 1878 to 1947. Closed on 20/12/1985.
Emley Moor Emley, Wakefield 1854 1882
Emley Moor, No.3 Drift Emley, Wakefield 1888 1947 See Emley Moor from 1948 to 1986.
Emley Moor, Speedwell Emley, Wakefield 1888 1918 Abandoned
Emley Moor, Taylor’s Main Emley, Wakefield 1888 1896
Emley Park Emley, Wakefield 1856 1879
Emley Woodhouse Emley, Wakefield 1854 1857
Emroyd (a) Emroyd, Wakefield 1854 1887 Closed in 1893.
Emroyd (b) Emroyd, Wakefield 1885 1886
Emroyd (c) Emroyd, Wakefield 1885 1887
Emroyd Common Opencast Site Emroyd, Wakefield 1959 1960
Engine House Airedale, Castleford 1935 1937 Abandoned January 1937
Exley Halifax 1876 1879 Sinking from 1876 to 1879.
Exley Gate Denby 1921 1935 Abandoned May 1935
Exley Gate No.2 Denby 1935 1938
Exley Gate No.3 Denby 1935 1936 Abandoned December 1936
Exley Pit Exley, Halifax 1876 1879 Sinking from 1876 to 1879.
Eyreswood Clayton West, Huddersfield 1891 1892
F Pit Tong, Bradford 1882 1887
Fairy Hill Pontefract 1931 1932 Abandoned
Falhouse Whitley, Dewsbury 1950 1950 & Quarry Wood Drift
Falhouse Whitley, Dewsbury 1862 1888
Falhouse Huddersfield 1884 1885
Falhouse Wood Whitley, Dewsbury 1944 1961
Falhouse Wood No.2 Whitley, Dewsbury 1941 Sinking in 1941.
Fall Bottom Queensbury, Bradford 1888 1913
Fall Farm Hartshead, Bradford 1890 1898
Fall Top (a) Clayton, Bradford 1897 1904 G. Crossley
Fall Top (b) Clayton, Bradford 1902 1905 Abandoned in 1905. R. Foulds
Falls Clayton, Bradford 1897 1900 H. Briggs
Fanny Rothwell, Leeds 1910 1917 Sinking around 1867. See also Rothwell Haigh, Fanny from 1918 to 1923 and 1947 to 1949. Also Rothwell Haigh, Fanny & Rose from 1927 to 1945.
Far Park Heaton, Bradford 1897 1907 J. Kaye; Exors. of J. Kaye 1899 onwards
Far Park Side Heaton, Bradford 1898 1898 E. Tetley
Far Tong Hunsworth, Bradford 1889 1897
Farm House Pogmoor, Barnsley 1929 1935 Abandoned June 1935
Farm House Lane Pogmoor, Barnsley 1917 1925 Discontinued 1925 and incorporated with Farm House Lane No.2
Farm House Lane No.2 Pogmoor, Barnsley 1925 1928 Abandoned January 16th 1928.
Farmer Lane Hazlehead, Holmfirth 1893 1894
Farmer Lane Huddersfield 1855 1863
Farnley Farnley, Leeds 1930 1962 Incorporating Ashfield & Whites from 1931 to 1950.
Farnley Farnley, Leeds 1854 1887
Farnley (incorporating Ashfield & Whites) Farnley, Leeds 1930 1950 Mainly fireclay
Farnley Wood Gildersome, Leeds 1855 1887 Probably the same site as Simpson Pit.
Farsley Leeds 1856 1869
Fartown Huddersfield 1855 1869
Featherstone Main Featherstone, Pontefract 1868 1935 Haigh Moor Shaft sunk 1874. Abandoned November 1935
Featherstone Manor Featherstone, Pontefract 1873 1890 Sinking from 1873 to 1878.
Fell Lane Hoylandswaine, Barnsley 1934 1945
Fell Lane No.2 Hoylandswaine, Barnsley 1944 1959 Fireclay, Better Bed or Whinmoor Clay Seam, abandoned 30/06/1960, plan 15185.
Fellgreave Huddersfield 1874 1902 Sinking from 1874 to 1878
Fence Treeton 1908 1947 Used as a Pumping Station from c1908 to 1947
Fence Treeton 1854 1903
Ferrymoor Grimethorpe 1915 1973 Sunk 1915 to 1916 from Grimethorpe Colliery yard. Merged with Riddings Drift on 01/04/1973 and became Ferrymoor Riddings until 1986
Ferrymoor Riddings South Kirkby, Pontefract 1974 1986 According to the NCB Statistics Department the shaft was sunk in 1916 was closed by 1984. Production from Riddings Drift (driven in 1969) began in June 1969 from this surface drift driven from South Kirkby Colliery.
Field Halifax 1888 1911 Standing 1904 to 1911. Plan No.5600 – Halifax Hard Bed abandoned December 31st 1910.
Field Lane Wakefield 1855 1875
Fieldhouse Deighton, Huddersfield 1854 1912 Standing 1910 to 1911
Fieldhouse (a) Bradford 1861 1864
Fieldhouse Fire Clay Works Deighton, Huddersfield 1854 1912 Standing 1910 to 1911. See New Peace & Fieldhouse 1913 to 1924.
Finkie Brighouse 1903 1905 Walker & Co; Shaw, Hirst & Hardy 1904 onwards
Firbeck Main Langold 1925 1968 No.1 Shaft sunk 1925 and the mine closed in November 1968.
Firths Field Dudley Hill, Bradford 1891 1894
Fitzwilliam Main Fitzwilliam, Pontefract 1876 1887 Became Hemsworth
Five Acre Rastrick, Brighouse 1926 1927 P. Normington
Flanshaw Wakefield 1873 1873 Sinking
Flash House Penistone 1870 1898
Flathers Pit Norwood Green, Bradford 1882 1894 See Norwood Green. Sunk 1882-83. Later became part of Norwood Green. 227 feet to Black Bed and 346 ft to Better Bed.
Flatts Pit Clifton, Brighouse 1881 1894
Fletcher Park Emley, Wakefield 1927 1927 Abandoned 18/02/1927.
Flockton Overton, Wakefield 1863 1884
Flockton (a) Upper Whiteley, Wakefield 1854 1884
Flockton (b) Overton, Wakefield 1855 1884
Flockton (c) Wakefield 1861 1884
Flockton (d) Stock Hills, Barnsley 1883 1887
Flockton (e) Wakefield 1855 1860
Flockton (f) Sheffield 1880 1881
Flockton Lane Flockton Moor, Wakefield 1916 1917
Flockton Lane End Flockton, Wakefield 1955 1988 Pumping Station
Flockton Main Barnsley 1894 1897
Flockton Main Barnsley 1881 1882
Flockton Moor Flockton, Wakefield 1901 1911 Abandoned
Flockton Moor (a) Flockton, Wakefield 1854 1860
Flockton Six Lanes End Flockton, Wakefield 1958 1973
Flockton, Victoria Overton, Wakefield 1855 1860
Flush Mills Heckmondwike 1856 1858
Flushdyke Wakefield 1855 1861
Foggyshaw Middlesmoor, Pateley Bridge 1911 1916 Or Fogshaw
Fogshaw Middlesmoor, Pateley Bridge 1893 1899 Abandoned in 1900
Fogshaw Middlesmoor, Pateley Bridge 1876 1889
Folly Hall Halifax 1873 1876 Sinking from 1873 to 1876.
Footrill Drift Elsecar, Barnsley 1914 1914 At Milton. Data from R.G. Neville – The Yorkshire Miners in Camera.
Ford Hill Queensbury, Bradford 1897 1941 Abandoned 1941
Foster Place Hepworth, Holmfirth 1882 1892
Foster Place Hepworth, Holmfirth 1866 1869
Foul Clough Todmorden 1858 1889 NGR is from 1895 edition. The 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet shows three sites about 200 metres apart – largest at SD90682080.
Fountain Leeds 1873 1876
Four Lane End Shibden, Halifax 1870 1876 Plan No.624 – Halifax Hard Bed abandoned prior to March 7th 1877.
Four Lane End Shibden Dale, Halifax 1870 1876
Foxholes Methley, Leeds 1854 1899 Closed 1901.
Foxhouse Holmfirth, Huddersfield 1855 1876 Abandoned in 1876 and reopened in 1912.
Fremington Edge Fremington, Arkengarthdale 1905 1950
Frickley South Elmsall, Doncaster 1902 1993 Sunk between 1903 and 1905. Merged with South Elmsall in August 1967 and closed 26/11/1993.
Fryston Fryston, Castleford 1873 1985 Sunk 1873 to 1878. Closed on 06/12/1985.
Fryston (a) Castleford 1910 1932 Called Wheldale in 1911? Closed in March 1932
Fulstone New Mill, Huddersfield 1865 1874
Furnace Main Barnsley 1862 1869

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