Orgreave Colliery was a coal mine situated adjacent to the main line of the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway about 5 miles (8 km) east of...

Orgreave may refer to: Orgreave, South Yorkshire, a village and civil parish in England Orgreave Colliery, a former coal mine (which also supplied the...

began with Dore House Colliery in 1820. The first shaft of Orgreave Colliery was sunk in 1851. In the 20th century the Orgreave Coking Plant was established...

Orgreave Colliery platform was a workman's halt built to serve the miners working at Orgreave Colliery in South Yorkshire, England. These workmen's trains...

The Battle of Orgreave was a violent confrontation on 18 June 1984 between pickets and officers of the South Yorkshire Police (SYP) and other police forces...

367°N 1.359°W / 53.367; -1.359 The Orgreave Train Collision occurred on 13 December 1926 near Orgreave Colliery signal box on the Great Central Railway...

Rother Vale Collieries were a group of coal producing pits originally in the Rother Valley parishes of Treeton, Woodhouse and Orgreave, nowadays on the...

grounds.: 169  This led to a two-week local strike over the closure of Orgreave Colliery, but the ballot result was later invoked to justify strikes over other...

South Yorkshire in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, site of the former Orgreave Colliery "Annual Report 2023" (PDF). Harworth Group. Retrieved 6 February 2024...

Bentley Colliery was a coal mine in Bentley, near Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England, that operated between 1906 and 1993. In common with many other...

promise of an inquiry into the June 1984 outbreak of violence at Orgreave Colliery as soon as possible, claiming the violence was orchestrated by 10...

which passed via Orgreave Colliery. Until May 1932 when storms caused parts of three bridges on the branch to be washed away the colliery was served by a...

caused by firedamp ripped through the underground workings at the Oaks Colliery at Hoyle Mill near Stairfoot in Barnsley killing 361 miners and rescuers...

In 1984, the Yorkshire area had a total of 56 collieries. The last deep coal mine was Kellingley Colliery which closed on Friday 18 December 2015 signalling...

Caphouse Colliery, originally known as Overton Colliery, was a coal mine in Overton, near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It was situated on the Denby...

Kellingley Colliery, known affectionately as the 'Big K', was a deep coal mine in North Yorkshire, England, 3.6 miles (5.8 km) east of Ferrybridge power...

Ais Gill rail accident; collision 3 December 1923 Nunnery Colliery 13 December 1926 Orgreave Paddy Mail accident 1 February 2008 Barrow upon Soar rail...

Roses Theatre in Tewkesbury the previous day. 29 May – Fighting at Orgreave colliery between police and striking miners leaves 64 injured. 30 May The Queen...

straightened by 1957, to accommodate railway sidings associated with Orgreave Colliery. Canklow Corn Mill was fed by a long channel called Canklow Goit,...

producing unit in 1904, coal from its reserves being brought to the surface at Orgreave, but it was retained as a pumping station. Nationalisation came in 1947...

The Maltby Main Colliery was a coal mine located 7 miles (11 km) east of Rotherham on the eastern edge of Maltby, South Yorkshire, England. The mine was...

by-product operations at Orgreave and Brookhouse, suppliers of Metallurgical Coke for Blast Furnaces. The Kiveton Park Colliery Company was taken over in...

53°42′54″N 1°30′18″W / 53.715°N 1.505°W / 53.715; -1.505 The Lofthouse Colliery disaster was a mining accident in Lofthouse, in the West Riding of Yorkshire...

ovens was being supplied to the Sheffield Gas Company. The ovens at Orgreave Colliery also began to supply them from 1922. "Deaths". Sheffield Independent...

53°37′55″N 1°37′52″W / 53.632°N 1.631°W / 53.632; -1.631 The Flockton Collieries were small, shallow coal pits that exploited the coal seams north of the...

Hatfield Colliery, also known as Hatfield Main Colliery, was a colliery in the South Yorkshire Coalfield, mining the High Hazel coal seam. The colliery was...

53°29′49″N 1°25′05″W / 53.497°N 1.418°W / 53.497; -1.418 The Elsecar Collieries were the coal mines sunk in and around Elsecar, a small village to the...

Darnall and John and Edwin Sorby of Attercliffe but with colliery interests at Dore House, near Orgreave. The company worked below land of the Duke of Norfolk's...

Thurcroft Colliery was a coal mine situated in the village of Thurcroft, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. In 1902, the Rother Vale Colliery Company...

Fruits Office (Liverpool.) Arthur Smith, Underground Belt Turner, Orgreave Colliery, North Eastern Division, National Coal Board (Sheffield.) Frank Herbert...