/ 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 south of Barnsley...

late 18th century, Elsecar was transformed into an 'industrial estate village' for nearby Wentworth Woodhouse, with multiple collieries and two major ironworks...

industrial estate village of ironworks and collieries, built for the Earls Fitzwilliam of Wentworth Woodhouse. Elsecar is now recognised to be of international...

Fitzwilliam's collieries and ironworks, which he leased out to local ironmasters. It opened in 1850 as part of the South Yorkshire Railway, known as the Elsecar Branch...

The Elsecar Ironworks opened in 1795 in the village of Elsecar near Barnsley, South Yorkshire. The company was bankrupted in 1827 and taken over by the...

the Worsbrough branch and the Elsecar branch, both about two miles long with reservoirs at the head of each. The Elsecar branch also has another six locks...

1949, his organizational research work, studying work crews in at Elsecar Collieries, with Ken Bamforth, resulted in the famous article, "Some Social and...

branches to Elsecar and Worsborough allowed collieries through the coal field to be expanded. This can be seen with sinking of the Elsecar New Colliery by the...

daughter of Lawrence Dundas, 1st Marquess of Zetland, awarded a young Elsecar Collieries mine worker, John William Bell of Wentworth, the Fitzwilliam Medal...

plan into commercial units to nurture employment opportunities. List of collieries in Yorkshire (1984–2015) Fletcher, Martin (4 November 2015). "The last...

the Carlton Main Colliery Company. In January 1947 it became part of the National Coal Board. In 1967 the Hatfield and Thorne collieries were merged, becoming...

that of the Elsecar Branch of the Dearne and Dove Canal to its terminus at Elsecar where the sidings of Earl Fitzwillian's Elsecar Colliery are alongside...

was owner of the Birley Collieries, with his cousin Alfred John Gainsford serving as Managing Director. The Birley collieries were owned by the Sheffield...

Newcomen-style engine still extant in its original location is at what is now the Elsecar Heritage Centre, near Barnsley in South Yorkshire. This was probably the...

of Elsecar and Hemingfield and the surrounding area. Elsecar is located beside former industrial enterprises, including collieries and the Elsecar Ironworks...

renamed after a local woodland. It was owned by Dalton Main Collieries Ltd. Dalton Main Collieries Limited became a public company which was floated on the...

Company locomotives could be found working at Nunnery or High Hazels Collieries. All the locomotives listed below, except those shown as being scrapped...

from Mount Osborne Colliery (and previous under-viewer at the Oaks), and other engineers and deputies from surrounding collieries, along with seventy...

Frankie and Benny's and create up to 300 jobs for the local area. The Elsecar Heritage Railway were planning to extend to a proposed new railway station...

Company. Before nationalisation the owners were given as Amalgamated Denaby Collieries Ltd. An explosion in the pit occurred 28 July 1923, resulting in 27 deaths...

"460 jobs lost at collieries; Bentley colliery, South Yorkshire". The Times. 16 November 1993. ProQuest 318036746. "Bentley Colliery - Northern Mine Research...

Hickleton Main Colliery was a coal mine in Thurnscoe, South Yorkshire, England from 1892 to 1988. In 1933 it employed 2,560 people underground and 500...

commercially – and the last still remaining on its original site – is at the Elsecar Heritage Centre, near Barnsley in South Yorkshire. It was restored to working...

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...

Cawthorne, Cubley, Cudworth Darfield, Darton, Dodworth, Dunford Bridge Elsecar Gawber, Gilroyd, Goldthorpe, Great Houghton, Grimethorpe Haigh (part in...

The Peckfield pit disaster was a mining accident at the Peckfield Colliery in Micklefield, West Yorkshire, England, which occurred on Thursday 30 April...

Upton Colliery was a coal mine near to the village of Upton in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. The site was 8.5 miles (13.7 km) north west of Doncaster...

Doncaster–Barnsley Wombwell–Sheffield A Part of the SYR Elsecar Colliery line now preserved as the Elsecar Heritage Railway. Spen Valley line Lancashire & Yorkshire...

Wheldale coal company amalgamated with Allerton Bywater colliery to form Airedale Collieries LTD. About 1000 men and boys worked in the mine, producing...

the Fence Colliery Company was renamed Rother Vale Collieries Limited, owning Orgreave and Fence collieries, later sinking a new colliery at Treeton...