Mining history of the richmond coalfield of virginia gerald p. Glass houghton glasshoughton coal colliery united kingdom information, history photographs current and archive and documents for glass houghton coal colliery. This is not intended to be an exhaustive history of the company, but an indication of the changes of ownership and the links between companies and directors in those companies. In 1869 the merefield colliery was sunk merefield later became the glasshoughton colliery. Some names are shown as witheld this is for reasons of data protection and relates to all records of people injured since 1950. Kellingley colliery, sunk between 1958 and 1962, closed in december 2015. Castleford library is a veritable goldmine of information and. This is not intended to be an exhaustive history of the company, but an.
Xscape, an indoor skislope, forms part of an entertainments centre and outlet shopping complex built on the former site of castlefords glasshoughton colliery. Production began in 1877 and at the time of the inrush the saleable output was 18,500 tons per week with 837 men employed below ground and 207 on the surface. The area to the north of the railway line, 67 hectares in total, was formerly occupied by glasshoughton colliery in the west and glasshoughton coking works to the east together with some associated colliery spoil tips, railway sidings and areas of undeveloped land. Fryston colliery followed in the early 1870s and fryston village was built to house the miners in 1890. Information, history photographs current and archive and documents for glass houghton coal colliery. Historic images of the collieries of the yorkshire coalfield, showing the surface workings, colliery buildings, engines houses and head frames, loading screens and banks, drifts, levels, shafts, railway connections, sidings and colliery owned wagons, underground scenes and groups of. This is a database of over 164,000 records containing the details of coalmining accidents and deaths in the uk. Wheldale colliery was a coal mine located in castleford, yorkshire, england which produced. Yorkshire coalfield northern mine research society. Many collieries in the lower part of the middle coal measures, around leeds and. Troops were present due to a strike at nearby ackton hall colliery where two men were shot dead.
Castleford is a town in the metropolitan borough of wakefield, west yorkshire, england. In 1891 a fire in the colliery caused the death of five miners. Glasshoughton ledston methley south methley junction l and y bowers altofts pontefract tanshelf methley north pontefract monkhill kippax pontefract baghill featherstone normanton. The only early account book which survives begins in 1850. Castleford district fa challenge cup nonleaguematters.
Castlefords history dates back to roman times, archaeological evidence points to modern day castleford being built upon a roman army settlement which was called lagentium thought to mean the place of the swordsmen. The first deep mine colliery, wheldale, opened in 1868 followed closely by the sinking of the merefield colliery in 1869, which later became the glasshoughton colliery. Glass action br type 5 56 014 passes glasshoughton. Preliminary work, in preparation for shaft sinking, began in march 1924. Fpcr have provided multi disciplinary environmental and design services on this exemplar regeneration project for over 20 years. Hovershotz aerial drone photography video and inspections cumbria 22,387 views.
One of the main investors was a dr holt and for a number of years the colliery was known as the doctors pit. Glasshoughton colliery, leeds road, castleford, circa 1980s now the site of the xscape complex. The pit yard at the bottom of the street was his playground during the day and at night he fell asleep with the sounds of the busy colliery ringing in his ears. Used coal mining in lunesdale, an introductory study into the history of coal mining in the valley of the river lune and its tributaries in north west england. This area also contains the glasshoughton wheel of light, a former pit. The team sighted a body some seven yards further in bye before they withdrew. The selby coalfield, britains newest, closed on october 26th 2004 when riccall colliery stopped coaling, but no complete history of this project has been written. Coalmining accidents and deaths raleys maps, poems and. This is one of our bread and butter books which are reliable sellers as people who visit our railway at embsay and bolton abbey are very much from the manchester leeds west yorkshire and still have vivid memories of the coal industry. The colliery site is now grassed over and home to wild rabbits, but the shaft tops can still clearly be seen as two large concreted circles. An overview outlets recipe collection recipe book our merchandise. Glasshoughton in castleford, west yorkshire was once home to a thriving colliery and coke works with the majority of its closeknit community being economically and socially dependent on these industries. Robert worked as a deputy at the featherstone main colliery and several other mines in the area including the haigh moor mine and the silkstone pit at flockton. A reliable reference for the collieries and railway systems around castleford and at a nice midrange price.
Soldiers, police and colliery officials at glasshoughton colliery september 1893. The power stations at ferrybridge, drax and eggborough were built in the 1960s and 70s to burn coal from pits in west and south yorkshire. A colliery deputy would have received maybe a pound or two. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Wheel of light a shining tribute to mining history yorkshire evening post 7 december 2005.
A siximage panorama from the top of the old glasshoughton colliery muck stack, castleford, showing the xscape complex and other new developments which have replaced the former pit and coking plant. One of the main investors was a dr holt, and so for many years the colliery was known as the doctors pit. Buy book collectable mining memorabilia and get the best deals. After nationalisation in 1947, ifton colliery became one of the more profitable collieries of the national coal board in the north wales coalfield. Fryston colliery village from 1903 barbaras web site. When the coal industry was nationalised in 1947, there were 156 collieries in yorkshire. Coal miners troops soldiers west yorkshire british history police shiva homework image.
This time line looks at significant events in the history of houghtons colliery. Other railway and industry locations castleford old station junction breffits works fryston colliery moss street works glass houghton colliery cutsyke junction. Ackton hall, allerton bywater, allerton main, fryston, glasshoughton, ledston luck. The inhabitants of houghton hoctun of domesday book have long been connected. Glasshoughton is a neighbourhood of castleford in west yorkshire, england, that borders on. As a child growing up in outback australia, i addressed my cards and letters to my grandma gwen at tredegar, front street, glasshoughton, via castleford, yorkshire. Knottingleywelcome to the message board of pontefract and district family history society. However, the workings were on very steep gradient and the seams liable to spontaneous combustion with underground fire a constant problem.
Deep mining as we know it only commenced in 1868 when the wheldale colliery was established. It had glassworks before castleford and it supplied most of the coal for castlefords industries until the big, modern pits opened at wheldale, fryston and glasshoughton itself from the late 1860s. I believe my great grandfather oliver maundrill was among those killed. It shows some old workings from the 1700s, must have been a shallow mine pre the modern wollaton we knew and would have been a true colliery against the bell pits called wollaton colliery of the 1600s.
Yorkshire yorkshire collieries and coalfield moore books. See more ideas about coal mining, easington colliery and coal miners. Welcome to the markham colliery story mine the story mine, is a project supported by heritage lottery fund and derbyshire county council to unearth and share stories from markham colliery. Moss street works castleford old station junction breffits works cutsyke junction glass houghton colliery wheldale colliery whitwood junction whitwood and saville. And by coincidence, without knowing, i was manager at the colliery of. Message boards localities united kingdom and ireland england yorkshire general pilley colliery wharncliffe silkstone and glasshoughton colliery message boards search for content in message boards. For most of the nineteenth century glasshoughton was a separate village with an economic, social and religious life of its own. I have parts of the wollaton colliery abandoned workings on my cliftons deep hard, tupton and piper plans. Wheldale colliery was located on wheldon road, castleford. In 1978, the coke works ceased operation and the colliery was later closed in 1986. When his parents, albert edward and hannah were first married they lived at beighton, near chesterfield, where leslie was born on the 9th january 1903. It doesnt sound like enough to support a growing family, but they werent so hard up as to live in a shoe box in middle o road. Castleford grew as a centre of industrial activity in the nineteenth century but its history goes a lot further back.
A beautiful image painted by artist michael milner, this scene is one of many mining scenes by michael this can be purchased as a large print only standard size 16 x 12 ready to mount and frame in a standard stock frame usually mounted to 20 x 16 or a ready mounted print in a 14 x 11 mount for. Nov 23, 2014 incidentally, this latter route did eventually become a transport corridor, as it is now followed by the m62 from ferrybridge to glasshoughton, where the motorway then adopts a line slightly to the south owing to part of the projected canal and railway course from there to altofts being blocked by the glasshoughton colliery spoil tip, which was. The team plays in the northern premier league division one north west. Castleford library is a veritable goldmine of information and photographs and i would urge everyone to visit it when its open. When i asked my mum about this strange word she told me, tredegar is the name of grandmas house. We can see this through a potted history of privatisation in the uk. The author spent much of his childhood living in the pit village and community of seaham colliery.
Mar 29, 2012 a short history of privatisation in the uk. The machinery all run by line shafts and flat belts wouldnt have been out of place in a victorin museum. Troops were present due to a strike at nearby ackton hall. North east borehole records, for collieries and pre and post nationalisation. Glasshoughton regeneration fpcr environment and design ltd. Old colliery sites have often been turned into new industrial parks or retail parks. Now its almost all imported and the grassed over muck stacks are all that remain, like these at the former glasshoughton colliery, castleford. Robert secured a job as deputy at the new glasshoughton colliery near castleford. Ideas geneology organization family history book for 2019 genealogy a research log is a must. Glasshoughton glasshoughton in castleford, west yorkshire was once home to a thriving colliery and coke works with the majority of its closeknit community being economically and socially dependent on these industries. Feb 8, 2014 soldiers, police and colliery officials at glasshoughton colliery september 1893. My interest lies with a gentleman called alfred burrowswilson, quite often it is shortened to burrows or wilson, who died of his injuries in leed infirmary. Buy coal mining paintings and get the best deals at the lowest prices on ebay.
Were sunk to the beeston seam at a depth of 564 yards. Great savings free delivery collection on many items. Sinking at the west shaft began on september 26th 1925, but was suspended from august 1927 until january 1930. Historically in the west riding of yorkshire, to the north of the town centre the river calder joins the river aire and the aire and calder navigation. It is home to the xscape indoor ski slope and leisure centre, the junction 32 outlet shopping village, a diy superstore, a hotel, several pubs and a number of fast food restaurants, which were built on the site of the former glasshoughton colliery and coke coking plant. A colliery deputy would have received maybe a pound or two more per month. The grassmoor colliery complex was developed in an area which had for many years been worked by small enterprises. A selection of pictures on please be kind enough to ask for the owners permission if you wish to use their pictures. If you do find any gems then please scan them and send me a copy 300dpi and. Castleford chimney demolition aerial video by drone duration.
My fathers family history is therefore related to coal and altofts during the industrial. I thought this was an odd name for a home, but if my mum elaborated on the reason behind it i do not remember. Welcome to the message board of pontefract and district family history society. When i worked at the colliery this had been out of use for years. Information, photographs and plans for cronton coal mine on the mine exploration web site uk. The appropriate wakefield ward is called castleford central and glasshoughton. A record of 1535 states that though here be plenti of wode, yet the people burne much yearth cole bycawse hit is plentifull and sold good chepe. Historic and archive photos of glass houghton coal colliery. His name was leslie victor saunders and his nickname was sandy. A good basic book for the enthusiast historians library.
Soldiers, police and colliery officials at glasshoughton. The site has been transformed from a derelict colliery and coke works to a major mixed use development, including the xscape indoor ski, cinema and leisure complex and factory outlet retail centre. In addition, i have three articles covering its history between 1899 and 1935 which appear in the 2011, 2012 and 20 annual editions of the journal of the north east labour history society. Sinking operations began in 1868, two shafts, both ft dia. Stanley history online lofthouse colliery disaster. Mar 7, 2016 image result for glasshoughton colliery. The inhabitants of houghton hoctun of domesday book have long been connected with coal.
Message boards localities united kingdom and ireland england yorkshire general pilley colliery wharncliffe silkstone and glasshoughton colliery search for content in message boards names or keywords. Buy history of castleford first edition by wilders, david isbn. My interest lies with a gentleman called alfred burrowswilson, quite often it is shortened to burrows or wilson, who died of. Glass houghton coal colliery information and photos aditnow. I am trying to find any details of an accident that happenned at glasshoughton colliery in december 1927. Below i give a thread on my blog which currently contains 24 items about easington colliery. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Organize your searches so you arent spinning your wheels. Information, photographs and plans for glass houghton coal colliery on the mine exploration web site uk. Accident at glasshoughton colliery december 1927 i am trying to find any details of an accident that happenned at glasshoughton colliery in december 1927. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. This location has since changed almost beyond recognition.
Glasshoughton castleford cutsyke bowers pontefract monkhill pontefract tanshelf methley south methley junction l and y ferrybridge pontefract baghill kippax burton salmon altofts. While a record of 1570 refers to john dee of houghton a digger of cole. Image result for glasshoughton colliery colliery, coal mining. Glasshoughton colliery, leeds road, castleford, circa now the site of the xscape complex. The colliery was founded in 1868 when two shafts, both feet in diameter, were sunk to the beeston coal seam at a depth of 564 yards. Exminer harry malkin near the remains of glasshoughton colliery. Glass houghton coal colliery information and photos. The colliery we know as grassmoor colliery was founded around 1846 when alfred barnes returned to the area from journeying abroad. Wheldale colliery history coal, colliery and mining forum. Grimethorpe colliery mining print pit coal colliery etsy. Hello i noted with interest your query about the roof fall at glasshoughton colliery which killed your grandfather and 5 other miners. Glass action br type 5 56 014 passes glasshoughton colliery south of castleford with a train of laden mgr coal wagons from the bowers row opencast site to ferrybridge power station. My fathers family first lived in fryston village in 1903.