Barry Knapper - Link to Interactive Map of the Old Railways
which, served the mines in North Staffs
List Notts/Derbys Pits 1957 - 1965 Denis Wilkinson
British Coal Wound Up, 1997
Alan Beales Database of Fatalities in the
Midlands and Yorkshire Coal Fields
Robert Bradley History of Coal Plus Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire And Leicestershire
Colliery Photos On Other Sites - Just An Idea
'Possibly the deepest coal mine shaft ever sunk in the UK was to 1400m at Clock Face Colliery, St.Helens Area, Lancashire.'
(Jemmy Hanson)
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- Aberfan,
(Merthyr Vale Colliery) Oct. 1966
- Ackton Hall, Yorkshire, including Fatalities - Irvin Saxton
- Albion Colliery Disaster, Cilfynydd, Wales. 290 dead - 1894 - Ian Winstanley
- Alfreton Colliery (North Derbyshire) Closed 1968, After 82 Years - Robert Bradley
- Allerton Bywater, Yorkshire - Darren Haywood, Photo
- Alma Colliery (Derbyshire) Closed 1932 after 77 Years - Robert Bradley
- Annesley - Darren Haywood, Photo
- Annesley Photos - David Lloyd
- Annesley Emails
- Annesley Shane Philips Collection of photographs
- Annesley Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Annesley May 2008, Gary Roe
- Annesley merged with Bentinck 1986, near Kirkby-in-Ashfield closed in Jan 2000
- Annesley Closed Jan 2000 after 135 years - Robert Bradley
- Apedale Footrail Inrush 1923 by John Lumsdon
- Apedale Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Arkwright Closed Jan 1988, After 90 Years - Robert Bradley
- Asfordby Colliery Yorkshire - Darren Haywood
- Asfordby (NW Leicestershire) Closed Aug 1997, After 2 Years - Robert Bradley
- Ashington Colliery 1915
- Askern Colliery, Yorkshire - Darren Haywood, Photo
- Astley Green Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Astley Green Ian Winstanley
- Auchengeich Disaster 18th September, 1959 - Ian Winstanley
- Auchengeich Disaster Memorial Stolen
- Avenue Colliery Closed 1950, After 68 Years - Robert Bradley
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- Babbington Colliery Shane Philips Collection of photographs
- Babbington Colliery Photographs by
Alan Murray-Rust
- Babbington and Cinderhill Collieries, Near Nottingham, The Winning And Working of – Phil Wyles
- Babbington (Cinderhill) Closed Jan 1986 After 142 Years - Merged with Hucknall - Robert Bradley
- Baddesley Pit Explosion. 1st May 1882
- Bagworth Colliery, Leicestershire - Darren Haywood, Photo
- Bagworth Closed February 1991 After 166 Years - Robert Bradley
- Bailey Brook Closed Jul 1938 after 91 years - Robert Bradley
- Barlborough Closed 1949, (Also Known As Oxcroft No3) after 75 years - Robert Bradley
- Bargany Pit, Dailly, Ayrshire - Three Mining Accidents, One Fatal 21 August 1919
- Bargoed Colliery Washery Ian Winstanley's Scrap Book
- Barony colliery The Herald.co.uk
- Barnsley Main Colliery, Yorkshire - Darren Haywood, Photo
- Barnsley Main Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Barrow Colliery, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Cage Accident, 15th Nov, 1907
- Battery Loco At Betteshanger Ian Winstanley's Scrap Book
- Bennerley Coal Screening Plant by Roy Gregory
- Bentinck Colliery, Nottinghamshire - Darren Haywood, Photos
- Bentinck Distaster 1915 - Ian Winstanley
- Bentinck Shane Philips Collection of photographs.
- Bentinck Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Bentinck-Drift Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Bentinck Winder, Photos - Stephen Wilkins
- Bentley Colliery Disaster, 20th Nov, 1931 A question from Patricia
- Bentley Colliery Paddy Train Disaster, 1978 A question from Sean Box
- Bersham Colliery Headgear Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Bestwood Shane Philips Collection of photographs.
- Bestwood Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Bestwood Emails
- Bestwood Colliery (Nottinghamshire) Closed July 1967, After 95 Years And Merged With Linby - Robert Bradley
- Bevercotes Starts Production In 1961 - Robert Bradley
- Bevercotes Colliery, Nottinghamshire - Darren Haywood, Photo
- Bevercotes Shane Philips Collection of photographs
- Bevercotes Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Bevercotes Closed 1993, After 36 Years - Robert Bradley
- Bickershaw Colliery, Lancashire Ian Winstanley's Scrap Book
- Bickershaw Disaster 1942 - Ian Winstanley
- Bickershaw Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Billy Hall’s Pit (Lodge Colliery) Merged with Moorgreen 1959, After 71 Years - Robert Bradley
- Bilsthorpe - Darren Haywood, Photo
- Bilsthorpe Shane Philips Collection of photographs
- Bilthorpe - I started work at Bilthorpe Colliery in June 1968 - David Redman
- Bilsthorpe Disaster, 14 killed, 1st March 1927
- Bilsthorpe Colliery, 6 killed, Nottinghamshire, 26th July1934
- Bilsthorpe Closed May 1997, After 70 Years - Robert Bradley
- Birchenwood Collier Explosion North Staffordshire 1925
- Blackwell Winning Colliery, Alfreton. Explosion 1895
- Blackwell A Winning Colliery Closed Mar 1969, After 97 Years - Robert Bradley
- Blackwell B Winning Colliery Closed Nov 1964, After 90 Years - Robert Bradley
- Blenkinsopp & Wrytree Pits Closed The last drift mine in Northumberland
- Blidworth Shane Philips Collection of photographs
- Blidworth Closed 1989, After 62 Years - Robert Bradley
- Bolsover Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Bolsover Closed 1993, After 102 Years - Robert Bradley
- Bond's Main Colliery Closed 1949 After 52 Years - Robert Bradley
- Botallack Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Brackley Colliery, Little Hulton Bolton
- Bradford Colliery was a Fascinating Place - Bill Ramsdale
- Bretby Colliery Closed May 1962, After 86 Years - Robert Bradley
- Brierley Hill (New Skegby / Sutton Colliery) Closed 1989, After 116 Years - Robert Bradley
- Briggs Snydale Colliery, Yorkshire, including Fatalities - Irvin Saxton
- Brinsley Headstocks, Nottinghamshire - Darren Haywood, Photos
- Brinsley Colliery. A Barber and Walker Colliery near Eastwood, Brinsley
- Brinsley Pit Shane Philips Collection of photographs.
- Brinsley Colliery Closed 1950, Merged with Selston Colliery After 78 Years - Robert Bradley
- Britannia Pit - Pengam Wales
- Britain Colliery Closed 1945 After 71 Years,
Had merged with Brands in 1906 - Robert Bradley
- Brodsworth, (Yorkshire Coalfield) - Darren Haywood, Photos
- Broadsfield Colliery
- Brodsworth Colliery, near Woodlands, South Yorkshire, England 1906 - 1990
- Brookhill and Pinxton Colliery, Shane Philips Collection of photographs.
- Brookhouse Colliery disaster in Beighton in 1958 became known as the 'Overwind' incident
- Broxtowe Colliery Merged With Babbington 1949 After 57 Years - Robert Bradley
- Bull Pit (New Selston Bull and Butcher)
- Bulwell Closed October 1944 after 76 years - Robert Bradley
- Bunker's Hill Colliery
- Burley Pit No.1 Apedale
- Burngrange Shale Mine Disaster, Midlothian, 15 Died, 1947 - Ian Winstanley
- Burradon Colliery Diana Daniels

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- Cadeby Main Disaster 1912
- Cadley Hill Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Cadley Hill Closed Mar 1988, Last South Derbyshire Pit To Close After 128 Years - Robert Bradley
- Califat Colliery, Swannington - Pit Dig and Excavation - Robert Bradley
- Calverton Colliery - Malcolm Roebuck
- Calverton Colliery Nottinghamshire - Darren Haywood, Photos
- Calverton Colliery Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Calverton Colliery Colin Pounder
- Calverton Closed Nov 1993 After 41 Years - Robert Bradley
- Caprington Pit, Inrush of water, 10th December 1909
- Caprington Pit, Inrush of water, 19 September 1855
- Catty Pie Pit - John Silkstone
- Church Gresley Colliery (Nottinghamshire) Closed Sep 1967, After 133 Years - Robert Bradley
- Chanters Colliery Disaster - Atherton, Lancashire. 6th March 1957
- Chatterley Whitfield Colliery Explosion, 7th Feb 1881 Researched by John Lumsdon
- Cinderhill and Babbington Collieries, Near Nottingham, The Winning And Working of – Phil Wyles
- Cinderhill and Babbington Closed Jan 1986, After 142 Years - Robert Bradley
- Clay Cross Closed 1929, After 142 Years - Robert Bradley
- Clay Cross No2 Colliery Closed 1934 After 84 Years - Robert Bradley
- Clifton Colliery, underground photo, thanks to Charles Snarski
- Clifton Colliery Closed June 1968, After 100 Years - Robert Bradley
- Clipstone Colliery - Photo's by Chris Sampson
- Clipstone Colliery Nottinghamshire - Darren Haywood, Photos
- Clipstone Colliery, Under Ground Photos, Yard Seam - Pete Humphreys
- Clipstone Closed, 1993, After 70 Years re-opened 1994 - Finally Closed 2003 after 80 Years- Robert Bradley
- Clydesdale Colliery Mine Disaster, South Africa, 1960 - 417 died - Lionel Thomas
- Combs pit, Thornhill 4th July 1893, Dewsbury, Yorkshire. 135 lost their lives, explosion
- Combs Colliery Owned by Inghams, Thornhill Collieries Ltd 139 Died 1893 - Dewsbury Reporter
- Commonhead, Airdrie, 1850, 23 July - 18 killed in explosion
- Coppice Colliery (Derbyshire) Closed August 1961 After 91 Years - Robert Bradley
- Coppice Colliery - Staffordshire
- Coppice: Cheslyn Hay Disaster, Cannock September 1900 Margaret Grundy
- Cossall Colliery (Nottinghamshire) Closed Nov 1966 After 93 Years - Robert Bradley
- Cortonwood Colliery, Community park and gardens
- Cotgrave Colliery Shane Philips Collection of photographs
- Cotgrave Colliery Memorial Group - Russ Hamer
- Cotgrave Closed 1993, After 32 Years - Robert Bradley
- Cotes Park Closed 1963 After 113 Years - Robert Bradley
- Coton Park Colliery Closed 1936, After 70 Years - Robert Bradley
- Coventry Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Creswell Colliery Nottinghamshire - Darren Haywood, Photos
- Creswell Colliery Disaster
- Creswell Closed 1991 After 95 Years - Robert Bradley
- Crigglestone Pit Disaster 29th July 1941
- Cronton Colliery
- Cumberland Coal Field - Patrick Robertson
- Cynheidre Colliery

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- Dailly, Seven Miles From Girvan, Ayrshire - Pit Accident 1919
- Dalquharran Colliery, Dailly, Ayrshire
- Daw Mill Shane Philips Collection of photographs.
- Daw Mill Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Daw Mill Colliery on Track For Record Output - December 2008
- Dean and Chapter Colliery, c. 1950 - 60
- Denby Hall Merged With Denby 1967 After 93 Years - Robert Bradley
- Denby (Drury-Lowe) Colliery Closed 1968, After 126 Years - Robert Bradley
- Dent Main Closed October 1964 after 40 years - Robert Bradley
- Desford Colliery, Leicestershire, Closed 1984, After 84 Years - Robert Bradley
- Digby Colliery Closed 1930 After 49 Years - Robert Bradley
- Diglake Colliery
- Dinnington Colliery Yorkshire - Darren Haywood, Photos
- Doctor’s Pit, Broomside Colliery, Wishaw Coal Coy's, Motherwell.
- Doe Lea Drift Mine also known as Dominic's or Heath pit - Brian Knowles
- Doe Lea Drift Mine Closed June 1994 After 64 Years - Robert Bradley
- Donisthorpe Closed 1989, After 129 Years - Robert Bradley
- Donisthorpe / Rawdon Closed 1990 - Robert Bradley
- Dumbreck, Kilsyth, Stirlingshire 30th January 1938, 9 killed
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- Haig Pit Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Haig Pit Disaster - 39 killed, 1922 - John Lumsdon
- Haig Pit Disasters - 13th Dec. 1927 and 12th Feb. 1928 - John Lumsdon
- Hanley Deep Pit - A disastrous explosion occurred on the 1st Sept 1883 - Andy Evans
- Hapton Valley Colliery Explosion Friday 23rd March 1962 Anne Harriss
- Hapton Valley Colliery Explosion Friday 23rd March 1962 - Ian Winstanley
- Harper Hill Drift Mine Closed November 1966 After 23 Years - Robert Bradley
- Hartley Pit or Hester Pit Disaster - 1862
- Hartshay Colliery Joe Henshaw
- Harworth Colliery Photo's by Chris Sampson
- Harworth - Possible Closure, 2005 - Mothballed 2006 - Robert Bradley
- Harworth - Shock Decision To Close Harworth, 2014 - Robert Bradley
- Harriseahead Inrush of Water March 1924
- Hatfield Colliery Photo's by Chris Sampson
- Hatfield Colliery Nottinghamshire - Darren Haywood, Photos
- Hatfield Colliery, Closure announced June 2015 - BBC News, Sheffield and South Yorkshire
- Hetton Colliery Explosion - 20 Dec 1860 - Alan Vickers
- Hem-Heath Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Hickleton Colliery Nottinghamshire - Darren Haywood, Photos
- Hickleton Main Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- High Moor Merged with Kiveton Park December 1989 - Robert Bradley
- High Park Colliery Merged With Moorgreen 1950 After 90 Years - Robert Bradley
- Holditch Colliery Disaster - John Lumsdon
- Holmewood Colliery (North Derbyshire) Closed 1968 After 95 Years - Robert Bradley
- Hope Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Horden Colliery 1905 Ian Winstanley's Scrap Book
- Houghton Main Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Hoyland Silkstone Colliery Accident, Some Notes, 23rd November 1907
- Hucknall Shane Philips Collection of photographs.
- Hucknall Colliery - Hucknall No. 1 and No. 2 Collieries
- Hucknall No2 Closed Sep 1986, After 161 Years - Robert Bradley
- Hucknall No1 and No 2 merged 1960, After 125 Years - Robert Bradley
- Hucknall No1 Closed 1958, After 96 Years - Robert Bradley
- Huskar, Moorend Pit Disaster. 4 July 1838. 26 children drowned
- (Hulton Colliery) Pretoria Pit Disaster, Dec 1910
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- Kaitangata Mine Disaster 1879 - New Zealand Firedamp Explosion, 35 died
- Kames, Muirkirk, Ayrshire. 1957, 17 died - Ian Winstanley
- Kellingley and Thoresby Collieries - UK Coal Announce Redundancies May 2014
- Kellingley Colliery Photo's by Chris Sampson
- Kellingley Colliery Yorkshire - Darren Haywood, Photos
- Kellingley Colliery is set to close in 2015
- Kellingley, the UK's last deep-pit coal mine has closed - BBC News
- Kellingley Colliery, the Last Deep Mine in UK,
Closed Dec 2015 After 57 Years - Robert Bradley
- Killochan Pit, Near Dailly - Pit Fatality, 30 June 1927
- Kirkby Colliery, official name for Summit Colliery
- Kirkby Summit Colliery Closed July 1968, After 80 Years - Robert Bradley
- Kirkby Colliery Memorial
- "Your future is secure" at the Kirkby colliery?
- Cos' Kirkby Colliery was a big pit - Maurice Bellamy
- Kiveton Colliery Nottinghamshire - Darren Haywood, Photos
- Kiveton Park Colliery Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Kiveton Park Shane Philips Collection of photographs.
- Kiveton And High Moor Merged 1989, Closed Sep 1994 - Robert Bradley
- Knockshinnoch Castle Disaster, New Cumnock, Ayrshire. 1950. 13 lives lost
- Knowles Pit No. 3 Accident August 1843 by John Lumsdon.
- Krakow Salt Mine Photos by Roddy Taylor
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- Lambton Colliery Plan
- Langton Colliery Tombstones Notts - Darren Haywood, Photos
- Langton Colliery, South Nottinghamshire Shane Phillips
- Langton Colliery (Nottinghamshire) Closed 1967 After 123 Years - Robert Bradley
- Langwith Colliery (North Derbyshire) Sunk 1876-1880 Closed After 99 Years - Robert Bradley
- Lea Hall Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Lewis Methyr Colliery Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Linby Colliery (Nottinghamshire Coalfield) - Darren Haywood, Photos
- Linby Shane Philips Collection of photographs.
- Linby Winder - Stephen Wilkins
- Linby Closed February 1988 After 115 Years - Robert Bradley
- Lindsay Colliery. Kelty, Fife. After an email from Vanessa Heide
- Little Hallam Beauty Spot - Thanks to Charlie Snarski for the Photo
- Littlemill Colliery, Ayr Ian Winstanley's Scrap Book
- Littleton Colliery (Notts Coalfield) - Darren Haywood, Photos
- Littleton Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Lodge Colliery also known as Billy Halls Pit - Colin Pounder
- Lodge Colliery (Billy Hall’s Pit) Merged with Moorgreen 1959, After 71 Years - Robert Bradley
- Lodge, Newthorpe, (Nottinghamshire) Was Closed 1960 After 82 Years - Robert Bradley
- Lofthouse Disaster, Yorkshire 1973 - Ian Winstanley
- Lofthouse Colliery Closed 1981 - Robert Bradley
- Longannet Mine - Rab Campbell was reported missing, presumed drowned
- Longannet, Underground Photos Shane Philips Collection of photographs
- Loscoe Pit - Colin Pounder
- Loscoe Closed 1933 After 96 Years - Robert Bradley
- Lower Duffryn Colliery 1905
- Lundhill Colliery 1928 Disaster Ron Hutchinson
- Lyme Colliery explosion, 1949 by John Lumsdon.
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- Madeley Wood - Barry Fawcett started at Madeley Wood
- Maltby Colliery - Ian Winstanley
- Manners Colliery
- Manners Pit Explosion 1905, Thanks to Helen Coan
- Manners Colliery Closed October 1949 After 72 Years - Robert Bradley
- Maltby Colliery Closes Dec 2012
- Mansfield Rescue Station
- Mansfield Colliery The Shane Phillips Collection
- Mansfield Closed 1988 After 83 Years - Robert Bradley
- Manton Colliery (Yorkshire Coalfield) - Darren Haywood, Photos
- Manton Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Manton Colliery Closed 1994 After 93 Years - Robert Bradley
- Manvers Main, Aerial view Ian Winstanley's Scrap Book
- Manvers Main Colliery, Yorkshire, 1945. 5 killed
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Mapperley Colliery, Derbyshire, Photo Gallery
- Mapperley Colliery, Derbyshire Elaine Sarson
- Mapperley Colliery Closed 1965 After 93 Years - Robert Bradley
- Marehay Main, also known as Whiteley Pit, Derbyshire Closed 1921 After 71 Years - Robert Bradley
- Marehay Colliery, also known as Whiteley Pit Finally Closed in 1936 - Robert Bradley
- Margaret Pit, Newbottle, S.W. Sunderland, 13 Killed, irruption of water and gas. 9 Nov 1885 - Jim Tilt
- Marine Colliery Disaster 1927, Monmouthshire. 52 killed
- Markham Main Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Markham Colliery Explosion of 1938
- Markham Colliery Disaster 30th July 1973 Ian Winstanley
- Markham Memorial Honouring Miners Who Lost Their Lives in 3 Disasters
- Markham Colliery Closed 1993, After 109 Years - Robert Bradley
- Mary Pit, Lochore Colliery, Fife 1905
- Maxwell Pit, Dailly, Seven Miles From Girvan, Ayrshire - Pit Accident 1919
- Meadow Pit Accident 1860. by John Lumsdon
- Measham Colliery Closed 1985, After 91 Years And Merged With Donisthorpe - Robert Bradley
- Michael Colliery Fire, Fife 9th September, 1967, Webmaster
- Mining Search For A Mortgage Company Charlie Snarski
- Minnie, North Staffordshire
- Minnie Pit Explosion 1915 Researched by John Lumsdon
- Minnie Pit Explosion 1918 Researched by John Lumsdon
- Minnie Pit Explosion 1918 - Memories Researched by John Lumsdon
- Moira Colliery - Shocking Colliery Accident Killed 3 - Aug 1845
- Moorfield Colliery Disaster 1883, Altham, Lancashire - Chris King
- Mooregreen
- Moorgreen Closed 1985 After 120 Years - Robert Bradley
- Recollections of a Childhood Round Manner Pit, Ilkeston
- Morton Colliery Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Morton Colliery (Derbyshire Coalfield) - Darren Haywood, Photos
- Morton Colliery Closed 1965 After 102 Years
- Mosley Common Colliery
- Mossfield Colliery North Staffordshire
- Mount Wellington - Tin Mine Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
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- Nailstone Colliery Closed 1968, After 104 years - Robert Bradley
- National Wattsworth Porth Coalmine
- Netherseal Colliery Closed Jan 1948 After 79 Years, flooded - Robert Bradley
- Netherton Colliery, Mary Hill, 5 killed, 6 December, 1850. Also Worcestershire 10th July, 1851, 9 died.
- New England or Plumptre Colliery - Alan Beales
- New Hartley Pit Disaster. Durham. 1862 - Ian Winstanley
- New Hucknall Shane Phillips Collection
- New Hucknall Closed 1982 After 106 years - Robert Bradley
- New Langley Colliery Closed 1960 After 70 Years - Robert Bradley
- New London And Digby Collieries Closed 1937 After 53 and 71 Years - Robert Bradley
- New Lount, Information and Heritage Trail - Robert Bradley
- New Lount Closed 1968 After 44 Years - Robert Bradley
- New Selston Closed 1985 After 95 Years And Merged With Pye Hill - Robert Bradley
- New Skegby (Brierley Hill / Sutton Colliery) Closed 1989, After 116 Years - Robert Bradley
- New Winning Pit at Denby in 1981, Mark Heath
- Newcastle Colliery, Nottingham - Also known as Whitemoor Colliery - Photo - Ian
- Newcastle Colliery Closed 1928 After 75 Years - Robert Bradley
- Newmiller Dam Drift Mine - David Townend started work in the screens aged 15
- Newstead, Nottingham. Photos Roy Kirkham
- Newstead Closed 1987 After 113 years - Robert Bradley
- 'Nibby' Pit, Stanley, Derbyshire, Photo Gallery
- Norman Street Pit, Cotmanhay 1926 - Colin Pounder
- North Gawber Pit Ponies, Captain, Rusty and Muffin - Hayden Bretton
- Norwood Colliery Closed 1943 After 77 Years - Robert Bradley
- Nostell Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
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- Oaks Colliery Explosion, 1866. The Barker family of Ingleton by Steve Barker
- Oaks Burial Locations, we have indexed all the burials in the Council Cemeteries - Peter Shields
- Oakwood Grange merged with Cossack 1955 and closed as a separate unit after 25 years - Robert Bradley
- Ogilvie Colliery Deri, South Wales
Old Roadways - From Facebook, Andrew Purcell - Coal Mining Memories
- Oldfield colliery in Fenton, by John Lumsdon
- Ollerton Colliery (Notts Coalfield) - Darren Haywood, Photos
- Ollerton The Shane Phillips Collection
- Ollerton Pit, The Demise, 8 Photos Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Ollerton Closed February 1994, After 69 Years - Robert Bradley
- Open Cast Mining
- Ormonde Colliery, Treppaner, Coal Magazine, 1956 - Philip Wyles
- Ormonde Colliery Closed 1970 - After 60 Years - Robert Bradley
- Oxcroft No3 (More Commonly Known As Barlborough) Closed 1949 - Robert Bradley
- Oxcroft Drift Mine Closed 1974, After 25 Years - Oxcroft No1 also Closed 1974 after 44 Years and Oxcroft No3 Closed After 76 Years - Robert Bradley

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- Park Colliery Ian Winstanley's Scrap Book
- Parkhouse Colliery, Catty Pit as it was better known. 7th November 1882 explosion, forty five lives lost
- Parkhouse No4 Colliery Closed October 1962 After 97 Years - Robert Bradley
- Parkside, D-Day for Parkside by Melanie Whitehead Ian Winstanley's Scrap Book
- Parkside Colliery Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Parsonage Colliery Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Peacock (Careful Colliery), Ilkeston, Derbyshire
- Pentrich Colliery Closed 1944 After 46 Years - Robert Bradley
- Pilsley Colliery Closed 1957 After 92 Years - Robert Bradley
- Pinthepits - Campaign to have the sites of regenerated coalmines marked on Ordnance Survey reference maps, Rachel Horne
- Pinxton and Brookhill Colliery Shane Philips
- Pinxton Colliery Closed March 1950 After 120 Years - Robert Bradley
- Plain Pit. Rainton, Durham. 1817 - Alan Vickers
- Pleasley, Silverhill, Sutton and Teversal Collieries - Robert Bradley
- Pleasley - Roger Morton
- Pleasley Colliery 1939 or 1940 - Link to Film - Thanks to Mrs Pauline McKay
- Pleasley Colliery (Derbyshire Coalfield) - Darren Haywood, Photos
- Pleasley Closed 1983, After 108 Years And Merged With Shirebrook - Robert Bradley
- Plumptre or New England Colliery - Fatalities
- Plumptre or New England Colliery Closed 1912 After 62 Years - Robert Bradley
- Plumbley Colliery (Seldom Seen) near Eckington - Roger Morton
- Pollington Colliery A question from Ruth Tait
- Pollington Colliery Closed 1920 After 45 Years - Robert Bradley
- Portland Colliery (Remains) - Darren Haywood, Photos
- Portland Colliery Closed 1921 After 100 Years - Robert Bradley
- Pretoria Pit Disaster, Dec 1910 (Hulton Colliery)
- Pretoria Pit Diasaster 1910 - A Question From Tracy Ashall
- Princess Pit, Haydock, Lancashire. Rescue Team Ian Winstanley's Scrap Book
- Pye Hill
- Pye Hill No1 Closed August 1985, After 110 Years - Robert Bradley
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- Sacriston Colliery 1839 - 1985
- Scarsdale Drift (owner…?) closed 1949 - Robert Bradley
- Seldom Seen near Eckington - Roger Morton
- Seymour Colliery Closed July 1918 After 63 Years - Robert Bradley
- A Brief History of the Shipley West Reclamation Site
- Sharlston Colliery (Notts Coalfield) - Darren Haywood, Photos
- Sharlston Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Sheriff Pit, Silverdale - John Lumsdon.
- Sherwood Colliery (Notts Coalfield) - Darren Haywood, Photos
- Sherwood - I was a Safety Officer - Malcolm Roebuck
- Sherwood - The Shane Phillips Collection
- Sherwood Closed 1992 After 90 Years - Robert Bradley
- Sherwood Colliery Rescue Station - Photos - Brian Witts
- Shipley Colliery, Derbyshire, West Reclamation Site - Roger Wood - A Brief History
- Shipley Hall and Collieries - Phil Wyles
- Shipley Coppice Colliery, Potential Super Pit? - Philip Wyles
- Shipley Coppice Low Main Seam - Stan Durban was a Bevin Boy
- Shipley Woodside - Frank Bacon, Mapperley History
- Shipley Woodside No 2 / 3 Closed June 1961 after 61 years and Merged with Coppice - Robert Bradley
- Shirebrook Colliery (Derbys Coalfield) - Darren Haywood, Photos
- Shirebrook Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Shirebrook Closed 1993 After 96 Years - Robert Bradley
- Shireoaks Colliery (Yorkshire Coalfield) - Darren Haywood, Photos
- Shireoaks - Photos - George Bell
- Shireoaks Colliery, Inquest Reports - Alan Beales
- Shireoaks - Steetley Closed 1990, After 130 Years - Robert Bradley
- Shirland Colliery Closed 1965 After 100 Years - Robert Bradley
- Shirland Colliery Memorial Display Board - David Haworth
- "Shonki" (Bulwell Colliery) Joseph Henshaw
- "Shonky" nickname for Bulwell Pit, and situated in Bulwell, Nottingham - Photo - Ian
- Silverdale Colliery Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Silverdale Drift Engine Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Silverdale Closed 1998 After 142 Years - Robert Bradley
- Silverhill, Sutton, Pleasley and Teversal Collieries - Robert Bradley
- Silverhill Colliery (Notts Coalfield) - Darren Haywood, Photos
- Silverhill The Shane Phillips Collection
- Silverhill Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Silverhill Closed 1993 After 128 Years and 118 Years - Robert Bradley
- Silverwood Colliery (Yorkshire Coalfield) - Darren Haywood, Photos
- Silverwood The Shane Phillips Collection
- Silverwood Colliery Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Silverwood Colliery Canaries Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Silverwood Colliery Winding Engine Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Sladder Hill Pit Explosion 1821 by John Lumsdon
- Snailbeach Georges Shaft Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Sneyd Colliery 1942 by John Lumsdon
- Snibston Colliery (Yorkshire Coalfield) - Darren Haywood, Photos
- Snibston Closed 1983 After 151 Years - Robert Bradley
- Snowdown Colliery, Kent Coalfield Vic Richards
- Snowdown Colliery, Kent Coalfield Accident kills two, 1910, Penny Causer
- Snowdown Colliery, Emails
- South Africa - Clydesdale Colliery Mine Disaster, 417 died, 1960 - Lionel Thomas
- South Crofty Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- South Crofty New Cooks Kitchen Shaft Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- South Crofty Robinsons Shaft Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Southgate flooded and closed June 1929 after 54 years - Robert Bradley
- South Kirkby Colliery (Yorkshire Coalfield) - Darren Haywood, Photos
- South Leicester Colliery Merged with Snibston March 1983
Closed 1986, After 161 Years - Robert Bradley
- South Normanton Colliery Closed May 1951 After 58 Years - Robert Bradley
- St Hilda Colliery (South Shields) - Darren Haywood, Photos
- Stanhope Drift Mine Closed August 1966 After 7 years - Robert Bradley
- Stanhope Silkstone Colliery - Roger Morton
- Stanley Pit, Derbyshire
- Stanley Pit, Derbyshire, Photo Gallery
- Stanley Colliery Closed 1961 After 58 years - Robert Bradley
- Steetley Colliery, Inquest into a Fatality - Margaret
- Steetley / Shireoaks / Closed 1990, After 130 Years - Robert Bradley
- Summit Colliery by Chris Kidger
- Sutton, Silverhill, Pleasley and Teversal Collieries - Robert Bradley
- Sutton Colliery Disaster, Mansfield, 21st Feb 1957 - Ian Winstanley
- Sutton Colliery (Brierley Hill /New Skegby) Closed August 1989, After 116 Years - Robert Bradley
- Sutton Manor Colliery Ian Winstanley's Scrap Book
- Sutton Manor Colliery in St. Helens - Stephen Richardson
- Sutton Scarsdale Drift Closed December 1958 - Robert Bradley
- Swadlincote Colliery Closed 1965 After 83 years - Robert Bradley
- Swaithe Main Disaster 1875 Ian Winstanley's Scrap Book
- Swaithe Main Disaster 1875 those who died
- Swanwick Colliery Closed 1968 After 102 Years - Robert Bradley
- Summit Pit A lot of information about the pit and the community by Chris Kidger
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- Taff Merthyr Colliery Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Talke o' the Hill Explosion 1901 by John Lumsdon
- Teversal Colliery, Memories 1959 - 1980, by Malcolm Roebuck
- Teversal Colliery - Bonfire to Celebrate King George V Coronation, June 1911 - Charles Snarski
- Teversal Group of Pits, Silverhill, Sutton, Pleasley and Teversal - Robert Bradley
- Teversal Colliery Closed July 1980 After 111 years - Robert Bradley
- Thoresby Colliery Photo's - Chris Sampson
- Thoresby and Kellingley Collieries - UK Coal Announce Redundancies May 2014
- Thoresby Colliery (Notts Coalfield) - Darren Haywood, Photos
- Thoresby Colliery Photo's by Chris Sampson
- Thoresby - Shane Philips Collection of photographs
- Thoresby Colliery Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Thoresby Colliery (Nottinghamshire Coalfield) - Darren Haywood, Photos
- Thoresby Colliery Closed July 2015 After 87 Years - Robert Bradley
- Thorne Colliery (Yorkshire Coalfield) - Darren Haywood, Photos
- Thorne Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Combs pit, Thornhill 4th July 1893, Dewsbury, Yorkshire. 135 lost their lives, explosion
- Thorntree No2 drift closed 1948 after 21 years - Robert Bradley
- Thurcroft - Darren Haywood, Photos
- Colliery (Yorkshire Coalfield) - Darren Haywood, Photos
- Tibshelf Collieries Closed
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1939 After 69 Years, Derbyshire, a short history - Robert Bradley
- Tilmanstone Colliery - Erica Boorman
- Tower Colliery Disaster - 1962
- Treeton Colliery (Yorkshire Coalfield) - Darren Haywood, Photos
- Treeton Colliery, Rotherham, Yorkshire
- Trimdon Grange Disaster, Durham. 16th February 1882
- Trowell Colliery (1881-1928)
- Trowell Moor Colliery Finished Production 1928, Closed 1954 - Robert Bradley
- Trubshaw Colliery an Explosion in 1846 Killed 3 Men by John Lumsdon
- Turkey Field Farm Strelley
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- Waleswood Colliery (South Yorkshire) Closed 1949 - Robert Bradley
- Walker Colliery Explosion, 1887. Northumberland. 8 lives lost.
- Walton Colliery, Yorkshire. 5 killed. (explosion) 1959 - Ian Winstanley.
- Warren Vale Colliery, Yorkshire. December 1851, Explosion Killed 52 men and boys
- Warsop Main Colliery (Yorkshire Coalfield) - Darren Haywood, Photos.
- Warsop Main The Shane Phillips Collection.
- Warsop Main Closed August 1989 After 95 Years - Robert Bradley
- Watnall Colliery - Mining Methods in Europe by Lucius W Mayer E.M - 1909 - Phil Wyles
- Watnall Colliery Closed 1950 After 75 Years - Robert Bradley
- Weetslade Colliery, Explosion 5 killed 1951
- Welbeck Colliery Photo's by Chris Sampson
- Welbeck Colliery Closes 2010, After Almost 100 Years
- BBC News
- Welbeck Colliery Closed July 2010 After 95 Years - Robert Bradley
- Wellington Pit Disaster, Whitehaven 1910 136 miners lost their lives
- West Hallam Abandoned October 1960 After 94 Years - Robert Bradley
- West Stanley Pit Disaster, Durham. 16th February, 1909
- Wester Auchengeich - John (Iain) Urquhart
- Westthorpe Closed Feb 1984 after 60 years - Robert Bradley
- Wharncliffe Woodmore Explosion, 1936, 58 killed - Ian Winstanley
- Wheal Concorde Tin Mine Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Wheal Jane Stuart Tomlins - Collection of photographs
- Whitecotes closed 1947 and 1956 - Robert Bradley
- Whiteley Pit, also known as Marehay Main, Derbyshire, Closed 1921 After 71 Years - Robert Bradley
- Whiteley Pit, also known as Marehay Colliery, Finally Closed in 1936 - Robert Bradley
- Whitfield Colliery Explosion, 7th Feb 1881 Researched by John Lumsdon
- Whitwell Colliery Closed 1986 After 96 Years - Robert Bradley
- Whitwick, a Disaster occurred on the 19th April 1898 killing 35 miners.
- Whitwick Closed 1986 After 162 Years - Robert Bradley
- Wigan Collieries, List of Collieries
- Wigan's Town Centre Mines, Steve Nicholls
- Wigan - There are no accessible coal reserves under Wigan - Jimmy Hoover
- Williamthorpe is still used as a mine water pumping station - Photo Gallery - Malc Bowler
- Williamthorpe Colliery Closed March 1970 After 65 Years - Robert Bradley
- Windsor, Abertridwr, Glamorganshire, 3rd June 1902, 6 killed
- Windsor, More Information
- Wingfield Manner merged with Swanwick November 1963 - Robert Bradley
- Wishaw Colliery, 1849, 13 August - 9 killed in firedamp explosion
- Wollaton Shane Philips Collection of photographs
- Wollaton / Radford Colliery Closed 1965 After 65 and 91 Years Respectively - Robert Bradley
- Wood Pit Explosion Haydock, 1878 Ian Winstanley's Scrap Book
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- Woodside Colliery, Derbyshire - Frank Bacon
- Woodside No 2 / 3 Was Merged With Coppice 1961 After 61 Years - Robert Bradley
- Woodside No1 Drift Closed 1966 After 13 Years - Robert Bradley
- Woolley Moor Closed in Sep 1958 after only 3 years - Robert Bradley
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I need more information. This site started off as Philip's scrap book but it is now expanding. As is so often the case we did not get enough information from Philip while he was alive. I need more information, stories and pictures so that those interested can find out more about the mining industry in the UK, what it was like to be a miner what it was like to live in a mining family, or as in Philip's case a mines rescue family. |