Flockton Collieries

53°37′55″N 1°37′52″W / 53.632°N 1.631°W / 53.632; -1.631

Old Flockton Colliery railway bridge

The Flockton Collieries were small, shallow coal pits that exploited the coal seams north of the village of Flockton in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. The coal seams, the Flockton Thick, which was up to 48 inches, and the Flockton Thin at about 15 inches, were named from where they outcropped.[1]

In the 17th century, coal master, Richard Carter who died around 1700, made his fortune from the pits, some of which he used to build the village's first church, almshouses and the school. The coal was sold locally until the River Calder was made navigable above Wakefield after 1758.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Goodchild, John, Old Flockton Collieries, c.1772 to 1893 (PDF), Northern Mine Research Society, archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2016, retrieved 6 April 2016
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  • 1: Pre 1974, most coal mines in South Yorkshire were actually in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Those annotated with a number 1, were closed before 1974.

2: The Selby Coalfield straddled the border of North and West Yorkshire


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