(The East and West Ridings of) Yorkshire's Mining Industry in 1896 - A List of Metalliferous Mines
Britain's Active Mining History Society
From the Tables compiled by Frank M. Wardell, H.M. Inspector for the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District in his Report for 1896
Name of Mine | Situation | Owner and Postal Address | Agent | Workers | Minerals Worked | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
U/G | Sur. | |||||
Ambler Thorn |
Halifax |
Joseph Jaggar |
Stone |
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Appletreewick |
Gill Head, Skipton |
Appletreewick Mining Co. |
Lead Ore |
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Appletreewick |
Skipton |
New Appletreewick Mining Co. |
Lead Ore |
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Ashley Road |
Shipley, Bradford |
Jas. and W. Wyld, Ashley Road Quarry, Shipley |
6 |
13 |
Lead Ore and Barytes |
|
Birkhill |
Appletreewick, Skipton |
Birkhill Mining Co. |
Lead Ore |
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Blackhill |
Appletreewick, Skipton |
Reed and Williams, Pateley Bridge, Leeds |
1 |
1 |
Lead Ore |
|
Blayshaw Gill |
Lofthouse, via Pateley Bridge |
Cradock, Appleby and Co., Pateley Bridge |
John Appleby |
4 |
Lead Ore |
|
Blue Bell |
Rastrick |
Paul Normington Co., Upper Edge, Elland |
7 |
9 |
Stone |
|
Bramston Street |
Bramston Street, Brighouse |
Samuel Cliffe and Son, Elland Road, Brighouse |
0 |
26 |
Stone |
|
Cockhill and Sunside |
Pateley Bridge |
Hutchinson and Williams, Pateley Bridge, Leeds |
Lead Ore |
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Clayton |
Bradford |
Joseph Thornton |
6 |
10 |
Stone |
|
Castle Fields |
Rastrick, Brighouse |
Bentley and Smith, Rastrick, Brighouse |
47 |
93 |
Stone |
|
East Grassington |
Pateley Bridge |
East Grassington Mining Co. |
Lead Ore |
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Eccleshill |
Bradford |
Eccleshill Potteries Co. |
W. Poulter |
Fireclay |
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Elbolton, Linton |
Skipton |
Joseph Mason |
2 |
2 |
Lead Ore |
|
Falls |
Clayton, Bradford |
Henry Briggs |
9 |
7 |
Stone |
|
Fall Top |
Clayton, Bradford |
G. Crossley & Co. |
12 |
16 |
Stone |
|
Far Park |
Heaton, Bradford |
John Kay |
12 |
18 |
Stone |
|
Ganbert Hall |
Lightcliffe, Halifax |
Jos. Brooke and Sons, Hipperholme |
6 |
19 |
Stone |
|
Grantham |
Rastrick |
P. Normington and Co., Brighouse |
7 |
13 |
Stone |
|
Guide Moor |
Allerton, Bradford |
Robert Roper, Allerton, Bradford |
Stone |
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Guyscliffe |
Pateley Bridge |
Thos. Wilkinson |
36 |
2 |
Stone |
|
Gill Heads |
Skyreholme, Appletreewick |
Gill Heads Mining Co., Skyreholme, Appletreewick, Skipton |
J.S. Winn |
2 |
0 |
|
Giles House |
Lightcliffe |
Richard Kershaw, Crow Nest, Lightcliffe, Halifax |
Jos. Shaw |
5 |
0 |
Stone |
Greta |
Burton-in-Lonsdale |
Thomas Coates |
1 |
1 |
Clay |
|
Greta Bank |
Burton-in-Lonsdale |
W. Bateson and Sons |
R. Bateson |
Clay |
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Hazlehirst |
Northowram, Halifax |
Spencer Parkinson, Ambler, Thorn, nr. Halifax |
9 |
21 |
Stone |
|
Heaton Park |
Heaton, Bradford |
R. Roper |
Stone |
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Hollins Grove |
Halifax |
E. Tetley |
Stone |
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Idle Moor |
Idle, Bradford |
G. Vint and Brothers, Idle, nr. Bradford |
18 |
19 |
Stone |
|
Jubilee (Howarth Road, Heaton) |
Bradford |
R. Roper |
9 |
9 |
Stone |
|
Kirbroyd |
Hipperholme, Halifax |
T. Collins and Sons, Hove Edge, Lightcliffe |
9 |
8 |
Stone |
|
Law |
Southowram, Halifax |
John Farrar and Sons |
4 |
6 |
Stone |
|
Limby |
Pateley Bridge |
Joseph Cradock, Mayfield, Stockton-on-Tees |
8 |
2 |
Lead Ore |
|
Lolly Scar |
New Lofthouse, Nidderdale |
Joseph Cradock, Mayfield, Stockton-on-Tees |
12 |
5 |
Lead Ore |
|
Lane Head |
Brighouse |
Isaac Cliffe |
Stone |
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Lane Head |
Brighouse |
Lister, Chadwick & Co. |
Sam. Cliffe |
6 |
10 |
Stone |
Legrams Lane |
Bradford |
Robert Roper, 74, Rowland Street, Bradford |
9 |
8 |
Stone |
|
Lillands |
Rastrick, Brighouse |
Bentley and Smith |
9 |
10 |
Stone |
|
Lillands |
Rastrick, Brighouse |
John Sunderland, Rastrick |
7 |
8 |
Stone |
|
Lillands |
Rastrick, Brighouse |
Bentley and Kaye |
9 |
14 |
Stone |
|
Long Close |
Lightcliffe Road, Brighouse |
Midgley and Roper, Brighouse |
9 |
13 |
Stone |
|
Longroyde |
Rastrick, Brighouse |
Bentley and Kaye, Brighouse |
41 |
65 |
Stone |
|
Marsh |
Southowram, Halifax |
Baines, Whiteley and Rushworth |
6 |
13 |
Stone |
|
Moorhouse |
Pateley Bridge |
Jonas Stott |
C. Inman |
3 |
2 |
Stone |
Mount |
Brighouse |
Longbottom and Barker |
Stone |
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Near Croft |
Clayton, Bradford |
Robert Foulds, Clayton, nr. Bradford |
0 |
15 |
Stone |
|
Needless Hall |
Lane Head, Brighouse |
Cookson and Ellis, Lane Road Quarry, Brighouse |
7 |
11 |
Stone |
|
New Road |
Northowram, Halifax |
Saville Holmes, Northowram |
10 |
15 |
Stone |
|
Northowram |
Halifax |
J. & J. Haley, Northowram, Halifax |
3 |
7 |
Stone |
|
Park |
Lightcliffe, Halifax |
Richard Kershaw, Crow Nest, Lightcliffe, Halifax |
Jos. Shaw |
0 |
21 |
Stone |
Park |
Northowram, Halifax |
J. Brooke and Sons, Hipperholme, Halifax |
8 |
17 |
Stone |
|
Park |
Lightcliffe |
Walker and Co., Lightcliffe, Halifax |
0 |
13 |
Stone |
|
Pinfold |
Upper Edge, Elland |
Marshall and Walker, Elland |
7 |
48 |
Stone |
|
Radfield |
Eccleshill, Bradford |
R. Roper |
8 |
21 |
Stone |
|
Rough Hey |
Lightcliffe, Halifax |
Walker and Co., Lightcliffe |
0 |
37 |
Stone |
|
Raygill |
Lothersdale |
P.W. Spencer, Lothersdale, Keighley |
1 |
1 |
Barytes |
|
School Field |
Rastrick |
Blackburn and Co., School Field Quarries, Rastrick |
15 |
20 |
Stone |
|
Scotgate Ash |
Pateley Bridge |
Scotgate Ash Stone Co. Ltd., Pateley Bridge, via Leeds |
R. Whincup |
7 |
110 |
Stone |
Sandymere |
Shelf, Halifax |
J. and J. Haley, Northowram |
2 |
4 |
Stone |
|
Slaters |
Southowram, Halifax |
W. Thwaite, Bank Top, Southowram |
10 |
13 |
Stone |
|
Stoney Groves |
Pateley Bridge |
Hutchinson and Burnaby, Pateley Bridge |
2 |
0 |
Lead Ore and Barytes |
|
Summerfield |
Idle, Bradford |
E.S. Vint, Idle, Bradford |
4 |
3 |
Stone |
|
Sunside and Merryfield |
Pateley Bridge |
Burnaby and Hutchinson, South Crescent, Ripon |
Lead Ore and Barytes |
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Thornton Moon |
Bradford |
W. Jenning |
2 |
1 |
Stone |
|
Tuckroyd |
Hipperholme, Halifax |
Jos. Brooke and Sons |
32 |
18 |
Stone |
|
Waterside |
Burton-in-Lonsdale |
W. Bateson and Sons |
R. Bateson |
Clay |
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West Lane |
Southowram, Halifax |
S. Marshall and Son |
20 |
44 |
Stone |
|
Total |
469 |
862 |
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