Gloucestershire's Mining Industry in 1896 - A List of Coal Mines
Britain's Active Mining History Society
From the Tables compiled by Joseph S. Martin, H.M.Inspector for the South Western District in his Report for 1896
Name of Mine | Situation | Owner and Postal Address | Manager | Under-
| Workers | Minerals Worked | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
U/G | Sur. | |||||||
Arles Level |
Coleford |
Mrs. B. Young, Arles Level, Coleford |
10 |
4 |
Coal |
Coleford High Delf |
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Bailey Hill |
Whitecroft |
W.H. Jones, Stag Inn, Yorkley |
17 |
3 |
Coal, H |
Trenchard, Yorkley |
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Bixlade Navigation |
Parkend |
Parkend Deep Navigation Collieries, Parkend, Lydney |
E.A. Worthy |
J. Nixon |
30 |
14 |
Coal |
|
Bixslade, "No. 2" |
Coalway Lane End, Coleford |
Pace and Fox, Broadwell Lane End, Coleford |
4 |
2 |
Coal |
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Blacksworth Hill |
Crews Hole, Bristol |
Bristol Fireclay Co. Ltd., St. Philip's Bridge, Bristol |
4 |
0 |
Coal and Clay |
Pennant |
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Bream Grove and Tufts |
Lydney |
Park Iron Ore and Coal Co. Ltd., Lydney |
20 |
6 |
Coal |
High Delf and Trenchard |
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Bridewell |
near Christ Church, Berry Hill |
Caleb Aston and Bros., Broadwell Lane End, Coleford |
2 |
0 |
Coal |
Coleford High Delf (Temporarily abandoned) |
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California |
Oldland Common, Bristol |
Oldland Colliery Co., Oldland Common, Bristol |
F.C. Sadler |
Peter Lovell |
107 |
20 |
Coal, C, G, H, M & S |
Mill Grit, Rag, Parrot |
Coal Pit Heath |
Frampton Cottrell |
Coal Pit Heath Co., Frampton Cottrell |
F.R. Eames |
J. Bateman |
256 |
84 |
Coal |
Hard and High |
Constance |
Coleford |
Darkhill and Ellwood Colliery Co., (A.W. Latham), Lydbrook, Ross |
6 |
3 |
Coal |
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Cross Knave |
Coleford |
Henry Hale, Lane End, Coleford |
8 |
3 |
Coal |
Coleford High Delf |
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Crumpmeadow |
Cinderford |
Lydney and Crumpmeadow Collieries Co. Ltd., Cinderford |
J. Hale |
J. Nicholls |
589 |
98 |
Coal, C, G & H |
Twenty Inch, Lowery |
Dark Hill |
Coleford |
G. Powell, Berry Hill, Coleford |
5 |
2 |
Coal |
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Deep Pit |
Kingswood, Bristol |
Kingswood and Parkfield Collieries Co. Ltd., Bristol |
J. Sparkes |
George Gaze |
253 |
66 |
Coal, C, H, M & S |
Five Coals, Great Vein and Two Feet |
Duck Pit |
Cinderford |
Lydney and Crumpmeadow Collieries Co. Ltd., Cinderford |
J. Hale |
J. Ellaway |
79 |
12 |
Coal, C, G & H |
Rockey, Starkey. Work in the Rockey suspended. |
Easton and Whitehall |
Bristol |
Bristol United Collieries Ltd., Easton, Bristol |
W.B. Monks |
Joseph Bryant |
132 |
33 |
Coal, G, H & M |
Hole, Fiery, Red Ash, Ashton Top, Ashton Great, Ashton Little |
East Slade |
Cinderford |
New Bowson Coal Co., Cinderford |
J. Burdess |
J. Baldwin |
185 |
64 |
Coal |
Coleford High Delf |
Edenwall |
Coleford |
Smith Bros., Lane End, Coleford |
Coal |
Coleford High Delf |
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Eggs Hill |
Yate |
Yate Pottery Ltd., Yate |
30 |
9 |
Coal and Clay |
Hard, Black |
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Engine Pitch |
Moseley Green |
Jones Bros., York Lodge, Parkend |
Coal |
Hard, Black |
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Farmer's Folly |
Coleford |
Thos. Gwilliam, Farmer's Folly, Coleford |
7 |
4 |
Coal |
Coleford High Delf |
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Findall |
Lydney |
W.H. Jones, Stag Inn, Yonkley |
Coal |
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Foundry |
Speech House Road |
G. Morgan and Sons, Foundry Colliery, Speech House Road |
11 |
1 |
Coal |
Whittington |
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Foxesbridge |
Cinderford |
Foxesbridge Colliery Co. Ltd., Cinderford |
G.E.J. McMurtrie |
M. Brain |
487 |
97 |
Coal |
Churchway High Delf, Rockery, Lowery Twenty Inch |
Gentleman Colliers and Winnall |
Coleford |
Smith Bros., Lane End, Coleford |
11 |
4 |
Coal |
Coleford High Delf |
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Golden Valley |
Bitton, Bristol |
A. Brain and Co., Bitton, Bristol |
W. Catley |
52 |
10 |
Coal |
Parrot and Cuckoo |
|
Gorsty Knold |
Futteral |
S.J. Blanch, Ellwood, Coleford |
Coal |
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Hanham |
Bristol |
Bristol United Collieries Ltd., Easton, Bristol |
H.E. Monks |
80 |
25 |
Coal, G, H & S |
Parrot (suspended), Black, Toad, Jubilee No. 1, Jubilee No. 2 (suspended) |
|
Hawkwell |
Cinderford |
A.C. Bright & Co., Cinderford (in liquidation) |
W. Harris |
J. Roberts |
Coal |
Coleford High Delf. Abandoned |
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Hilliersland |
Coleford |
Richard Nash, Miner's Inn, Clements End, Sling, near Coleford |
Coal |
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Hopewell Drift |
Coleford |
T. Cooper, Rock House, Coleford |
11 |
4 |
Coal |
Abandoned |
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Hopewell Engine |
Coleford |
J. Hatton and Son, Coleford |
4 |
3 |
Coal |
Abandoned |
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Howlerslade |
Coleford |
Brown and Powell, Broadwell Lane End, Coleford |
2 |
0 |
Coleford |
Coleford High Delf |
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Leechpool |
Lydney |
Thomas Morse, Bream, Lydney |
8 |
3 |
Coal |
Whittington |
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Lightmoor |
Cinderford |
H. Crawshay and Co. Ltd., Cinderford |
J. Buffery |
J. McAvoy |
499 |
98 |
Coal |
Lowery, Rockey, Churchway High Delf |
Lydbrook Deep Level |
Lydbrook |
R. Thomas and Co., Lydbrook |
Ivo Baldwin |
Chas. Cooper |
107 |
27 |
Coal |
Coleford High Delf |
New Coalway Hill |
Coleford |
Brown and Elsmore, Broadwell Lane End, Coleford |
3 |
3 |
Coal |
Not worked in 1894 or 1895 |
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New Colliery |
Mangotsfield |
West Gloucester Colliery Co. Ltd., New Colliery, Mangotsfield |
Coal |
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New Fancy |
Parkend |
Parkend Deep Navigation Collieries Ltd., Parkend, Lydney |
E.A. Worthy |
A. James |
396 |
65 |
Coal |
Rockey, Starkey Smith Coal |
New Hawkins |
Newland, Coleford |
Brown and Elsmore, Broadwell Lane End, Coleford |
5 |
2 |
Coal |
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New Mount Pleasant |
Cinderford |
Stephen Jayne, Cinderford |
Coal |
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New Potlid |
Coleford |
A.W. Brown, Broadwell Lane End, Coleford |
8 |
5 |
Coal |
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New Regulator |
Cinderford |
R. Simpson, New Regulator Colliery, Cinderford |
14 |
2 |
Coal |
Churchway High Delf, Breadless and Brazilly. Twenty Inch (suspended) |
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New Road Level, No. 2 |
Cannop |
T. and M. Fox, Barnhill, Coleford |
6 |
3 |
Coal |
Sold to A.W. Brown December 1896 |
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Old Furnace, No. 2 |
Cannop, Coleford |
Wimberry Colliery Co. (N.J. Trotter) |
Joshua Hawkins |
30 |
11 |
Coal |
"No Coal" |
|
Old Norchard Level |
Lydney |
Thomas Morse, Bream, Lydney |
12 |
2 |
Coal |
Trenchard |
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Old Speedwell |
Coleford |
Wm. Hughes, Berry Hill, Coleford |
7 |
3 |
Coal |
Coleford High Delf |
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Parkend Royal |
Parkend |
Parkend Deep Navigation Collieries Ltd., Parkend, Lydney |
E.A. Worthy |
A. James |
157 |
29 |
Coal |
Rockey, Starkey |
Parkfield |
Pucklechurch, near Bristol |
Kingswood and Parkfield Collieries Co. Ltd., Bristol |
J.T. Onions |
John Bullough |
292 |
49 |
Coal, G, H, M & S |
Hard Vein, Top Vein, Holly Bush, Great Vein |
Park Hill |
Whitecroft |
H. Crawshay and Co. Ltd., Cinderford |
Coal |
Trenchard, Coleford High Delf, and Whittington |
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Patches |
Coleford |
Evans, Howell and Co., Coleford |
Coal |
Coleford High Delf |
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Pillowell Level |
Whitecroft |
Dean Forest Navigation Coal and Fuel Co., Lydney |
W. Grey |
E. Paradise |
126 |
14 |
Coal, G & S |
Coleford High Delf, Whittington. (Whittington suspended) |
Pluckpenny Rockey |
Moseley Green, Parkend |
W.H. Jones, Stag Inn, Yorkley |
Coal |
Stopped |
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Princess Royal Fluor Mill and Park Gutter |
Parkend |
Princess Royal Colliery Co., Bream, Lydney |
C. Cook |
G. Lunn |
338 |
60 |
Coal, G, H, M & S |
Yorkley |
Shortwood |
Pucklechurch, near Bristol |
Shortwood Colliery Co. Ltd., Pucklechurch, near Bristol |
27 |
5 |
Coal, G, H, M & S |
Hard |
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South Pit |
Pucklechurch, near Bristol |
Kingswood and Parkfield Collieries Co. Ltd., Bristol |
J. Sparkes, junr. |
R. Nicholls |
155 |
17 |
Coal |
Hard Vein, Top Vein, Holly Bush, Great Vein |
Speech House Hill |
Coleford |
Michael Whitaker, Keighley, Yorks. |
George Hayes |
19 |
11 |
Coal, G & H |
Lowery, Starkey, Twenty Inch, Rockey, Churchway High Delf, (Brazilly suspended) |
|
Speedwell |
Coleford |
A. and T. Hughes, Five Acres, Coleford |
4 |
2 |
Coal |
Coleford High Delf |
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Speedwell |
Nailbridge |
Speedwell Nailbridge Colliery Co., Drybrook |
L. Baldwin |
T. Brown |
120 |
21 |
Coal |
Coleford High Delf |
Speedwell |
Kingswood, Bristol |
Kingswood and Parkfield Collieries Co. Ltd., Bristol |
J. Sparkes |
197 |
52 |
Coal, C, H, M & S |
Five Coals, Great Vein and Two Feet |
|
St. Vincent |
Futteral, Coleford |
Jenkins and Jordan, Futteral, Coleford |
8 |
3 |
Coal |
Trenchard |
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Thatch |
Coleford |
Wm. Hughes, Berry Hill, Coleford |
4 |
3 |
Coal |
Coleford High Delf |
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Tile, No. 3 |
Ellwood |
Wm. Burgwyn, Coleford |
1 |
2 |
Coal |
Sold to James Stafford Cole, Ellwood, Dec. 1896 |
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Trafalgar |
Drybrook |
Trafalgar Colliery Co. Ltd., Drybrook |
F. Brain |
J. Hales |
674 |
82 |
Coal, H |
Churchway High Delf, Rockey, Starkey, Twenty Inch and Smith Coal |
Trooper's Hill |
Crews Hole, Bristol |
Bristol Fireclay Co. Ltd., St. Philip's Bridge, Bristol |
9 |
1 |
Clay |
Pennant |
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Tufts |
Lydney |
Thomas Morse, Bream, Lydney |
5 |
3 |
Coal |
Yorkley. Closed 31st. Dec., 1896 |
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Venus and Jupiter |
Parkend |
Venus Colliery Co. Ltd., Unstone via Sheffield |
T.G. Linneker |
Richard Bexton |
48 |
15 |
Coal |
Yorkley |
Wallsend |
Howbeach |
R.C. Banks, Lydney |
11 |
3 |
Coal |
Coleford High Delf, sold to George James, Royal Albert Inn, Lydney |
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Well Level |
Berry Hill, Coleford |
Hughes and Brown, Berry Hill, Coleford |
5 |
3 |
Coal |
Coleford High Delf |
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Worgreens |
Cinderford |
S. Jones, York Lodge, Parkend |
0 |
2 |
Coal |
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Worrall Hill and Old Engine |
Lydbrook |
Worrall Hill Colliery Co. (W.H. Fryer, Agent), Millend, Coleford |
14 |
1 |
Coal |
Coleford High Delf. Abandoned. Record Plan sent to H.O. Feb. 1897 |
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Total |
5721 |
1173 |
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The initial letters attached to the word "Coal" in the column "Minerals Worked" indicate the kind of Coal produced, as C Coking Coal; G Gas Coal; H Household Coal; M Manufacturing Coal; S Steam Coal.
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