North and East Lancashire's Mining Industry in 1896 - A List of Coal Mines
Britain's Active Mining History Society
From the Tables compiled by John Gerrard, H.M.Inspector for the Manchester District in his Report for 1896
Name of Mine | Situation | Owner and Postal Address | Manager | Under-
| Workers | Minerals Worked | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
U/G | Sur. | |||||||
Ab Top |
Whitworth |
Chas. Taylor and Co., Whitworth, near Rochdale |
Wm. Howarth |
2 |
0 |
Coal, M |
Sand Rock |
|
Agecroft, "1 and 2" |
Pendlebury |
A. Knowles and Sons Ltd., Pendlebury, near Manchester |
Arthur Ross |
371 |
111 |
Coal, C, G & H |
Doe |
|
Agecroft, "3 and 4" |
Pendlebury |
A. Knowles and Sons Ltd., Pendlebury, near Manchester |
Arthur Ross |
15 |
39 |
Sinking |
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Alkrington |
Middleton |
Chamber Colliery Co. Ltd., Hollinwood, Oldham |
W.W. Millington |
John Bullough |
25 |
8 |
Coal, G, M & H |
Bent and Black. Discontinued |
Allens Green and Green Lane |
Radcliffe |
A. Knowles and Sons Ltd., Pendlebury, near Manchester |
John Lomax |
Coal, G & H |
Cannel. Abandoned |
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Arley Deep |
Over Hulton |
Hulton Colliery Co. Ltd., Chequerbent, Bolton |
Major Crook |
John Williams |
325 |
33 |
Coal, G & H |
Arley |
Arley, "No. 2" |
Over Hulton |
Hulton Colliery Co. Ltd., Chequerbent, Bolton |
Major Crook |
Jacob Millington |
184 |
101 |
Coal, G & H |
Arley |
Ashton's Field |
Little Hulton |
Bridgewater Trustees, Walkden, Bolton-le-Moors |
John Ainsworth |
Nicholas Lloyd |
270 |
45 |
Coal, C, G, H, M & S |
Cannel, Plodder, Trencherbone, and Yard |
Ashton Moss |
Audenshaw |
New Moss Colliery Ltd., Audenshaw, Manchester |
T.H. Wordsworth |
John Stevenson |
263 |
114 |
Coal, H & M |
Great, Roger |
Ashworth |
Ashworth |
Ashworth Colliery Co. Ltd., Ashworth, near Rochdale |
James Lord |
Abraham Coupe |
50 |
8 |
Coal, H & M |
Mountain |
Aspen |
Oswaldtwistle |
T. Simpson and Co., Oswaldtwistle Colliery Office, 1, Rhyddings Street, Oswaldtwistle, Accrington |
Thomas Scholes |
179 |
33 |
Coal, C, H & M |
Lower Mountain |
|
Atherton, "No. 1" |
Westhoughton |
Hulton Colliery Co. Ltd., Chequerbent, Bolton |
Joseph Hadfield |
2 |
2 |
Coal, H & M |
Trencherbone, Cannel |
|
Back o'th Barn |
Little Lever |
John Fletcher, Ladyshore, Little Lever, Bolton |
John Hayward |
Coal, M |
Great Mine & Air Pit |
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Bamford Closes |
Wolstenholme |
John Buttery, Red Lumb, Wolstenholme, Rochdale |
Adam Hall |
- Woodward |
3 |
0 |
Coal, M |
Sand Rock |
Bankfield |
Ashton-under-Lyne |
Bankfield Colliery Co., Fairbottom, Bardsley, Ashton-under-Lyne |
Geo. Wild |
29 |
6 |
Coal, H & M |
Stubbins and Fairbottom. Abandoned. |
|
Bank Hall |
Burnley |
Exors. of Col. Hargreaves, Burnley |
John Landless |
William Shutt |
340 |
120 |
Coal, C, G, H & M |
Arley |
Bankhouse |
Shaw |
Oldham, Middleton, and Rochdale Coal Co. Ltd., Edge Lane, Oldham |
Walter Evans |
John Lord |
145 |
20 |
Coal, C, H & M |
Mountain |
Barclay Hills, Gannow, and Smallshaw Coke Ovens |
Burnley |
Exors. of Col. Hargreaves, Burnley |
James Brown |
0 |
184 |
Coke Ovens |
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Bar Gap |
Bar Gap, Oldham |
Geo. Marland, Bar Gap Colliery, Oldham |
Geo. Marland |
3 |
2 |
Coal, H & M |
Blendfire. Abandoned. |
|
Bedford |
Leigh |
John Speakman and Sons, Leigh, Lancashire |
Wm. Horrobin |
William Darbyshire; R. Hilton |
366 |
108 |
Coal, H & M |
Crumbouke, Six and Seven Feet |
Bee Hole |
Burnley |
Exors. of Col. Hargreaves, Burnley |
John Landless |
Jas. Winstanley Lowcock |
179 |
14 |
Coal, H, M & S |
Bing |
Belthorn |
Yate and Pickup Bank |
Wm. Hy. Shaw and Co., Belthorn, near Blackburn |
John Bury |
33 |
7 |
Coal, M, and Fireclay |
Upper Mountain |
|
Birkacre |
Birkacre |
The Birkacre Coal Co. Ltd., Birkacre, Chorley |
James Edwards |
George Edwards |
55 |
7 |
Coal, M |
Bone and Smith |
Blackrod, "No. 1" |
Blackrod |
Wm. Woods and Sons, Scot Lane Collieries, Blackrod, Chorley |
John Unsworth |
John Harrison |
157 |
89 |
Coal, G, H & M |
Cannel and King |
Blackrod, "No. 2" |
Blackrod |
Wm. Woods and Sons, Scot Lane Collieries, Blackrod, Chorley |
John Unsworth |
Joseph Whitter |
133 |
0 |
Coal, H, M & S |
Yard |
Blackrod, "No. 4" |
Blackrod |
Wm. Woods and Sons, Scot Lane Collieries, Blackrod, Chorley |
John Unsworth |
Joseph Benson |
5 |
0 |
Coal, H & M |
King |
Blainscough, Six Feet |
Coppull |
Blainscough Colliery Co. Ltd., Coppull, Chorley |
Isaiah Richardson |
Thos. Bannister |
Coal, H |
Six Feet. Abandoned |
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Blainscough, King |
Coppull |
Blainscough Colliery Co. Ltd., Coppull, Chorley |
Isaiah Richardson |
David Dickinson |
178 |
57 |
Coal, H & M |
King |
Bower |
Hollinwood |
Wm. and R. Marland, Hollinwood, Oldham |
Wm. Jackson |
James Goddard |
186 |
29 |
Coal, H & M |
Colonel, Foxholes, Great and Major |
Brackley, "Nos. 1 & 2" |
Middle Hulton |
Bridgewater Trustees, Walkden, Bolton-le-Moors |
James Ainsworth |
James Wallwork |
144 |
11 |
Coal, C, H, M & S |
Arley, Plodder, Three Quarters and Yard |
Brackley, Dayeye |
Middle Hulton |
Bridgewater Trustees, Walkden, Bolton-le-Moors |
James Ainsworth |
Robert Stevenson |
120 |
21 |
Coal, G, H, M & S |
Black Band & White, Cannel and Plodder |
Bradford |
Bradford, Manchester |
Bradford Coal Co., Bradford, Manchester |
H.L. Ward |
Geo. Bentley |
404 |
125 |
Coal, H & M |
Parker |
Bradford Fireclay |
Bradford, Manchester |
Edward Williams, Bradford, Manchester |
3 |
2 |
Fireclay |
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Bradley Fold, "Nos. 1 & 2" |
Little Lever |
Thomas Fletcher and Sons, Bradleyfold Collieries, Bolton-le-Moors |
John Howell |
Roby Yates |
190 |
70 |
Coal, H, M & S, and Fireclay |
Cannel, Quarters, Doe and Trencherbone |
Brandwood Moor |
Stacksteads |
Exors. of Abel Brierley, Stacksteads, Manchester |
John Brierly |
George H. Hacking |
15 |
2 |
Coal, M |
Sand Rock |
Brearley |
Brearley |
Joseph Brierley, Brearley, Littleborough |
Joseph Brierley |
1 |
0 |
Coal, M |
Two Foot |
|
Breightmet |
Breightmet, Bolton |
Breightmet Colliery Co., Breightmet, near Bolton |
Samuel Davies |
Mark Bradley |
112 |
29 |
Coal, H & M |
Quarters, Ten Foot, Trencherbone, Yard, and Cannel |
Bridgewater, "Nos. 1 and 2" |
Worsley |
Bridgewater Trustees, Walkden, Bolton-le-Moors |
Thomas Rushton |
Eleazor Harrop |
267 |
54 |
Coal, H, M & S |
Cannel, Doe, and Trencherbone |
Bridgewater, "Nos. 3 and 4" |
Worsley |
Bridgewater Trustees, Walkden, Bolton-le-Moors |
Thomas Rushton |
Thomas Tonge |
247 |
53 |
Coal, H, M & S |
Binn, Brassy, Crumbouke and Seven Foot |
Bridgewater, Water Levels, between Worsley Delf and South of Mangnall's, with the Ladder Pits and Shafts |
Worsley |
Bridgewater Trustees, Walkden, Bolton-le-Moors |
George Ridings |
David Booth |
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Bridgewater, Water Levels, North of Mangnall's Pit to the Cannel Pillar at New Bury, with Ladder Pits and Shafts |
Worsley |
Bridgewater Trustees, Walkden, Bolton-le-Moors |
John Ainsworth |
Benjamin Hayes |
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Bridgewater, Water Levels, North of the Cannel Pillar at New Bury, with Ladder Pits and Shafts |
Worsley |
Bridgewater Trustees, Walkden, Bolton-le-Moors |
James Ainsworth |
Robert Stevenson |
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Brinsop |
Lostock |
Brinsop Hall Coal Co., Wigan |
A.H. Leach |
Robert Cartwright |
10 |
4 |
Coal, H & M |
Arley |
Broad Clough |
Bacup |
Geo. Hargreaves and Co., Newchurch, Manchester |
Gathorn Bland |
3 |
1 |
Coal, H & M |
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Broad Oak, "No. 2" |
Hurst |
Broad Oak Colliery Co., Ashton-under-Lyne |
Arthur Miller |
Robert Waddicor |
12 |
11 |
Coal, H & M |
Great |
Broad Oak Nook |
Hurst |
Broad Oak Colliery Co., Ashton-under-Lyne |
Arthur Miller |
Robert Waddicor |
97 |
25 |
Coal, M |
Royley |
Broad Oak and Tagclough |
Accrington |
Geo. Hargreaves and Co., Accrington |
Nathan Haworth |
John Pilkington |
62 |
9 |
Coal, H & M |
Lower Mountain |
Brookside |
Westhoughton |
Unsworth and Cowburn, Hindley Green, Wigan |
Henry Cowburn |
Joseph Chadwick |
92 |
16 |
Coal, H & M |
Four and Five Feet & Yard |
Broomstair |
Denton |
Dukinfield Coal and Cannel Co. Ltd., Dukinfield, Cheshire |
Richard Clay |
James Gee |
298 |
65 |
Coal, H & M |
Great & Roger |
Brushes Clough |
Brushes Clough, Shaw |
J. & R. Buckley, Shaw, near Oldham |
Edmund Buckley |
7 |
3 |
Coal, M |
Little Mine |
|
Brushes Clough |
Crompton |
Platt Bros. & Co. Ltd., Oldham |
Robert Evans |
3 |
0 |
Fireclay |
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Bunker's Hill |
Stacksteads |
Richd. Siddall, Stacksteads |
3 |
0 |
Coal |
Sand Rock. Abandoned |
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Burnt Hills |
Burnley |
Executors of Col. Hargreaves, Burnley |
Thornton F. Clough |
177 |
21 |
Coal, C, H & M |
Lower and Upper Mountain |
|
Butterworth Hall |
Milnrow |
Platt, Bros. and Co. Ltd., Oldham |
Peter Bowden |
Thos. Brierley |
216 |
57 |
Coal, C, H & M |
Mountain |
Calf Clough |
Wardle |
John Roberts, Low Hades Farm, Wardle, near Rochdale |
1 |
0 |
Coal, H |
Little. Abandoned |
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Cartridge Nook |
Whitworth |
J.G. Dearden, The Manor House, The Orchard, Rochdale |
Henry Matthew |
Thos. Crossley |
18 |
5 |
Coal, H & M |
Mountain |
Chamber |
Chamber Lane, Oldham |
Hopwood, Heron, and Others, 19, Queen's St., Oldham |
Nicholas Needham |
53 |
11 |
Coal, H & M |
Royley |
|
Chanters |
Atherton |
Fletcher, Burrows, and Co. Ltd., Atherton, Manchester |
J.S. Burrows |
James Westhead |
322 |
79 |
Coal, H |
Five Foot, Seven Foot, & Trencherbone |
Charlton, "Nos. 1 & 2" |
Little Hulton |
Bridgewater Trustees, Walkden, Bolton-le-Moors |
James Ainsworth |
Jas. Wallwork |
55 |
10 |
Coal, G & H |
Cannel |
Chequerbent Arley |
Over Hulton |
Hulton Colliery Co. Ltd., Chequerbent, Bolton |
Alfred J. Tonge |
Peter Hampson |
286 |
32 |
Coal, G & H |
Arley |
Chequerbent Yard |
Over Hulton |
Hulton Colliery Co. Ltd., Chequerbent, Bolton |
Alfred J. Tonge |
William Marsh |
145 |
21 |
Coal, H & S |
Yard |
Chequerbent Three Quarters |
Over Hulton |
Hulton Colliery Co. Ltd., Chequerbent, Bolton |
Alfred J. Tonge |
Jeremiah Close |
238 |
41 |
Coal, H |
Three Quarters |
Chisnall Hall |
Coppull |
Pearson and Knowles Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Ince, Wigan |
Alfred Hodgkiss |
Jacob Batey |
135 |
48 |
Coal, G, H & M |
Bottom Mine |
Cleggswood |
Littleborough |
Hall and Rogers, Smithybridge, near Rochdale |
11 |
1 |
Fireclay |
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Cleworth Hall |
Tyldesley |
Tyldesley Coal Co. Ltd., Tyldesley, Manchester |
Wm. Kearsley |
James Isherwood |
304 |
46 |
Coal, G, H & M |
Black and White, Six-Foot, & Trencherbone |
Clifton |
Burnley |
Executors of Col. Hargreaves, Burnley |
John W. Jobling |
305 |
41 |
Coal, G, H & M |
Arley |
|
Clifton Hall |
Clifton |
A. Knowles and Sons Ltd., Pendlebury, near Manchester |
Jonathan Hall |
392 |
147 |
Coal, G, H & M |
Trencherbone |
|
Close Barn, "No. 2" |
Ashworth |
Ashworth Colliery Co. Ltd., Ashworth, near Rochdale |
James Lord |
Robert Crabtree |
5 |
2 |
Coal, M |
Sand Rock |
Clough Head |
Sharneyford, Bacup |
Thos. Temperley and Sons, Sharneyford, Bacup |
John Temperley |
3 |
0 |
Coal, M & Fireclay |
Half Yard |
|
Combermere |
Tyldesley |
Tyldesley Coal Co. Ltd., Tyldesley, Manchester |
Wm. Kearsley |
Coal, H & M |
Black and White |
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Copy |
Cliviger |
Cliviger Coal Co., Cliviger Collieries, near Burnley |
John Jobling |
James Wilson |
33 |
8 |
Coal, C, H & M |
Arley |
Cornfield |
Cornfield, Padiham |
Executors of Col. Hargreaves, Burnley |
Edmund Rushton |
38 |
32 |
Coal, H & M |
Bing |
|
Cranberry Moss |
Darwen |
Ralph Entwistle and Co. Ltd., Darwen |
Richard Walkden |
Thos. Aspinall |
50 |
6 |
Coal, M & Fireclay |
Half-Yard |
Croftside |
Darcy Lever |
Darcy Lever Coal Co., Darcy Lever, Bolton |
Jas. Wolstencroft |
156 |
98 |
Coal, G, H & M & Fireclay |
Cannel, Doe, Quarters and Trencherbone |
|
Crumbouke |
Atherton |
Fletcher, Burrows, and Co. Ltd., Atherton, Manchester |
J.S. Burrows |
Richard Leyland |
196 |
78 |
Coal, H |
Brassy and Crumbouke |
Deansgreave |
Britannia, near Bacup |
John Lord, 11, Albert St., Britannia, Bacup |
John Lord |
1 |
0 |
Coal, H |
Sand Rock |
|
Deanwood Clay |
Portsmouth |
Brooks and Pickup, Towneley Collieries, Burnley |
J.P. Ingham |
5 |
0 |
Fireclay |
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Deerplay |
Deerplay, near Bacup |
Deerplay Colliery Co., Deerplay, near Bacup |
Joshua Maden |
10 |
3 |
Coal, M |
Mountain |
|
Denton |
Denton |
Denton Colliery Co. Ltd., Denton, near Manchester |
Samson Garside |
Philip Lloyd |
268 |
49 |
Coal, H & M |
Great and Roger |
Dewhurst |
Baxenden |
Geo. Hargreaves and Co., Accrington |
Jas. Whittaker |
Joseph Capstack |
47 |
6 |
Coal, M |
Upper Mountain |
Duffcocker |
Duffcocker, near Bolton |
Samuel Rothwell, near Bolton |
James Herbert Rothwell |
24 |
4 |
Coal, M |
Mountain |
|
Doldrum |
Rooley Moor |
John Lomax and Co. Ltd., The Orchard, Rochdale |
John Scholes |
John Shorrock |
20 |
3 |
Coal, H & M |
Sand Rock |
Drybank Farm |
Wardle, near Rochdale |
Edmund Clegg, Drybank Farm, Wardle, near Rochdale |
1 |
0 |
Coal, H |
Mountain |
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Duckworth Hall |
Oswaldtwistle |
Thos. Simpson and Co., Oswaldtwistle Colliery Office, 1, Rhyddings St., Oswaldtwistle, Accrington |
Pumping |
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Duxbury Park |
Duxbury, Chorley |
Duxbury Park Colliery Co. Ltd., Chorley |
James Halliwell |
253 |
57 |
Coal, G, H, M & S |
Arley, Bone, Cannel, and Yard |
|
Eatock, "Nos. 1 & 2" |
Westhoughton |
The Wigan Coal and Iron Co., Wigan |
Thos. G. Dobb |
Robert Walsh |
484 |
89 |
Coal, C, G & H |
Arley and Yard |
Eccleshill |
Darwen |
Joseph Place and Sons, Darwen |
Wm. Whewell |
W. Harwood |
41 |
4 |
Coal, M, & Fireclay |
Lower Mountain |
Edge Fold |
Worsley |
Bridgewater Trustees, Walkden, Bolton-le-Moors |
George Ridings |
David Booth |
Pumping |
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Ellerbeck |
Coppull, Chorley |
Ellerbeck Collieries Ltd., Bank Chambers, Wigan |
Henry Hollingworth |
Samuel Spencer |
460 |
148 |
Coal, G, H, M & S |
Arley, Bone, Cannel, Smith & Yard |
Ellesmere, "Nos. 1, 2, & 3 & Fan" |
Worsley |
Bridgewater Trustees, Walkden, Bolton-le-Moors |
John Ainsworth |
Benjamin Hayes |
114 |
32 |
Coal, G, H & M |
Black, Cannel, Five Quarters, and Trencherbone |
Fan |
Atherton |
Fletcher, Burrows, and Co. Ltd., Atherton, Manchester |
J.S. Burrows |
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Fan |
Tyldesley |
Tyldesley Coal Co. Ltd., Tyldesley, Manchester |
Wm. Kearsley |
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Farnworth, Bridge Top Pit |
Little Lever |
John Fletcher, Ladyshore, Little Lever, Bolton |
John Hayward |
3 |
6 |
Coal, M |
Gingham. Pumping |
|
Farnworth, Bottom Pit |
Little Lever |
John Fletcher, Ladyshore, Little Lever, Bolton |
John Hayward |
Coal, H & M |
Doe and Five Quarters. Winding Water |
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Ferney Field |
Chadderton |
Chamber Colliery Co. Ltd., Hollinwood, Oldham |
W.W. Millington |
James Clark |
4 |
Coal |
Bent. Discontinued |
|
Foggs |
Darcy Lever |
Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Pendlebury, near Manchester |
Joseph Kay |
198 |
38 |
Coal, C, G, H & M |
Doe, Five Quarters, and Trencherbone |
|
Gambleside |
Crawshaw Booth |
Geo. Hargreaves and Co., Rossendale Collieries, Newchurch, Manchester |
Wm. Ashworth |
Robert Howarth |
30 |
2 |
Coal, H & M |
Lower Mountain |
Gibfield Arley |
Atherton |
Fletcher, Burrows, and Co. Ltd., Atherton, Manchester |
J.S. Burrows |
William Roden |
519 |
260 |
Coal, G & H |
Arley and Yard |
Gin |
Astley |
Astley and Tyldesley Salt Co. Ltd., Tyldesley, Manchester |
Ralph Gibbon Green; John Walshaw |
240 |
55 |
Coal, G, H & S |
Crumbouke and Six Foot |
|
Goodshaw Hill |
Goodshaw Hill, Rawtenstall |
Geo. Hargreaves and Co., Rossendale Collieries, Newchurch, Manchester |
Wm. Ashworth |
William Riley |
39 |
7 |
Coal, H & M |
Lower Mountain |
Great Harwood |
Great Harwood |
Altham Colliery Co. (Geo. Wm. Macalpine, Accrington) |
George Elce |
John Clough |
182 |
54 |
Coal, H & M |
Lower Mountain |
Great Lever |
Bolton |
The Earl of Bradford, Estate Office, Bolton |
Edward Bradshaw |
John Adamson |
173 |
45 |
Coal, G, H & M |
Cannel, Doe, Five Quarters, & Yard |
Greave |
Bacup |
Townsend and Co., Bacup |
John Jackson |
Coal, M |
Mountain. Abandoned |
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Greensmoor |
Stacksteads |
Richd. Siddall, Stacksteads |
Coal, M |
Sand Rock. Abandoned |
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Grime Bridge |
Newchurch |
Geo. Hargreaves and Co., Rossendale Collieries, Newchurch, Manchester |
J. Illingworth |
James Law |
44 |
11 |
Coal, H & M |
Lower Mountain |
Gristlehurst |
Simpson Clough, near Heywood |
Pickford and Diggle, Simpson Clough, near Heywood |
Adam Hall |
22 |
2 |
Coal, H & M |
Arley. Abandoned |
|
Habergham |
Burnley |
Exors. of Colonel Hargreaves, Burnley |
Thomas Walton |
318 |
46 |
Coal, C, G, H & M |
Arley |
|
Hades Farm |
Wardle |
Pickles Hartley, Wardle, near Rochdale |
George Hartley |
1 |
0 |
Coal, H |
Mountain |
|
Hanging Chadder |
Thornham |
Oldham, Middleton, and Rochdale Coal Co. Ltd., Edge Lane, Oldham |
Walter Evans |
Pumping |
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Hapton Valley |
Burnley |
Exors. of Col. Hargreaves, Burnley |
Martin Clough |
138 |
20 |
Coal, C, H & M |
Mountain |
|
Haugh Hey |
Haugh Hey, Rochdale |
James Leach, New Hey, Butterworth, Rochdale |
Benjn. Mills |
3 |
0 |
Coal, M |
Half Yard |
|
Helmclough |
Greensmoor, Stacksteads |
Hardman Bros., Acres Mill, Stacksteads, Manchester |
John Greenhalgh |
17 |
1 |
Coal, M |
Sand Rock |
|
Hewlett, "No. 1" |
West Loughton |
The Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
Thos. G. Dobb |
William Barton |
308 |
77 |
Coal, C, G & H |
Arley |
Hewlett, "No. 2" |
West Loughton |
The Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
Thos. G. Dobb |
Richard Pilkington |
673 |
105 |
Coal, C, G & H |
Arley and Yard |
Heyfield |
Westleigh |
Westleigh Colliery Co. Ltd., Leigh, Manchester |
Joseph Waterworth |
Thos. Arnold |
190 |
33 |
Coal, G & H |
Wigan, Four and Six Foot |
Higher Shore |
Littleborough |
E. Clegg and Son Ltd., Shore Mills, Littleborough |
E. Midgeley |
Coal, M |
Forty Yards and Lower Foot. Discontinued |
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Hill Top |
Calderbrook, Littleborough |
Littleborough Dyeing Co., Littleborough, Manchester |
Saml. Stott |
J.E. Singleton |
29 |
5 |
Coal, M & Fireclay |
Forty Yards |
Hoddlesden |
Hoddlesden, Darwen |
Joseph Place and Sons, Hoddlesden, Darwen |
James Radcliffe |
James Lightbown |
151 |
21 |
Coal, M, & Fireclay |
Yard and Half Yard |
Hodge Hill |
Whitworth |
James Griffiths Dearden, The Manor House, The Orchard, Rochdale |
Henry Matthew |
Samuel Kay |
15 |
1 |
Coal, H & M |
Mountain |
Hole House |
Cliviger |
Cliviger Coal Co., Cliviger Collieries, near Burnley |
John Jobling |
Robert Wild |
23 |
18 |
Coal, C, H & M |
Arley |
Hole in Bank and Mitchells |
Baxenden |
Geo. Hargreaves and Co., Accrington |
James Whittaker |
John George; Henry Barnes; Josh. Holt |
130 |
34 |
Coal, C, H & M |
Lower Mountain |
Huncoat |
Huncoat |
Geo. Hargreaves and Co., Accrington |
Henry Smith |
Charles Gorden |
255 |
63 |
Coal, C, H & M |
Upper and Lower Mountain |
Hunger Hill |
Rooley Moor |
John Lomax and Co. Ltd., The Orchard, Rochdale |
John Scholes |
John Sharrock |
30 |
4 |
Coal, H & M |
Sand Rock |
Hunt Clough |
Chadderton |
Chamber Colliery Co. Ltd., Hollinwood, Oldham |
W.W. Millington |
Joseph Taylor |
72 |
9 |
Coal, H & M |
Royley |
Jubilee |
Crompton |
Platt Bros. and Co. Ltd., Oldham |
Robert Evans |
Joseph Mills |
143 |
29 |
Coal, C, H & M |
Mountain |
King Coal |
Blackrod |
The Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
A.E. Webster |
Pumping |
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Knotts |
Hapton |
Knott's Colliery Co. Ltd., Hapton, near Burnley |
James Hargreaves |
33 |
8 |
Coal, H & M |
Arley |
|
Knowl, Lower East |
Knowle, Wolstenholme |
Jas. Butterworth and Sons, Greenbooth, Rochdale |
Robert Coupe |
James Hoyle |
9 |
2 |
Coal, M |
Sand Rock |
Land |
Shawforth |
J.G. Dearden, The Manor House, The Orchard, Rochdale |
William Coupe |
29 |
2 |
Coal, H & M |
Little Mine |
|
Lee |
Brandwood Moor |
Thomas Leech, Lee Colliery, Bacup |
Edmund Whitworth |
12 |
2 |
Coal, M |
Sand Rock |
|
Limehurst |
Waterloo, Ashton-under-Lyne |
New Limehurst Colliery Co. Ltd., Ashton-under-Lyne |
Owen Hughes |
Henry Lowe |
292 |
38 |
Coal, H & G |
Peacock and Two Foot |
Linnyshaw, "Nos. 1 & 2" |
Worsley |
Bridgewater Trustees, Walkden, Bolton-le-Moors |
John Ainsworth |
William Marsh |
298 |
50 |
Coal, H, M & S |
Brasst, Crumbouke and Seven Foot |
Little Hey |
Kersley |
Clifton and Kersley Coal Co. Ltd., Clifton, Manchester |
Pumping |
|||||
Lords Moss |
Farnworth |
Bridgewater Trustees, Walkden, Bolton-le-Moors |
John Ainsworth |
Pumping |
||||
Lovers Lane |
Atherton |
Fletcher, Burrows and Co. Ltd., Atherton, Manchester |
J.S. Burrows |
Samuel Berry |
41 |
11 |
Coal |
Four and Five Foot |
Lower Darwen and Knuzden |
Lower Darwen |
Lower Darwen Coal Co., 1, Rhyddings St., Oswaldtwistle, Accrington |
Lawrence Towneley |
190 |
46 |
Coal, C, H & M |
Lower Mountains |
|
Lower Elpit Edge |
Haugh Hey, Rochdale |
E.J. Butterworth, Friarswood, Delph, near Oldham |
Robert Lawton |
11 |
2 |
Coal, M |
Yard |
|
Lower Hall, "No. 1" |
Westleigh |
Westleigh Colliery Co. Ltd., Leigh, Manchester |
Joseph Waterworth |
Enoch Hilton |
251 |
51 |
Coal, H |
Crumbouke |
Lower Hall, "No. 2" |
Westleigh |
Westleigh Colliery Co. Ltd., Leigh, Manchester |
Joseph Waterworth |
Wm. Tither |
201 |
49 |
Coal, H & S |
Four and Seven Foot |
Machine |
Farnworth |
Bridgewater Trustees, Walkden, Bolton-le-Moors |
James Ainsworth |
|||||
Manor |
Kersley |
Clifton and Kersley Coal Co. Ltd., Clifton, Manchester |
William Wallwork |
323 |
77 |
Coal, H |
Black, Doe, Fire Quarters and White |
|
Meadow Head |
Wolstenholme |
James Howard, 128, Sussex Street, Southport |
Coal |
Sand Rock. Discontinued |
||||
Middlewood |
Wardle, Rochdale |
Middlewood Colliery Co., Middlewood, Wardle, Rochdale |
Thos. Walton |
9 |
1 |
Coal, M, & Fireclay |
Little Mine |
|
Miller Fold |
Accrington |
Geo. Hargreaves and Co., Accrington |
Nathan Haworth |
John Dewhurst |
42 |
5 |
Coal, M |
Upper Mountain |
Montcliffe |
Horwich, Bolton |
Adam, Mason and Son, Mountcliffe, Horwich, Bolton |
Joseph Crankshaw |
Joseph Kenwright |
26 |
7 |
Coal, M, & Fireclay |
Mountain |
Moorfields |
Altham |
Altham Colliery Co., (G.W. Macalpine), Accrington |
George Elce |
James Hall |
295 |
85 |
Coal, C, H & M, & Fireclay |
Lower Mountain |
Moor Road |
Chorley |
Chorley Colliery Co. Ltd., Weldbank Road, Chorley |
Peter Grime |
62 |
21 |
Coal, H & M |
Mountain |
|
Moorside |
Altham |
Edward Pilkington, 72, Blackburn Road, Clayton-le-Moors, near Accrington |
Edward Pilkington |
4 |
1 |
Coal, M |
Arley |
|
Mosley Common, "Nos. 1, 2 & 5" |
Worsley |
Bridgewater Trustees, Walkden, Bolton-le-Moors |
George Ridings |
David Booth, Nos. 1 & 2; Peter Rawson, No. 5 |
748 |
85 |
Coal, H, M & S |
Brassy, Crumbouke and Seven Foot |
Mosley Common, "Nos. 3 & 4" |
Worsley |
Bridgewater Trustees, Walkden, Bolton-le-Moors |
George Ridings |
William Potter; Ralph Cook |
406 |
57 |
Coal, H |
Trencherbone |
Moston |
Newton Heath |
Platt Bros and Co. Ltd., Oldham |
Richard Purdy |
Thos. Seamen |
402 |
136 |
Coal, H & M |
Big Mine, Colonel, Fox Holes & Mary Mine |
Nabb |
Dean, near Newchurch |
Geo. Hargreaves & Co., Rossendale Collieries, Newchurch, Manchester |
J. Illingworth Law |
Geo. Haworth |
39 |
8 |
Coal, H & M |
Lower Mountain |
Nelson |
Shakerley |
Wm. Ramsden and Sons, Tyldesley, Manchester |
Jesse Wallwork |
Alex. Almond |
Coal, H |
Trencherbone |
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New Lester, "No. 1" |
Tyldesley |
James Roscoe and Sons, Little Hulton, Bolton |
John Marshall |
John Newton |
11 |
6 |
Coal, H |
Trencherbone |
New Lester, "No. 2" |
Tyldesley |
James Roscoe and Sons, Little Hulton, Bolton |
John Marshall |
John Newton |
19 |
8 |
Sinking |
|
Newtown, "No. 1" |
Clifton |
Clifton and Kearsley Coal Co. Ltd., Clifton, Manchester |
Henry Brooks |
427 |
92 |
Coal, C, G, H & M, & Fireclay |
Doe and Five Quarters |
|
Newtown, "No. 2" |
Clifton |
Clifton and Kearsley Coal Co. Ltd., Clifton, Manchester |
Percy Lee Wood |
Jos. Brockbank |
566 |
199 |
Coal, G, H & M |
Cannel & Trencherbone |
Newtown, "No. 3" |
Clifton |
Clifton and Kearsley Coal Co. Ltd., Clifton, Manchester |
Percy Lee Wood |
Upcast |
||||
Nook |
Astley |
Astley and Tyldesley Coal and Salt Co. Ltd., Manchester |
Ralph Gibbon Green |
Richard Birchall; James Eckersley |
480 |
125 |
Coal, H & M |
Binn & Crumbouke |
Nook, "No. 3" |
Astley |
Astley and Tyldesley Coal and Salt Co. Ltd., Manchester |
Ralph Gibbon Green |
Sinking |
||||
Nook |
Oswaldtwistle |
Adam Diamond, 5, Hopwood Street, Oswaldtwistle, near Accrington |
Adam Diamond |
2 |
2 |
Coal, M |
Old Robin. Abandoned |
|
Oak |
Oldham |
Chamber Colliery Co. Ltd., Hollingwood, Oldham |
W.W. Millington |
George Sumner |
146 |
21 |
Coal, H & M |
Bent |
Old Clough |
Bacup |
Geo. Hargreaves and Co., Rossendale Collieries, Newchurch, Manchester |
Gathorn Bland |
John Hey |
7 |
1 |
Coal, H & M |
Lower Mountain |
Old Lyons |
Darwen |
Ralph Brownlow, Hollins Head Terrace, Tockholes, Darwen |
3 |
2 |
Coal, M |
Mountain Mine |
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Old Meadows |
Darwen |
Geo. Hargreaves and Co., Rossendale Collieries, Newchurch, Manchester |
Gathorn Bland |
Adam Holt |
54 |
12 |
Coal, H & M |
Lower Mountain |
Outwood, "No. 2" |
Pilkington |
Thos. Fletcher & Sons, Outwood Collieries, Stoneclough, Manchester |
John Lomax |
John Wolstenholme; Ralph Drinnan; Moses Tatlock; Nathaniel Greenhalgh |
459 |
95 |
Coal, H & M |
Cannel, Doe, Five Quarters & Trencherbone |
Outwood, "No. 4" |
Pilkington |
Thos. Fletcher & Sons, Outwood Collieries, Stoneclough, Manchester |
John Lomax |
John Bleakley; Joseph Blank; Thomas Waller |
568 |
96 |
Coal, H, M & S |
Two Yard; Three Yard and Gingham |
Owl Hole |
Little Lever |
John Fletcher, Ladyshore, Little Lever, Bolton |
John Hayward |
Peter Lomax |
206 |
96 |
Coal, H & M |
Trencherbone |
Park |
Westhoughton |
Unsworth and Cowburn, Hindley Green, Wigan |
Henry Cowburn |
12 |
3 |
Coal, H |
Seven Feet |
|
Peel Hall, "Nos. 1, 2, & 3" |
Little Hulton |
James Roscoe and Sons, Little Hulton, Bolton |
John Marshall |
John Newton |
362 |
45 |
Coal, G, H & M |
Seven Feet; Five Quarters - Discontinued; Trencherbone - Abandoned |
Peelwood |
Tyldesley |
Tyldesley Coal Co. Ltd., Tyldesley, Manchester |
Wm. Kearsley |
James Howcroft |
262 |
104 |
Coal, G & H |
Trencherbone and Seven Feet |
Pemberton House |
Welch Whittle |
James Barker and Sons, Welch Whittle, Chorley |
Wm. Jones |
84 |
20 |
Coal, H |
Arley Mine |
|
Pendlebury |
Pendlebury |
Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Pendlebury, near Manchester |
Godfrey Baker |
640 |
165 |
Coal, C, G, H & M |
Binn, Doe, Four Foot, Rams, and Shuttle |
|
Pendleton, "Nos. 1 & 2" |
Pendleton |
Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Pendlebury, near Manchester |
Israel Barker |
441 |
126 |
Coal, G & H |
Rams |
|
Priestners, "No. 1" |
Pendleton |
The Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
Robert B. Mawson |
John Howarth |
167 |
19 |
Coal, H |
Crumbouke |
Priestners, "No. 2" |
Westleigh |
The Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
Robert B. Mawson |
Nehemiah Wood |
220 |
51 |
Coal, H |
Bickershaw Seven Foot |
Railway |
Cliviger |
Cliviger Coal Co., Cliviger Collieries, near Burnley |
John Jobling |
John Greenwood |
31 |
23 |
Coal, C, H & M |
Arley |
Rake |
Littleborough |
Littleborough Fireclay Co. Ltd., Rake, Littleborough |
Samuel Lord |
5 |
0 |
Coal, M & Fireclay |
Forty Yards. Abandoned |
|
Ranglet |
Chorley |
Chorley Colliery Co. Ltd., Weldbeck Road, Chorley |
Sinking |
|||||
Reedley |
Burnley |
Executors of Colonel Hargreaves, Burnley |
John Landless |
John Thos. Smith |
292 |
38 |
Coal, C, G, H & M |
Arley |
Ringley |
Outwood |
Thos. Fletcher and Sons, Outwood Collieries, Stoneclough, Manchester |
Coal |
Top Four Feet. Discontinued |
||||
Rishton |
Rishton |
P.W. Pickup, Rishton, Blackburn |
William Pickup |
Henry Pomfret |
240 |
38 |
Coal, C, H & M, & Fireclay |
Lower Mountain |
Rivin |
Little Lever |
Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Pendlebury, near Manchester |
Joseph Kay |
12 |
2 |
Coal, H & M |
Lower Yard and Lower Three Yard. Abandoned |
|
Rivington Moor |
Rivington Moor |
John W. Crompton and Thos. Crookes, 46, Market Street, Adlington |
John Hilton |
2 |
0 |
Coal, M |
Mountain |
|
Roads |
Wardle |
Charles Crossley, Marled Earth, Wardle, Rochdale |
Chas. Crossley |
6 |
1 |
Coal, M |
Little Mine, Foot Mine |
|
Rose Hill |
Bolton |
Samuel Scowcroft and Sons Ltd., Rose Hill Colliery, Bolton |
Henry Knight |
John Grime |
130 |
18 |
Coal, H & M |
Doe, Five Quarters and Trencherbone |
Roundthorn |
Roundthorn, Oldham |
Glodwick Coal, Brick and Fireclay Co. Ltd., Glodwick, Oldham |
J.W. Needham |
7 |
2 |
Coal, M |
Blendfire |
|
Rowley |
Worsthorne, Burnley |
Executors of Colonel Hargreaves, Burnley |
John Landless |
William Smith |
94 |
25 |
Coal, M |
Dandy |
Royton |
Royton |
Oldham, Middleton, and Rochdale Coal Co. Ltd., Edge Lane, Oldham |
Walter Evans |
Thos. Scholes |
160 |
20 |
Coal, H & M |
Royley |
Saunder Clough |
Dulesgate |
Geo. Earnshaw and Sons, Saunder Clough, Dulesgate, Todmorden |
Geo. Earnshaw |
5 |
0 |
Coal, M, & Fireclay |
Half Yard |
|
Scaitcliffe |
Accrington |
Geo. Hargreaves and Co., Accrington |
Henry Smith |
James Fletcher |
119 |
16 |
Coal, H & M |
Lower Mountain |
Schofield Hall |
Littleborough |
James Howard, 128, Sussex Road, Southport |
W.H. Hamer |
2 |
0 |
|||
School |
Over Hulton |
Hulton Colliery Co. Ltd., Chequerbent, Bolton |
Major Crook |
John Lee |
95 |
19 |
Coal, S |
Two Feet |
Scout Moor |
Walmersley |
Executors of Lawrence Duckworth, Ramsbottom, Manchester |
James Duckworth |
Thos. Hoyle |
11 |
2 |
Coal, M |
Sand Rock |
Scowcrofts |
Kersley |
Clifton and Kersley Coal Co. Ltd., Clifton, Manchester |
Pumping |
|||||
Shackleton |
Shawforth |
J.G. Dearden, The Manor House, The Orchard, Rochdale |
William Evans |
67 |
4 |
Coal, H & M |
Little Mine |
|
Shakerley Collieries |
W. Ramsden and Sons |
Jesse Wallwork |
442 |
87 |
||||
Sheepbank |
Littleborough |
James Howard, 128, Sussex Road, Southport |
Coal |
Foot. Discontinued |
||||
Sheephouse Clough |
Bacup |
James Ratcliffe, Blackwood, Stacksteads |
Ellis Ratcliffe |
9 |
2 |
Coal, M |
Sand Rock |
|
Smear Hall |
Wray, near Lancaster |
Robert Clarkson and Son, Wray, near Lancaster |
Robert Clarkson |
4 |
1 |
Coal, H |
Unknown |
|
Smethurst Hall Fireclay |
Birtle |
A. & J. Chadwick, Smethurst Hall Firebrick Works, Birtle, Bury |
John Holt |
3 |
2 |
Fireclay |
||
Snapes |
Westleigh |
The Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
Water Pit |
|||||
Snow Hill |
Darcy Lever |
Darcy Lever Coal Co., Darcy Lever, Bolton |
James Wolstancroft |
6 |
0 |
Coal, M |
Four and Ten Foot |
|
Snydale Hall |
Westhoughton |
Westhoughton Coal and Cannel Co. Ltd., Westhoughton, Bolton |
J.S. Caldwell |
Henry Johnson |
212 |
42 |
Coal, H |
Arley and Three Quarter |
South Grain |
Dulesgate |
J.G. Dearden, The Manor House, The Orchard, Rochdale |
Robert Kershaw |
12 |
2 |
Coal, H & M |
Mountain |
|
Sovereign |
Westleigh |
The Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
Robert Mawson |
Abraham Noden |
180 |
68 |
Coal, H, M & S |
Hindley Green Five and Six Foot |
Spindlepoint |
Kersley |
Clifton and Kersley Coal Co. Ltd., Clifton, Manchester |
William Nelson |
360 |
79 |
Coal, G & H |
Cannel, Plodder & Trencherbone |
|
Stacksteads |
Stacksteads |
Geo. Hargreaves and Co., Rossendale Collieries, Newchurch, Manchester |
John Lord |
Samuel Feber |
40 |
5 |
Coal, M |
Upper Mountain |
Stacksteads Top Pit |
Stacksteads |
Geo. Hargreaves and Co., Rossendale Collieries, Newchurch, Manchester |
John Lord |
Samuel Feber |
6 |
1 |
Coal, H & M |
Lower Mountain |
Stanhill |
Oswaldtwistle |
Thos. Simpson and Co., Oswaldtwistle Colliery Office, 1, Rhyddings Street, Oswaldtwistle, Accrington |
Coal, C, H & M |
Lower Mountain |
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Starring |
Littleborough |
Ralph Ashworth and Co. Ltd., Starring, Littleborough, Manchester |
William Dransfield |
John Fitton |
24 |
2 |
Coal, M & Fireclay |
Forty Yard and Mountain |
Stockfield |
Chadderton |
Chamber Colliery co. Ltd., Hollinwood, Oldham |
W.W. Millington |
Isaac Turner |
181 |
25 |
Coal, G, H & M |
Royley |
Stoneclough |
Kearsley |
Stoneclough Colliery Co., Stoneclough, Manchester |
John Livesey |
Joseph Seddon |
19 |
7 |
Coal, H & M |
Plodder |
Stonehill |
Farnworth |
Bridgewater Trustees, Walkden, Bolton-le-Moors |
Pumping |
|||||
Stopes, "Nos. 1, 2, & 3" |
Little Lever & Radcliffe |
Thos. Fletcher and Sons, Stopes Collieries, Little Lever, Bolton |
John Howell |
Thomas Stafford |
460 |
142 |
Coal, H, M & S, & Fireclay |
Quarters, Trencherbone, Cannel, Two Yard, Three Yard, Ten Foot and Yard |
Swinshaw |
Crawshaw Booth |
Geo. Hargreaves and Co., Rossendale Collieries, Newchurch, Manchester |
William Ashworth |
Robt. Haworth |
23 |
9 |
Coal, H & M |
Lower Mountain |
Taylor's Green |
Darwen |
Thos. Knowles, Spring Vale Fireclay Works, Darwen |
Richard E. Knowles |
Thomas Heap |
27 |
3 |
Coal, M & Fireclay |
Half Yard |
Thornlee |
Thornlee |
Lancashire Firebrick Co. Ltd., Thornlee Lees, Oldham |
William Liversage |
2 |
3 |
Fireclay |
||
Todmorden Moor |
Dulesgate |
J.G. Dearden, The Manor House, The Orchard, Rochdale |
Edmund Lord |
36 |
4 |
Coal, H & M |
Mountain |
|
Tonge |
Tong, Bolton |
T. and H.T. Scowcroft, Tong Colliery, Bolton-le-Moors |
Wm. Norris |
125 |
28 |
Coal, H & M |
Bancroft and Five Quarters |
|
Tong End Pasture |
Facit |
Henry Heys and Co., Facit Quarries, Shawforth, Rochdale |
Adam Walker |
3 |
0 |
Coal, M |
Sand Rock |
|
Tongs Field |
Farnworth |
Bridgewater Trustees, Walkden, Bolton-le-Moors |
John Ainsworth |
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Tooter Hill |
Sharneyford |
J.G. Dearden, The Manor House, The Orchard, Rochdale |
William Evans |
24 |
2 |
Coal, H & M |
Mountain |
|
Town Bent |
Oswaldtwistle |
Thos. Simpson & Co., Oswaldtwistle Colliery Office, 1, Rhyddings Street, Oswaldtwistle, Accrington |
Joseph Thompson |
181 |
21 |
Coal, C, H & M |
Lower Mountain |
|
Towneley, "Demesne" and "Drift" |
Towneley |
Brooks and Pickup, Towneley Collieries, Burnley |
J.P. Ingham |
James Taylor |
496 |
148 |
Coal, C, G, H & M |
Demesne - Arlet and Dandy; Drift - Upper and Lower Mountain |
Tunshill |
Tunshill |
Platt Bros. and Co. Ltd., Oldham |
Peter Boden |
Samuel Taylor |
Coal, C, H & M |
Mountain. Discontinued |
||
Tunshill Hey |
Littleborough |
Benjamin Chadwick, Schofield Hall, and Executors of Alfred Wild, Littleborough |
Benjamin Chadwick |
9 |
0 |
Coal, M |
Little |
|
Turton Moor |
Turton Moor |
Turton Moor Sanitary Pipe Co. Ltd., Egerton, near Bolton |
Wm. Taylor |
Jonathan Taylor |
60 |
10 |
Coal, M, & Fireclay |
Mountain |
Tyldesley |
Tyldesley |
Astley and Tyldesley Coal and Salt Co. Ltd., Tyldesley, Manchester |
John Walshaw |
629 |
137 |
Coal, G, H & S |
Brassy, Crumbouke, Six Feet, Seven Feet and Trencherbone |
|
Union |
Cliviger |
Cliviger Coal Co., Cliviger Collieries, near Burnley |
John Jobbing |
Robert Wild |
79 |
18 |
Coal, C, H & M |
Arley |
Victoria |
Atherton |
Fletcher, Burrows and Co. Ltd., Atherton, Manchester |
J.S. Burrows |
George Fouldes |
138 |
54 |
Coal |
Six and Seven Feet |
Victoria |
Darcy Lever |
Darcy Lever Coal Co., Darcy Lever, Bolton |
Thos. Cunliffe |
111 |
0 |
Coal, H & M |
Doe, Quarters and Trencherbone |
|
Victoria |
Little Lever |
John Fletcher, Ladyshore, Little Lever, Bolton |
John Hayward |
James Brown |
114 |
0 |
Coal, H & M |
Cannel |
Victoria |
Rumworth |
Thos. Brocklehurst, Victoria Colliery, Rumworth, Bolton |
Thos. Brocklehurst |
Edwin H. Rosbottom |
40 |
10 |
Coal, H & M |
Arley |
Wallnook |
Wardle |
J.G. Dearden, The Manor House, The Orchard, Rochdale |
William Jackson |
25 |
2 |
Coal, H & M |
Mountain |
|
Welch Whittle |
Welch Whittle |
Blainscough Colliery Co. Ltd., Coppull, Chorley |
Isaiah Richardson |
James Cunliffe |
244 |
69 |
Arley and Cannel |
|
Weld Bank (see also Moor Road) |
Chorley |
Chorley Colliery Co. Ltd., Weldbank Road, Chorley |
Peter Grime |
Coal, H & M |
Arley. Discontinued |
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Wellington |
Shakerley |
Wm. Ramsden and Sons, Tyldesley, Manchester |
Jesse Wallwork |
Alex. Almond |
Coal, G & H, & Fireclay |
Arley, Hill Hole, Trencherbone and Yard |
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Westhoughton, "Nos. 4, 6 & 7" |
Blackrod |
Wm. Woods and Sons, Scot Lane Collieries, Blackrod, Chorley |
James Thompson |
197 |
35 |
Coal, H, M & S |
Yard, King & Arley |
|
Westhoughton, New, "Nos. 1 & 2" |
Westhoughton |
Westhoughton Coal and Cannel Co. Ltd., Westhoughton, Bolton |
J.S. Caldwell |
J. Halliwell; H. Johnson |
580 |
126 |
Coal, H, M & S |
Arley and Yard |
Westhoughton, New, "No. 3" |
Lostock |
Westhoughton Coal and Cannel Co. Ltd., Westhoughton, Bolton |
J.S. Caldwell |
Coal, H & M |
Arley. Discontinued |
|||
Westleigh |
Westleigh |
Westleigh Colliery Co. Ltd., Leigh, Manchester |
Joseph Waterworth |
Thos. Arnold |
12 |
2 |
Coal, H & S |
Five Foot, Six Foot, Wigan Five Foot & Wigan Six Foot |
Wetearth |
Clifton |
Clifton and Kersley Coal Co. Ltd., Clifton, Manchester |
James Holt |
Wm. Wolstenholme |
304 |
102 |
Coal, G & H |
Cannel, Doe, Five Quarters & Trencherbone |
Wetearth Drift |
Clifton |
Clifton and Kersley Coal Co. Ltd., Clifton, Manchester |
Wm. Nelson, jun. |
166 |
34 |
Coal |
White |
|
Wharton Hall, "No. 1" |
Tyldesley |
Bridgewater Trustees, Walkden, Bolton-le-Moors |
James Ainsworth |
Henry Duncan |
247 |
47 |
Coal, H & S |
Black and White |
Wharton Hall, "Nos. 2 & 3" |
Tyldesley |
Bridgewater Trustees, Walkden, Bolton-le-Moors |
James Ainsworth |
Henry Duncan |
55 |
22 |
Coal, G, H & M |
Trencherbone |
Whinney Fan |
Altham |
Altham Colliery Co. (G.W. Macalpine), Accrington |
George Elce |
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Whinney Hill |
Altham |
Altham Colliery Co. (G.W. Macalpine), Accrington |
George Elce |
William Hope |
173 |
45 |
Coal, C, H & M, & Fireclay |
Lower Mountain |
Whitebirk |
Blackburn |
Wm. and C. Shaw and Co., Whitebirk Colliery, Whitebirk, near Blackburn |
Chas. E. Arthur |
Robert Vickery |
3 |
2 |
Coal, M, & Fireclay |
Mountain. Abandoned |
Whitefield |
Wardle |
John Stott and Bros. Ltd., Wardle, Rochdale |
James Whatnough |
16 |
2 |
Coal, M |
Mountain |
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Whittaker Wood |
Littleborough |
Mrs. Mary Magson, Whittaker Wood, Littleborough |
1 |
0 |
Coal, M |
Lower Foot |
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Wicken Hall |
New Hay |
Ed. Schunck, Wicken Hall, New Hey, Rochdale |
Robert Clegg |
Coal, M |
Three Quarters. Abandoned |
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Winter Hill Fireclay |
Horwich, Bolton |
John Crankshaw and Son., Horwich, near Bolton |
James Thompson |
6 |
2 |
Coal, M, & Fireclay |
Mountain |
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Woodnook |
Accrington |
Geo. Hargreaves and Co., Accrington |
Nathan Haworth |
John Dewhurst |
20 |
3 |
Coal, H & M |
Lower Mountain |
Woodpark |
Bardsley |
Chamber Colliery Co. Ltd., Hollinwood, Oldham |
W.W. Millington |
Ed. Bradbury |
152 |
19 |
Coal, G, H & M |
Peacock and Two Foot |
Yew Tree |
Tyldesley |
Tyldesley Coal Co. Ltd., Tyldesley, Manchester |
Wm. Kearsley |
James Isherwood |
118 |
23 |
Coal, H, M & S |
Seven Feet |
Total |
30912 |
7454 |
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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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