The team plays in the northern premier league division one north west. Mar 29, 2012 a short history of privatisation in the uk. The only early account book which survives begins in 1850. It had glassworks before castleford and it supplied most of the coal for castlefords industries until the big, modern pits opened at wheldale, fryston and glasshoughton itself from the late 1860s. Knottingleywelcome to the message board of pontefract and district family history society. Information, history photographs current and archive and documents for glass houghton coal colliery. The selby coalfield, britains newest, closed on october 26th 2004 when riccall colliery stopped coaling, but no complete history of this project has been written. Fryston colliery followed in the early 1870s and fryston village was built to house the miners in 1890. A selection of pictures on please be kind enough to ask for the owners permission if you wish to use their pictures. Nov 23, 2014 incidentally, this latter route did eventually become a transport corridor, as it is now followed by the m62 from ferrybridge to glasshoughton, where the motorway then adopts a line slightly to the south owing to part of the projected canal and railway course from there to altofts being blocked by the glasshoughton colliery spoil tip, which was. Other railway and industry locations castleford old station junction breffits works fryston colliery moss street works glass houghton colliery cutsyke junction. Coal miners troops soldiers west yorkshire british history police shiva homework image. This is a database of over 164,000 records containing the details of coalmining accidents and deaths in the uk. However, the workings were on very steep gradient and the seams liable to spontaneous combustion with underground fire a constant problem.
When his parents, albert edward and hannah were first married they lived at beighton, near chesterfield, where leslie was born on the 9th january 1903. The pit yard at the bottom of the street was his playground during the day and at night he fell asleep with the sounds of the busy colliery ringing in his ears. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Castlefords history dates back to roman times, archaeological evidence points to modern day castleford being built upon a roman army settlement which was called lagentium thought to mean the place of the swordsmen. When i asked my mum about this strange word she told me, tredegar is the name of grandmas house. Mar 7, 2016 image result for glasshoughton colliery. Fryston colliery village from 1903 barbaras web site. Preliminary work, in preparation for shaft sinking, began in march 1924. Robert secured a job as deputy at the new glasshoughton colliery near castleford.
Soldiers, police and colliery officials at glasshoughton. Troops were present due to a strike at nearby ackton hall colliery where two men were shot dead. After nationalisation in 1947, ifton colliery became one of the more profitable collieries of the national coal board in the north wales coalfield. One of the main investors was a dr holt and for a number of years the colliery was known as the doctors pit. Glasshoughton in castleford, west yorkshire was once home to a thriving colliery and coke works with the majority of its closeknit community being economically and socially dependent on these industries.
Troops were present due to a strike at nearby ackton hall. Glass action br type 5 56 014 passes glasshoughton. The inhabitants of houghton hoctun of domesday book have long been connected. Castleford is a town in the metropolitan borough of wakefield, west yorkshire, england. Glasshoughton regeneration fpcr environment and design ltd. The appropriate wakefield ward is called castleford central and glasshoughton. Glass houghton coal colliery information and photos. In 1869 the merefield colliery was sunk merefield later became the glasshoughton colliery. Organize your searches so you arent spinning your wheels. The power stations at ferrybridge, drax and eggborough were built in the 1960s and 70s to burn coal from pits in west and south yorkshire.
If you do find any gems then please scan them and send me a copy 300dpi and. Were sunk to the beeston seam at a depth of 564 yards. Castleford library is a veritable goldmine of information and photographs and i would urge everyone to visit it when its open. A siximage panorama from the top of the old glasshoughton colliery muck stack, castleford, showing the xscape complex and other new developments which have replaced the former pit and coking plant. It is home to the xscape indoor ski slope and leisure centre, the junction 32 outlet shopping village, a diy superstore, a hotel, several pubs and a number of fast food restaurants, which were built on the site of the former glasshoughton colliery and coke coking plant. A colliery deputy would have received maybe a pound or two more per month. Wheel of light a shining tribute to mining history yorkshire evening post 7 december 2005. Moss street works castleford old station junction breffits works cutsyke junction glass houghton colliery wheldale colliery whitwood junction whitwood and saville. I have parts of the wollaton colliery abandoned workings on my cliftons deep hard, tupton and piper plans. The first deep mine colliery, wheldale, opened in 1868 followed closely by the sinking of the merefield colliery in 1869, which later became the glasshoughton colliery.
Ideas geneology organization family history book for 2019 genealogy a research log is a must. In 1978, the coke works ceased operation and the colliery was later closed in 1986. North east borehole records, for collieries and pre and post nationalisation. Soldiers, police and colliery officials at glasshoughton colliery september 1893. For most of the nineteenth century glasshoughton was a separate village with an economic, social and religious life of its own. We can see this through a potted history of privatisation in the uk.
Castleford chimney demolition aerial video by drone duration. Glasshoughton ledston methley south methley junction l and y bowers altofts pontefract tanshelf methley north pontefract monkhill kippax pontefract baghill featherstone normanton. When i worked at the colliery this had been out of use for years. Xscape, an indoor skislope, forms part of an entertainments centre and outlet shopping complex built on the former site of castlefords glasshoughton colliery. The author spent much of his childhood living in the pit village and community of seaham colliery. Below i give a thread on my blog which currently contains 24 items about easington colliery. Glasshoughton is a neighbourhood of castleford in west yorkshire, england, that borders on. Used coal mining in lunesdale, an introductory study into the history of coal mining in the valley of the river lune and its tributaries in north west england. Historic and archive photos of glass houghton coal colliery. Glasshoughton colliery, leeds road, castleford, circa 1980s now the site of the xscape complex. Mining history of the richmond coalfield of virginia gerald p.
Castleford grew as a centre of industrial activity in the nineteenth century but its history goes a lot further back. Wheldale colliery was located on wheldon road, castleford. Glass houghton coal colliery information and photos aditnow. Many collieries in the lower part of the middle coal measures, around leeds and. Information, photographs and plans for cronton coal mine on the mine exploration web site uk. Old colliery sites have often been turned into new industrial parks or retail parks. Castleford library is a veritable goldmine of information and. Glasshoughton colliery, leeds road, castleford, circa now the site of the xscape complex. Coalmining accidents and deaths raleys maps, poems and. One of the main investors was a dr holt, and so for many years the colliery was known as the doctors pit. The machinery all run by line shafts and flat belts wouldnt have been out of place in a victorin museum. It doesnt sound like enough to support a growing family, but they werent so hard up as to live in a shoe box in middle o road.
Feb 8, 2014 soldiers, police and colliery officials at glasshoughton colliery september 1893. Buy book collectable mining memorabilia and get the best deals. My fathers family first lived in fryston village in 1903. This time line looks at significant events in the history of houghtons colliery. Now its almost all imported and the grassed over muck stacks are all that remain, like these at the former glasshoughton colliery, castleford.
Sinking at the west shaft began on september 26th 1925, but was suspended from august 1927 until january 1930. A colliery deputy would have received maybe a pound or two. Hello i noted with interest your query about the roof fall at glasshoughton colliery which killed your grandfather and 5 other miners. A reliable reference for the collieries and railway systems around castleford and at a nice midrange price.
Glasshoughton glasshoughton in castleford, west yorkshire was once home to a thriving colliery and coke works with the majority of its closeknit community being economically and socially dependent on these industries. A beautiful image painted by artist michael milner, this scene is one of many mining scenes by michael this can be purchased as a large print only standard size 16 x 12 ready to mount and frame in a standard stock frame usually mounted to 20 x 16 or a ready mounted print in a 14 x 11 mount for. Wheldale colliery history coal, colliery and mining forum. In 1891 a fire in the colliery caused the death of five miners. The grassmoor colliery complex was developed in an area which had for many years been worked by small enterprises. Some names are shown as witheld this is for reasons of data protection and relates to all records of people injured since 1950. This area also contains the glasshoughton wheel of light, a former pit. It shows some old workings from the 1700s, must have been a shallow mine pre the modern wollaton we knew and would have been a true colliery against the bell pits called wollaton colliery of the 1600s. The colliery we know as grassmoor colliery was founded around 1846 when alfred barnes returned to the area from journeying abroad. Historic images of the collieries of the yorkshire coalfield, showing the surface workings, colliery buildings, engines houses and head frames, loading screens and banks, drifts, levels, shafts, railway connections, sidings and colliery owned wagons, underground scenes and groups of.
While a record of 1570 refers to john dee of houghton a digger of cole. An overview outlets recipe collection recipe book our merchandise. Grimethorpe colliery mining print pit coal colliery etsy. Yorkshire coalfield northern mine research society. Stanley history online lofthouse colliery disaster. Message boards localities united kingdom and ireland england yorkshire general pilley colliery wharncliffe silkstone and glasshoughton colliery message boards search for content in message boards. And by coincidence, without knowing, i was manager at the colliery of.
His name was leslie victor saunders and his nickname was sandy. Buy history of castleford first edition by wilders, david isbn. Image result for glasshoughton colliery colliery, coal mining. Production began in 1877 and at the time of the inrush the saleable output was 18,500 tons per week with 837 men employed below ground and 207 on the surface. A record of 1535 states that though here be plenti of wode, yet the people burne much yearth cole bycawse hit is plentifull and sold good chepe.
Robert worked as a deputy at the featherstone main colliery and several other mines in the area including the haigh moor mine and the silkstone pit at flockton. The area to the north of the railway line, 67 hectares in total, was formerly occupied by glasshoughton colliery in the west and glasshoughton coking works to the east together with some associated colliery spoil tips, railway sidings and areas of undeveloped land. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Glass houghton glasshoughton coal colliery united kingdom information, history photographs current and archive and documents for glass houghton coal colliery. My interest lies with a gentleman called alfred burrowswilson, quite often it is shortened to burrows or wilson, who died of his injuries in leed infirmary. As a child growing up in outback australia, i addressed my cards and letters to my grandma gwen at tredegar, front street, glasshoughton, via castleford, yorkshire. Exminer harry malkin near the remains of glasshoughton colliery. Historically in the west riding of yorkshire, to the north of the town centre the river calder joins the river aire and the aire and calder navigation. Wheldale colliery was a coal mine located in castleford, yorkshire, england which produced. See more ideas about coal mining, easington colliery and coal miners.
Buy coal mining paintings and get the best deals at the lowest prices on ebay. Ackton hall, allerton bywater, allerton main, fryston, glasshoughton, ledston luck. Pontefract collieries football club are a football club based in pontefract, west yorkshire, england. I thought this was an odd name for a home, but if my mum elaborated on the reason behind it i do not remember. The inhabitants of houghton hoctun of domesday book have long been connected with coal. When the coal industry was nationalised in 1947, there were 156 collieries in yorkshire. Fpcr have provided multi disciplinary environmental and design services on this exemplar regeneration project for over 20 years. Information, photographs and plans for glass houghton coal colliery on the mine exploration web site uk. This is not intended to be an exhaustive history of the company, but an. Kellingley colliery, sunk between 1958 and 1962, closed in december 2015. This is one of our bread and butter books which are reliable sellers as people who visit our railway at embsay and bolton abbey are very much from the manchester leeds west yorkshire and still have vivid memories of the coal industry.
Welcome to the message board of pontefract and district family history society. My fathers family history is therefore related to coal and altofts during the industrial. My interest lies with a gentleman called alfred burrowswilson, quite often it is shortened to burrows or wilson, who died of. The colliery site is now grassed over and home to wild rabbits, but the shaft tops can still clearly be seen as two large concreted circles. I am trying to find any details of an accident that happenned at glasshoughton colliery in december 1927. The site has been transformed from a derelict colliery and coke works to a major mixed use development, including the xscape indoor ski, cinema and leisure complex and factory outlet retail centre. Castleford district fa challenge cup nonleaguematters. Sinking operations began in 1868, two shafts, both ft dia. Glass action br type 5 56 014 passes glasshoughton colliery south of castleford with a train of laden mgr coal wagons from the bowers row opencast site to ferrybridge power station. This is not intended to be an exhaustive history of the company, but an indication of the changes of ownership and the links between companies and directors in those companies. Deep mining as we know it only commenced in 1868 when the wheldale colliery was established.
In addition, i have three articles covering its history between 1899 and 1935 which appear in the 2011, 2012 and 20 annual editions of the journal of the north east labour history society. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Yorkshire yorkshire collieries and coalfield moore books. The team sighted a body some seven yards further in bye before they withdrew. I believe my great grandfather oliver maundrill was among those killed. This location has since changed almost beyond recognition. Welcome to the markham colliery story mine the story mine, is a project supported by heritage lottery fund and derbyshire county council to unearth and share stories from markham colliery. A good basic book for the enthusiast historians library. The colliery was founded in 1868 when two shafts, both feet in diameter, were sunk to the beeston coal seam at a depth of 564 yards. Accident at glasshoughton colliery december 1927 i am trying to find any details of an accident that happenned at glasshoughton colliery in december 1927. Hovershotz aerial drone photography video and inspections cumbria 22,387 views. Message boards localities united kingdom and ireland england yorkshire general pilley colliery wharncliffe silkstone and glasshoughton colliery search for content in message boards names or keywords. Glasshoughton castleford cutsyke bowers pontefract monkhill pontefract tanshelf methley south methley junction l and y ferrybridge pontefract baghill kippax burton salmon altofts.
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