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Astley Green Colliery

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Pretoria Colliery

The colliery suffered the worst loss of life in Lancashire on 21 December 1910, 344 men & boys were killed in an explosion.

Parsonage Colliery

The colliery was the last mine to be sunk in Leigh. It was one of the deepest in the country at almost 3000 ft.

Maypole Colliery

The colliery suffered terrible loss of life when on August 18th, 1908 76 men died in a underground explosion.

Edge Green Colliery

The colliery was the scene of a terrible explosion on 12 November 1932, 27 miners lost their lives underground.

Clock Face Colliery

The colliery worked from 1890 to 1966. On October 11th 1899 Charles Booth lost his life in the pit.

Howe Bridge Colliery

The colliery had three shafts called the Victoria, the Puffer and the Volunteer. The colliery closed in 1959.

Bickershaw Colliery

The colliery had a mining history that spanned over 150 years. The mine finally closed in March 1992.

Astley Green Colliery, Wigan

The colliery was active from 1912 to 1970. The steam winding engine was the largest in the Lancashire Coalfield.

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Astley Green Colliery

Learn more about Astley Green Colliery at the website.

http://www.agcm.org.uk/

Cortonwood Colliery

The miners strike started at Cortonwood Colliery, South Yorkshire, on 5 March 1984.

Douglas Bank Colliery, Wigan

Welsh Slate Museum

National Slate Museum, Wales

Welsh Slate Museum

Haig Colliery Mining Museum, Whitehaven, Cumbria

Haig Pit in Whitehaven, was closed in 1986, the winding engine house and headgear are being restored to their former glory and is now open as the Haig Colliery Mining Museum

Big Pit, National Coal Museum

The mine got it's name from the diameter of the shaft (elliptical 13ft x 18ft) which at the time of sinking (1860) was very large

Caphouse Colliery, The National Coal Mining Museum for England

The earliest record of the colliery dates back to 1789. Now it is the home of The National Coal Mining Museum for England

Lady Victoria Colliery, Scottish Mining Museum

The Lady Victoria Colliery produced 40 million tons of coal during its working life. It's now the home of the Scottish Mining Museum.

Aspull Pumping Pit

The pit was built at Aspull for the purpose of draining the Cannel and King Coal Mines

Mains Colliery

In December 1892 a terrible underground fire led to 16 men and boys losing their lives.

Prospect Pit, Standish

Windy Arbour Colliery

Windy Arbour Colliery, formerly Winstanley No. 4 pit, was sunk in 1837 and worked by the Windy Arbour Colliery Company from the early 1920s.

Park Colliery

Park Collieries, Aston In Makerfield, after reconstruction in the 1950s

Baxter Pit, Winstanley

Garswood Hall Colliery, Haydock

John Pit, Wigan

Wigan Junction Pit

Moss Colliery

Astley Green Colliery 1952

Astley Green Colliery Museum

Old coal mines, collieries and pits around Wigan

Albion Colliery, Hindley Green

Alexandra Colliery, Haigh

Alliance Colliery, Wigan

Amberswood Colliery, Ince-in-Makerfield

Almond Brook Colliery, Standish

Aqueduct Colliery , Haigh

Arch Lane Colliery, Ashton in Makerfield

Arch Lane Colliery Nos 2, 3 and 4, Ashton in Makerfield

Arley Colliery , Wigan

Arley Yard Colliery , Wigan

Ashton Colliery , Ashton-in-Makerfield

Aspull Pumping Colliery , Aspull

Arbour Colliery , Winstanley

Bamfurlong Colliery No 1, No 3 & No 4, Wigan

Bank Colliery , Billinge

Barley Brook Colliery , Wigan

Bawkhouse Colliery , Haigh

Belle View Colliery , Dalton

Birchen Heads Colliery , Wigan

Birchley Colliery ,Billinge

Birkacre Colliery Nos 1 and 2, Coppull

Birkett Bank Colliery , Wigan

Bispham Hall Colliery , Billinge

Billinge Lane Colliery , Billinge

Blaguegate Colliery , Wigan

Blainscough Colliery 5 Feet, Coppull

Blainscough King Colliery , Coppull

Bottling Wood Colliery , Wigan

Bradley Colliery , Standish

Bradshaw Hall Colliery , Aspull

Bradshaw House, Aspull

Bridge Colliery , Haigh

Britannia Colliery, Haigh

Broomfield Colliery , Standish

Bryn Hall Colliery Nos 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5, Ashton-in-Makerfield -

Nos 2 and 3 abandoned November 1945

Bryn Moss Colliery , Wigan

Burgh Colliery , Coppull

Bye Pit, Wigan

Calafornia Colliery , Aspull

Chisnall Hall Colliery Nos 1 and 2, Coppull

Clap Gate Colliery , Pemberton, Wigan

Coppull Colliery , Coppull

Crawford Colliery No 1 No 2, Ashton in Makerfield

Crawford Day Eye Colliery , Upholland

Dean House Colliery , Wigan

Deep Pit Colliery No 1 & No 2, Ashton in Makerfield

Ditton Brook Colliery , Upholland

Douglas Bank Colliery North, Wigan

Douglas Bank Colliery South, Wigan

Dove LaneColliery ,Wigan

Downal Green Colliery , Ashton in Makerfield

Dukes Colliery, Wigan

East Cannel Colliery , Wigan

Edge Lane Colliery , Golborne

Edith and Mabel Colliery, Wigan

Ellerbeck Colliery, Coppull

Elms Colliery , Wigan

Engine Colliery , Wigan

Fir Tree House Colliery , Platt Bridge

Foggs Fold Colliery , Platt Bridge

Four Lane Ends Colliery , Shevington,Wigan

Garswood Colliery Nos 1 and 2, Ashton in Makerfield

Garswood Colliery Nos 4, 5, 6 and 7, Ashton in Makerfield

Garswood Colliery No 9 - listed as abandoned

Gauntley Colliery , Billinge

Giants Hall Colliery Nos 1, 2 and 3, Standish

Gidlow Colliery , Standish

Gidlow Colliery and Swinley, Wigan

Gladen Colliery Hey Ashton in Makerfield

Godfrey Colliery , Haigh – listed as not working in 1880

Gorses Colliery , Haigh

Grammar Colliery , Wigan

Grange Hall Colliery , Wigan

Grants Hall Colliery , Wigan

Gullet Colliery , Haigh – listed as not working in 1880

Haigh Colliery , Haigh, Wigan

Harts Lane Fireclay, Upholland - abandoned August 1945

Haydock Colliery , Ashton-inColliery -Makerfield

HawkleyColliery , Pemberton

Hic-bibi Colliery , Coppull

High Brooks Colliery , Ashton-in-Makerfield

Hindley Field Colliery , Wigan

Hindley Green Six Feet Colliery, Wigan

Hindley Hall Colliery , Wigan

Holland Colliery Nos 6 and 9, Upholland

Holme House Colliery , Wigan

Hosier House Colliery , Ince-in-Makerfield

Hussey House Colliery , Wigan

Ince Colliery, Ince-in-Makerfield

Ince Hall Colliery No2 1 and 2, Ince-in-Makerfield

Ince Moss Colliery , Ince in Makerfield

Ince Park Lane Colliery , Ashton in Makerfield

Industrious Bee Colliery , Wigan

John & Taylor Pits Colliery , Standish

Kirkless, Aspull Colliery , Wigan

Kirkless Hall Colliery , Aspull, Wigan

King Edward Colliery , Upholland

King Pit Colliery , Wigan

Kirkless Colliery , Aspull

Kirkless Colliery Nos 1 and 2, Aspull

Lafford LaneColliery, Upholland

Landgate Colliery , Ashton in Makerfield

Lathom, Ashton in Makerfield

Langtree Colliery , Standish

Lawn's Delf Colliery , Upholland

Lea Green Colliery , Lea Green

Leyland Green Drift Colliery , Ashton-in-Makerfield

Lindsay Colliery Nos 1 and 2, Haigh

Lindsay Colliery No 3, Haigh

Little Westwood Colliery , Ince-in-Makerfield

Long Lane Colliery Nos 1 and 2, Ashton in Makerfield

Long Lane Four Feet Colliery , Hindley Green

Long Lane Three Feet Colliery , Hindley Green

Low Hall Colliery No 5, Wigan

Low Hall Colliery No 6, Wigan

Mains Colliery Nos 1 and 2, Ashton in Makerfield

Martins Farm Colliery , Appley Bridge

Maypole Colliery Nos 1 and 2, Abram

Meadow Colliery , Haigh

Meadow's House Colliery , Wigan

Mesnes Colliery , Wigan

Middle Pits Colliery , Ashton in Makerfield

Moor Colliery No 5, Aspull

Moor Lane Drift Colliery , Ashton in Makerfield

Moss Colliery Nos 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, Wigan

Moss Colliery No 6, Wigan

Moss Hall Colliery , Ince-in-Makerfield

Moss House Colliery , Pemberton

Morris Lane, Haigh – listed as not working in 1880

Moss Hall, Ince in Makerfield

Mountains Colliery , Billinge

New Gate Colliery , Upholland

New Town Colliery , Pemberton

Norley Colliery Nos 2, 3, 4, and 5, Wigan

Norley Hall Colliery , Pemberton

Orrell Hall Colliery , Orrell

Orrell Post Colliery , Orrell

Otter Swift Nook Colliery , Billinge

Park Colliery No 2, Ashton in Makerfield

Park Lane Colliery , Ashton in Makerfield

Park New Drift Colliery , Ashton in Makerfield

Pemberton Colliery , Pemberton (later renamed Pemberton Bye)

Pemberton King Colliery , Pemberton

Pemberton Prince Colliery , Pemberton

Pemberton Queen Colliery , Pemberton

Pewfall Colliery , Ashton-in-Makerfield

Piltoft Colliery , Wigan

Plank Lane Colliery , Hindley Green

Platt Bridge Colliery , Ince-in-Makerfield

Platt Lane Colliery , Wigan

Prospect Colliery , Standish

Quaker House Colliery , Ashton-in-Makerfield

Riding Lane Colliery, Ashton-in-Makerfield

Robin Hill Colliery , Standish

Rose Bridge, Ince in Makerfield

Saw Mills Colliery , Wigan

Senly Green Colliery , Ashton in Makerfield (also known as Senela Green)

Seven Feet Colliery , Wigan

Shevington Colliery , Shevington

Smith's Lane Colliery , Abram

Sovereign Mill Colliery , Wigan

Spring Colliery , Ince-in-Makerfield

Springfield Colliery , Orrell

Standish Lower Ground Colliery , Standish

Stanley Colliery , Billinge

Stonehouse Colliery , Wigan

Summersales Colliery , Wigan (formerly Sumners Hall Drift)

Swan Lane Colliery , Wigan

Swire Colliery , Standish

Tarbuck Farm Colliery , Billinge

Taylor Colliery , Standish

The Park Colliery No 1, Ashton in Makerfield

The Park Colliery No 2, Ashton in Makerfield

Tower Hill Colliery , Upholland

Trafford Colliery , Wigan

Trencherbone Colliery , Ince

Tuckers Hill Colliery , Haigh

Tunnel Colliery, Standish

Upholland Colliery , Upholland

Venture Colliery , Wigan

Victoria Colliery , Standish

Victoria Colliery No2 3 and 4, Standish

Wain Colliery , Ashton in Makerfield

Waites Delf Colliery , Pemberton

Walm Colliery , Billinge

Walthewhouse Colliery , Pemberton

Wash Colliery , Haigh

West Cannel Colliery , Ince in Makerfield

Whelley Colliery , Wigan

Wigan Junction Colliery , Abram

Wigan Junction Colliery Nos 3 and 4

William Colliery , Haigh

Windmill Dalton instanley

Winstanley Colliery , Winstanley

Woodshaw Colliery , Aspull

Wood Pit Colliery Nos 1 and 2, Coppull

Worsley Mesnes Colliery Nos 1 and 2, Wigan

Worthington Hall Colliery Nos 1 and 2, Wigan

Worsley Mesnes Colliery , Wigan

Wrightington Colliery , Wrightington

Wigan Pier

Coal Mine Engine

Woodpit Colliery

The colliery was the scene of a terrible explosion on the 7 June 1878 204 miners lost their lives underground.

Golborne Colliery

The colliery suffered terrible loss of life when on March 18th 1979 10 men died in a underground explosion.

Gibfield Colliery

The colliery was the first colliery on September 1913 to build baths so the miners could return home clean from work.

Bedford Colliery, Leigh

The colliery suffered terrible loss of life when on 13 August 1886 a fire damp explosion killed 38 men.

Giants Hall Colliery, Wigan

Pit Pony

Astley Green Colliery Museum

St Georges Colliery, Wigan.

Ladies Lane Colliery, Wigan

Miners Lamp

Gauntley Pit, Wigan

Mining Wagon

Taylor Pit, Wigan

Winding Gear

Astley Green Colliery

Ellerbeck Colliery, Wigan

Strangeways Hall Colliery, Wigan

Blundell's Pemberton Colliery

Chisnall Hall Colliery, Wigan

Victoria Pit

Plank Lane Colliery

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Astley Green Colliery

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Welsh Slate Museum

National Slate Museum, Wales

Welsh Slate Museum

Welsh Slate Museum

Haig Colliery Mining Museum, Whitehaven, Cumbria

Big Pit, National Coal Museum

Caphouse Colliery, The National Coal Mining Museum for England

Lady Victoria Colliery, Scottish Mining Museum

Aspull Pumping Pit

Mains Colliery

Prospect Pit, Standish

Windy Arbour Colliery

Park Colliery

Baxter Pit, Winstanley

Garswood Hall Colliery, Haydock

John Pit, Wigan

Wigan Junction Pit

Moss Colliery

Astley Green Colliery 1952

Astley Green Colliery Museum

Old coal mines, collieries and pits around Wigan

Wigan Pier

Coal Mine Engine

Woodpit Colliery

Golborne Colliery

Gibfield Colliery

Bedford Colliery, Leigh

Giants Hall Colliery, Wigan

Pit Pony

St Georges Colliery, Wigan.

Ladies Lane Colliery, Wigan

Miners Lamp

Gauntley Pit, Wigan

Mining Wagon

Taylor Pit, Wigan

Winding Gear

Ellerbeck Colliery, Wigan

Strangeways Hall Colliery, Wigan

Blundell's Pemberton Colliery

Chisnall Hall Colliery, Wigan

Victoria Pit

Plank Lane Colliery

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