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Coal Mining Links. Comprehensive listing of links for historical and genealogical resources on the coal mining trade and workers from all over the world.
Souterrains, man made underground objects, artificial cavities, mines, quarries, tunnels. Enjoy your web-surfing underground.
Coalportal is an information portal for coal. It is owned and managed by Barlow Jonker, the world recognised authority on the international coal market.
Cyndi's List. New links will appear on a temporary, uncategorized web page on my site within approx. 24 hours. Please see:- What's New on Cyndi's List?http://www.CyndisList.com/whatsnew.htm
Photgraphs of headgears in the UK.Coal and Collieries.
Disused mines of Sardinia. A site that suggests itineraries, offers images, information, histories. A wonderful opportunity to do something different on holiday. English version available.
Coal Mining in the Ruhr and Saar in Germany
THE RADSTOCK MNING MUSEUM Somerset.
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE MINES Research Group. We have recently started our website at www.sgmrg.co.uk
Mining History Network. Homepage The Mining History Network is an information resource for mining historians. It includes an international contact list, mining history news such as forthcoming conferences, bibliographies, and references to Prof. Roger Burt's mining history work.
Coal Mining Records in the Public Record Office, UK
The COALMINERS Mailing List. The pages are not fancy, just informative.This site includes links to COALMINERS and COALMINING related web pages through out the world. Owned by Tom Darby.
Peter Claughton's Mining History Page Details of events, research and work in progess in the field of mining history and archaeology. Concentrating on research related to WALES AND SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND Including the metalliferous mines of North Devon and West Somerset, the Crown silver mines in Devon, North Devon Anthracite and the Pembrokeshire Coalfield.
Miners reunited. The site to get in touch with former workmates.
COAL MINING RECORDS IN THE PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE.
NATIONAL MUSEUM of COAL MINING for ENGLAND, Caphouse Colliery, Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
MINES RESCUE. The Mines Rescue teams involved in many of the tragic disasters which were sadly, all too common.
Collection from The Illustrated London News and includes excellent material on the Hartley Disaster 1862.
HONISTER SLATE MINE. Nestling between the peaks at the head of the Honister Pass inthe Lake District, the Buttermere and Westmorland Green Slate Company Limited is England's only Slate Mine.
MEADOW COLLIERY AND MEMORIAL GARDENS. The Meadow Colliery, Soul of the Industrial Revolution, Ironbridge, home of the Industrial Revolution.
The Baddesley / Baxterley Pit Explosion 1st - 2nd May 1882
Aspects of mining in UK. Shirebrook Colliery.
Boothstown. Mining and the Bridgewater Canal.
A Cornish Sourcebook at http://cornovia.org.uk contains Dr Barham's "Some
remarks on the Diseases of Miners" of 1840. Others to be added soon, including
Sir Charles Lemon's "The Statistics of the Copper Mines of Cornwall" of 1838.
The Boulton & Watt letters held at the Cornwall Record Office edited for the web.
Wheatley Hill Colliery, Durham.
David Kitching's Home Page. Industrial History and Archaeology, particularly the coal mining industry in Cheshire Poynton Collieries History.
BlackHall History Page Blackhall Rocks, Blackhall Colliery.
Seaham Colliery In one explosion on the 8th September 1880, 164 men and boys lost there live. Messages were left by those trapped by the explosion were heartrending.
Haig Colliery Mining Museum, Whitehaven, Cumbria, UK Haig Pit was Cumbria's last deep coal mine. When it closed in 1986, it ended 700 years of mining history in the area.
Coal Mining and Railway History in North Eastern England.
DURHAM MINING MUSEUM. The Friends of Durham Mining Museum has been set up to found and maintain a mining museum to retain the knowledge and history of those that helped drive the industrial revolution and all that followed.
National Mining Memorabilia Association. Commonly collected types of mining memorabilia: Paranumismatics - This group constitutes a very wide range of tokens, checks and medals spanning over 350 years of British Mining History. Such items are usually categorized into one of the following groups; Carriers, Commercial & Truck Tokens, Checks, Tallies, Motties, Tickets, Passes or Tokens, Medals and Awards, Lamps - Miner's lamps are one of the most popular types of mining memorabilia that are collected and studied. They are usually categorized into one of the following groups, Flame Safety Lamps, Electric Safety Lamps, Naked Flame Lamps. Badges.
MIKE MOORE MINING AND CAVING BOOKSELLER.
LIVING EASTON. Bristol UK. This Web site is a community resource containing information on Living Easton's activities, and details of materials available to Living Easton Members.
LANCASHIRE MINING HISTORY particulary pits in the north east of the county.
Robson Family History. Follow the OCCUPATIONS Link from the home page and then the COALMINING link for Mining in Durham in the early 18th. cent.
British Mining Database consists of a number of websites covering mines throughout the UK and Ireland. There are also separate pages listing societies, useful sources, etc.
Collieries in Northumberland and Durham. Compiled by Brian Pears
Woodhorn Colliery Museum holds a major collection of their work and this site, created as part of Museums and Galleries Month 2000, has assembled these works into an internet gallery to promote the work to the widest possible audience.Visitors to the internet gallery will be able to browse the entire collection and read a brief history of the group.
The Royal Forest of Dean is steeped in history, from ancient megalithic sites through to the industrial revolution and the coal mining of the 20th Century. Through these pages you can step back in time and work forwards to see how the modern day Forest of Dean developed.
"Wigan's Pit Brow Lasses" Taken from an account written by Frank Hird in 1910.
Isle of Man. Mines of the island.
Mining Tallies A site for anyone intereste.
Tour of 15 Yorkshire mines.This bit of the Web describes 50 square miles of England.... a cluster of small towns and villages east of Sheffield, south of Rotherham, and west of Worksop\Bassetlaw.
Martin Botts catalogue of books on mining and related industries.
Philip Healey Mines Rescue History of Coal, Mining, Ponies Pits The Rescue Stations Working on the Station Life on the Stations People, Individuals and Groups Emergencies List of Disasters Technical, gases, breathing apparatus, lamps Miscellaneous, Badges, models, Tokens, Rocks Being Creative Clocks, paintings, sculptures etc Vehicles Glossary of Pit Terms Communications.
Web Site of the UK's National Mining Memorabilia Association.
Ackworth School - Mining - a Proud History. A Proud History As the last in a long line of Colliery Managers at Allerton Bywater Colliery I feel deep sadness to have seen the Colliery close.
Black Country Bilston, Shropshire and Probert Genealogy. Larder Davis. Family history from Wedmore, Somerset, Worcestershire & Black Country, England. Hobbies include genealogy, cake decorating, and touring holidays in USA; Pen pals wanted by our 9 year old son.
Coal Mining and The Tramways. Mow Cop Tunnels & Tramways More Coal History Pics Small Footrill Miners at Footrill Tunnel Opening Mount Pleasant Mine Brake Winding Drum The Tunnel after Capping Towerhill Colliery.
Coal Mining and Railways in North East England. North East England History Pages. Mining and Railways in the North East Coal Mining and Railways in the North East Above: a Victorian representation of Industry on the Tyne.
YORKSHIRE MAIN All you need to know about this colliery.
Coal Mining in Kent. A brief history of coal mining in East Kent.
Coalmining Research Services, the complete resource for genealogists, students, picture researchers, businesses and geological consultants.
Coal Mining in Tyldesley. Tyldesley and District Historical Society ( Founded 1972) History of Tyldesley Find out more Pits, Pitmen and Pit Brow Lassies in Tyldesley Tyldesley was a coal mining town. In 1850 there were about 12 mines within a mile or two of the town centre.
Coal Mining in the Walsall Wood area. Getting Deeper Coal. The Coppy Pit. The Demise of Walsall Wood. Coal a sedimentary rock which was formed about 300 million years ago during the carboniferous period.
Cornish Mines and Mining History in Cornwall. Cornwall mining sites - A guide to Cornish mines.
Cradley Links in the Black Country of the West Midlands. Cradley is less famous for coal mining than chain making, but between 1850 and 1950 the collieries were no less important than the chain works in the local economy and for the legacy they left.
Crouch Mining Company History. Crouch Mining has more than 50 years' experience in the surface mining industry. The company is a leader in developing and managing coal production.
Coal Mining in Dilhorne. History Coal Mining in Dilhorne Coal mining in a small way has been known in Dilhorne for many years. The village lies over a rich coal seam that continues southwards from nearby Cheadle as far as Rugeley in South Staffordshire.
Clutton village website local history and coalmining heritage page.
Devon local studies service. Thematic listing. Mining and quarrying Summary of listing. The following listing is based on a classified thesaurus of local studies terms which is still under development.
Durham Mining Museum This site hosts the Durham Mining Museum website.
The History of Durham Aged Mineworkers Homes
Early Coal Mining History. A bell pit was little more than a well which was opened to reach the coal it was shaped like a bell, hence the name. Many areas had numerous bell pits which were in close proximity to other bell pits, as one bell pit collapsed another was opened.
Forest of Dean Coal Mining. The Forest of Dean Local History Society covers all aspects of the areas history, social, transport and industrial, in this once heavily industrialised area.
Forest of Dean - Introduction, Geology etc. Reprinted by kind permission of the author from: The Mines of the Forest of Dean by Tony Oldham The Forest of Dean, lies, between the two famous rivers of the Welsh Borders - the Severn and the Wye.
Brief History of Mining Legislation of the Forest of Dean. The mines and minerals under the Forest of Dean at some time (now remote and uncertain) became subject to the peculiar rights of Freeminers.
A History of Coal mining in Derbyshire. A History of Coal Mining in the Area. Coal has been one of the areas greatest assets, we know that the Romans mined coal along with ironstone, there were Mediaeval miners too.
Haswell Colliery Web-site. List of the collieries in County Durham and Northumberland compiled by Brian Pears Mining History Network National Coal Mining Museum for England.
History of Coal Mining in Easton 1830 - 1911. A Short Illustrated History of Easton Pits in Bristol. Including Miners Working Conditions and Fatalities.
Industries of Cumbria - Coal. Your guide to the industrial history of Cumbria.
Lancashire Coal Mining History Page Hapton Valley and other North East and Mid Lancashire Collieries. Burnley mining and local history books, list of mines 1854 and 1980.
The Meadow Colliery The history of mining in Coalbrookdale, Telford, Shropshire. Meadow Pit Memorial Gardens - In memory of all the miners who lost their lives.
Miners Memories of Cumberland Coal Mining. The web site includes details of our oral history programme to record the memories of the local miners and their families. Thirty second samples can be downloaded.
Mining History Network The Mining History Network is an information resource for mining historians. It includes an international contact list, mining history news such as forthcoming conferences, bibliographies, and references to Prof. Roger Burt's mining history work.
Mining and the Bridgewater Canal. Social and economic history, and modern description of Boothstown village (near Manchester, UK) in words and pictures.
Mining in Shropshire - Meadow Colliery Pit Meadow Pit Memorial Gardens - In memory of all the miners who lost their lives.
Mining History & Memorabilia Link. Anyone with an interest in mining memorabilia and mining history may find the following links of use. They are subdivided into the following categories to suit individual interests.
NAMHO Home News Meetings Members Links Guidelines About Contacts LINKS American Mining History Association A Miner's Son - history of Derbyshire coal mines Australian Mining History Association Bath Stone Mines (Quarries) British Mining.
New Hartley Mining Disaster. Real audio broadcasts and online Newspaper from Newcastle Upon Tyne Tyne & Wear England.
The North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers Web Site contains information & images about the Institute of Mining and the history of mining in the North of England. Database.
Opencast Coal Mining. Wrenthorpe History Web Opencast Coal Mining Open cast mining off Jerry Clay Lane, 1992. This photo was taken from Lindale Hill. Back to the Wrenthorpe History Web Home Page Created by Edward Green Text ©2000.
Shropshire Caving & Mining Club (UK) Whitehaven Pits, Cumbria Whitehaven Colliery Remains The Whitehaven area of Cumbria was once a major mining centre with numerous coal and metal mines in the surrounding area.
Stella Colliery, 5 miles west of Newcastle, about 1920. Tyneside was once strewn with pitheads such as this one. The Beginning of the Coal Trade Newcastle is indissolubly linked in our minds with coal mining, and with good reason.
Swannington Heritage Trust owns and preserves coal mining horse drawn tramroads railways and a windmill. Swannington Heritage Trust a volunteer organisation which owns and preserves sites of industrial heritage including coal mining horse drawn tramroads railways and a windmill.
UK and it's Mining History. History of coal and mining in the East Midlands.
Ushaw Moor Former Mining Village. Visit here for a look back at the history of a former coal mining village, old photographs, local tales, mining history, disused railways.
Want to know what it was like in a coal mine? Read the stories and see the pictures, there's the mining related songs, poems, and a selection of memories sent to A Coal Mine Dad? by various people. Pitwork.net is constantly looking for new material.
Gareth's Help Page; a collection of genealogical facts, advice and links originally established for the use of the Glamorgan and Dyfed mailing lists. Not everyone knows this.; a collection of historical snippets for the counties of Cardiganshire; Carmarthenshire ; Glamorgan ; Pembrokeshire The South/West Wales Lookup Exchange; for the counties of Cardiganshire ; Carmarthenshire ; Glamorgan ; Pembrokeshire. All Wales ; the One Name Database Book Indexing; a list of online book indexes linked from the relevant Lookup Exchange page. History book eview/contents page. The Mid-Wales Lookup Exchange; for the counties of Brecon, Montomery and Radnor. The homepages of John Gareth Hicks and Jean Elizabeth Norman.
Rhondda History. Those interested in the history of mining as well as social and political history should visit this site.
Virtual Tour of the Aber Valley. If the village of Senghenydd is famous for anything, it is famous for the two disasters that happened at the Universal Colliery that was the reason for the founding of the village.
Welsh Coal mines in South Wales
Crosskeys Monmouth. The mines of South Wales.
Llansamlet History, Industry, Coal-Mining. Early References to Coal Mining History When the Romans conquered the area around 79 AD they built a fort at Neath.
History of Coal Mining in the Amman Valley By Ifor Davies, published by the author 2001 The book is bi-lingual, as at November 2001 the author still had copies for sale , ask me for his address Gareth Hicks.
Coal Mining in Blaenafon, Torfaen, South Wales - World Heritage Site - see Big Pit, steam railway and old Ironworks set in magnificent Welsh Valley scenery.
Resources for Welsh Mining Research. All Mine Types Searchable archives of postings to the 'Mining-History' Discussion Group, as managed by Peter Claughton
.Coal Mining in Wales. Welsh industrial heritage. Tourist attractions in Wales Rhondda Heritage Park is part of Welsh heritage a living testament to the coal mining communities of South Wales.
South Wales Coal Mining Trail Coal has been mined on a small scale in South Wales since Roman times, but the real impetus for its development came with Abraham Darby's use of coke to smelt iron instead of charcoal.
THE SCOTTISH MINING LIST SUPPORT PAGES Welcome to the Scottish-Mining website. These pages will hopefully provide a support resource for those people researching their Scottish mining ancestors. Mining history and family connection in Lanarkshire.
Welcome to Fife Mining Heritage. We are a registered Scottish charity founded in 1995 when the Frances Colliery in Dysart closed down.
Scottish-Mining List Support Pages. Genealogy related pages about people who worked in the Scottish mining industry.
History of Coal Mining in the Bryncoch Area. Map of the Mines in the Bryncoch Neath Area. The first Quaker coal lease at Neath was taken out in 1806, when George Croker Fox, Peter Price and others.
Irish Mining History. Arigna's long and varied mining tradition goes back to medieval times when it started with the mining of iron ore. This was carried out all around the shores of Lough Allen. The mountain to the East of the Lough is called Slieve.
History of Mining in The Castlecomer Area Nixie Boran & The Castlecomer mine & quarry Union (click) Origins of Coal (click) The Freeman's Journal To understand why coal was found in the Castlecomer plateau you have to imagine how the area would have been.
http://website.lineone.net/~coalmining COALMINING RESEARCH SERVICES For schools, genealogists, students, businesses, picture and film researchers and all interested in British coalmining history. Provided by Alan Davies, curator for 15 years of the recently closed Lancashire Mining Museum, Salford.
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