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Lancashire Coalfield The Lancashire Coalfield in North West England was an important British coalfield. Its coal seams were formed from the vegetation of tropical swampy forests in the Carboniferous period over 300 million years ago. The Romans may have been the fir ...
was one of the most prolific in England. The number of shafts sunk to gain coal number several thousand, for example, in 1958,
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undertook a survey of old shafts and located 500. In 1995 following several years of redevelopment across the Wigan Metropolitan Borough by the British Geological Survey (BGS), in association with the planning consultants Roger Tym & Partners, the list had grown to over 1000 with no real idea of the total. Similar surveys in
Bolton Bolton (, locally ) is a large town in Greater Manchester in North West England, formerly a part of Lancashire. A former mill town, Bolton has been a production centre for textiles since Flemish people, Flemish weavers settled in the area i ...
and
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have also produced long lists of undocumented shafts. The proliferation of mines resulted from its accessibility at the start of the
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and the climate which was ideal for
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. Coal fed the boilers of the cotton mill towns of
Ashton-under-Lyne Ashton-under-Lyne is a market town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. The population was 45,198 at the 2011 census. Historically in Lancashire, it is on the north bank of the River Tame, in the foothills of the Pennines, east of Manche ...
,
Blackburn Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, east of Preston and north-n ...
,
Bolton Bolton (, locally ) is a large town in Greater Manchester in North West England, formerly a part of Lancashire. A former mill town, Bolton has been a production centre for textiles since Flemish people, Flemish weavers settled in the area i ...
,
Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Bru ...
,
Bury Bury may refer to: *The burial of human remains *-bury, a suffix in English placenames Places England * Bury, Cambridgeshire, a village * Bury, Greater Manchester, a town, historically in Lancashire ** Bury (UK Parliament constituency) (1832–19 ...
,
Darwen Darwen is a market town and civil parish in the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The residents of the town are known as "Darreners". The A666 road passes through Darwen towards Blackburn to the north, Bolton to the sout ...
,
Oldham Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, amid the Pennines and between the rivers Irk and Medlock, southeast of Rochdale and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, wh ...
and
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as well as the
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. The first industrial revolution coal mines supplied coal locally and to Liverpool, along the River Mersey via the
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. On the
Manchester Coalfield The Manchester Coalfield is part of the South Lancashire Coalfield, the coal seams of which were laid down in the Carboniferous Period. Some easily accessible seams were worked on a small scale from the Middle Ages, and extensively from the begi ...
, the early collieries were those of the
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Worsley Worsley () is a village in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England, which in 2014 had a population of 10,090. It lies along Worsley Brook, west of Manchester. Within the boundaries of the Historic counties of England, historic county ...
, where the
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was built to transport coal from his mines to Manchester. Lancashire miners used terms in different ways to other coal mining areas. A mine in Lancashire refers to a
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, so the
Doe mine The Manchester Coalfield is part of the South Lancashire Coalfield, the coal seams of which were laid down in the Carboniferous Period. Some easily accessible seams were worked on a small scale from the Middle Ages, and extensively from the begi ...
refers to the Doe seam. The term pit was used for the shaft sunk to the access the mine and the term colliery was used to describe the whole of the surface area including the headgear, wash-houses, offices, trams etc. An example is: Garswood Hall Colliery consisting of three pits: the number 9, the number 2 and the number 3 working the Ravin, Orrell Four Foot and
Arley mine The Manchester Coalfield is part of the South Lancashire Coalfield, the coal seams of which were laid down in the Carboniferous Period. Some easily accessible seams were worked on a small scale from the Middle Ages, and extensively from the beg ...
s. In 1880, the Mines Inspector reported 534 coal pits in the Lancashire field. In 1947 when the industry was nationalised, there were 108 collieries
Parkside Colliery Parkside Colliery was a coal mine in Newton-le-Willows, in the historic county of Lancashire, but from 1974, until its closure in 1993, it was in the metropolitan county of Merseyside. It was always described as being in Lancashire, and was the ...
in
Newton le Willows Newton-le-Willows is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England. The population at the 2011 census was 22,114. Newton-le-Willows is on the eastern edge of St Helens, south of Wigan and north of Warrington. The ...
was the last pit to be sunk in Lancashire, production started in 1960 and was the last to close in 1993. The list has been compiled from the official reports of the Mines Inspector and lists of mines produced by
National Coal Board The National Coal Board (NCB) was the statutory corporation created to run the nationalised coal mining industry in the United Kingdom. Set up under the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946, it took over the United Kingdom's collieries on "v ...
and the
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. The list gives the name of the pit which by convention did not usually use the word pit after it followed by the location and date of closure if known, e.g. Chadderton, Chadderton is the Chadderton Pit located in
Chadderton Chadderton is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, on the River Irk and Rochdale Canal. It is located in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Oldham, south of Rochdale and north-east of Manchester. Hi ...
.


Bolton area


Blackrod

*Anderton Hall, *Arley, *Blackrod, later became No. 1) Blackrod No 2, Blackrod No 4 *Bull Ring, *Dark Lane, *King Coal, *Marklands, *Park Hall, *Scott Lane, *Victoria Main,


Bolton

*Breightmet, Breightmet *Brinsop, Lostock *Burnden, Bolton *Cheetham Close, Bolton *Doffcocker, Halliwell, *Gibraltar, Lostock *Higher Croft, Breightmet *Little, Bolton *Parsonage, Bolton *Quarlton, Quarlton *Rose Hill,*Burnden *Smithills, Halliwell *Tonge, Tonge/Bolton *Tonge Fold, Bolton *Tonge Moor, Bolton *Turton Moor, Turton - shown disused 1908 *Victoria, Rumworth *Walker Fold, Bolton *Westhoughton New, Lostock


Farnworth and Kearsley

*Clammerclough, Farnworth *Doe, Kearsley *Farnworth, Farnworth *Kearsley, Farnworth *Kearsley Moss, Kearsley *Little Hey, Kearsley *Little Hey Pumping, Kearsley *Lords Moss, Farnworth *Manor, Kearsley *Machine, Farnworth *
Nob End Nob End is the site of a former waste tip which is now a Site of Special Scientific Interest and Local Nature Reserve near Little Lever and Kearsley, in Greater Manchester, England. History Standing at the confluence of the River Irwell and Ri ...
Bell Pits, Kearsley *Lords Moss Field, Farnworth *Scowcrofts, Kearsley *Spindle Point, Kearsley *Stoneclough, Kearsley *Stonehill,*Farnworth *Tonges Field, Farnworth *Unity Brook, Kearsley


Harwood

*Great Harwood, Great Harwood *Harwood, Harwood *Hill End, Harwood


Horwich and Rivington

*Montcliffe, Horwich *New Fields, Horwich *Rivington Moor, Rivington *Willows, Horwich *Wildersmoor, Horwich (mainly
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) *Winter Hill, Horwich - shown abandoned 1908


Middle and Over Hulton

*Bank House, Middle Hulton *Chequerbent Arley,*Over Hulton *Chequerbent Yard, Over Hulton *Chequerbent Three Quarters, Over Hulton *Deep Halt Yard, Over Hulton *Three Quarter, Over Hulton *Yard, Over Hulton


Darcy, Great and Little Lever

*Croft Side and Victoria, Darcy Lever *Darcy Lever, Darcy lever *Davenport, Darcy Lever *Foggs, Darcey Lever *Hacken, Darcy Lever *Snow Hill, Darcy Lever *Top o' th' Lane, Darcy Lever *Victoria, Darcy Lever *Five Quarter, Great Lever, Bolton *Gravel Hole, Great Lever *Great Lever, Great lever *Lever Bridge, Great Lever *Raikes, Great Lever *Bally, Little Lever *Bents, Little Lever *Dingle, Little Lever *Farnworth Bridge, Little Lever *Farnworth Bottom, Little Lever *Harpurfold, Little Lever * Ladyshore, Little Lever * Back o'th Barn, Little Lever - (later renamed Ladyshore) *Little, Little Lever *Middle Bents, Little Lever *New Rivin, Little Lever * Owl Hole, Little Lever *
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, Little Lever *Riven, Little Lever *Stopes, Little Lever


Westhoughton

*Albert *Brinsop Hall *Brinsop Hall Arley *Brinsop Yard *Brookside *Bugle Horn *Cow Lee Lane *Eatock No 1 & 2 * Hewlet *Hilton House * Hulton (also known as the Pretoria Pit) - closed 1934 *Lostock Lane *
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(also known as Hulton Colliery) - closed 1934 *Snydale Hall *Starkie *Westhoughton Nos 4, 6 & 7 - Nos 6 & 7 shown abandoned 1908


Bury, Bacup and Radcliffe


Bacup

*Bank Top *Blackclough Arley *Blue Ball, Brandwood *Broadclough *Brook Side *Clough Head, Sharneyford - listed as abandoned 1938 *Clough Head Clay, Sharneyford *Deansgreave *Deerplay *Dinely *Freeholds *Greave, Brandwood *Green's Moor, Brandwood *Hogshead, Whitworth * Hill Top, Sharneyford, 1948-1966 and 1997-2014 *Hoyle Hey, Brandwood *Inchfield Moor *Lee Moor *Lower Mountain *Meadows *New Line *Old Clough *Old Meadows (Newchurch in list) *Old Sink, Rooley Moor *Parrocks *Rooley Moor, Rooley Moor *Sheephouse Clough


Birtle

*Birtle *Birtle Dean *Bowling Green *Openshaw *Smethurst Hall *Thorney Hurst


Bury

*Affeside, Tottington *Ainsworth, Red House Ainsworth *Clough Side, Prestwich *Cob House, Birtle *Dark Lane, Walmsbury *Elton, Elton *Fern Hill, Bury *Higher Hill, Shuttleworth *Hunger Hill, Rooly Moor *Lumb, Birtle *New Hey, Brandwood *Oaken Clough, Brandwood *Old Hey, Brandwood *Pilsworth, Pilsworth *Railway, Ainsworth *Sand Rock, Walmersley *Scout Moor, Shuttleworth *Shipper Bottom, Walmersley *Snape Hill, Walmersley *Tooter Hill, Brandwood *Woodgate Hill


Radcliffe

*Allens Green (with Green Lane) *Bank Top *Black Moss *Canal Side *Cockey Moor *Coney Green *Green Lane *Hampson Meadow *Hay Side *Holcombe, Holcombe Hill *Openshaw Fold * Outwood No 2, Outwood * Outwood No 4, Outwood *Radcliffe Bridge *Ringley, Outwood - shown disused 1908 *Stand Lane *Whitaker Bridge *Withins Lane *Wolstenholdfold


Leigh area


Astley

* Astley Green Colliery -Sinking 1908, Closed 1970 * Cross Hillock opened after 1866, closed 1887 * Gin Pit Colliery * Nook Colliery Nook Nos 2, 3 and 4, had four shafts.


Atherton

*Atherton *
Chanters Colliery Chanters Colliery was a coal mine which was part of the Fletcher, Burrows and Company's collieries at Hindsford in Atherton, Greater Manchester, then in the historic county of Lancashire, England. Geology Chanters Colliery exploited the Mid ...
, Hindsford - Closed 1966 Chanters No 2 Closed 1966 * Crumbuke,
Howe Bridge Howe Bridge is a suburb of Atherton, Greater Manchester, England. Historically within Lancashire, it is situated to the south west of Atherton town centre on the B5215, the old turnpike road from Bolton to Leigh. The settlement was built as a mod ...
- Closed 1907 *Fan *
Gibfield Colliery Gibfield Colliery was a coal mine owned by Fletcher, Burrows and Company in Atherton, then in the historic county of Lancashire, England. A shaft was sunk at Gibfield to the Trencherbone mine in 1829 by John Fletcher next to the Bolton and Lei ...
Arley - Closed 1963 * Howe Bridge Colliery - Closed 1959 * Lovers Lane - Closed 1898 *Victoria


Hindley

*Albion *Amberswood *Deep *Hindley Green *Hindley Hall *Ladies Lane Nos 1, 2 and 4 *Low Hall *Stangeways Hall


Leigh and Golborne

*
Bedford Colliery Bedford Colliery, also known as Wood End Pit, was a coal mine on the Manchester Coalfield in Bedford, Leigh, Lancashire, England. The colliery was owned by John Speakman, who started sinking two shafts on land at Wood End Farm in the northeast pa ...
, Bedford, sinking 1874, Bedford No 3. closed 1967 *Edge Green, Golborne * Golborne Golborne Nos 1 and 2, Golborne *Hindley Field, Golborne *Lilly Lane, Golborne *Bank Field, Westleigh *
Bickershaw Colliery Bickershaw Colliery was a coal mine, located at Plank Lane, Leigh, Pennington, in Leigh, Greater Manchester, Leigh, then within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire, England. History Bickershaw is located in the Lancashire Coalfield, an ...
No 1, Leigh - Closed 1992 Bickershaw had multiple shafts: Nos 2, 3 and 4, No 5, Also known as Plank Lane - Closed 1992 *Broadfield, Westleigh *Hearts o' th' meadow, Westleigh *Heyfield, Westleigh *Lower Hall Nos. 1 & 2 Westleigh *Park, Westleigh *
Parsonage Colliery Parsonage Colliery was a coal mine operating on the Lancashire Coalfield in Leigh, then in the historic county of Lancashire, England. The colliery, close to the centre of Leigh and the Bolton and Leigh Railway was sunk between 1913 and 1920 by t ...
No 1 Parsonage No 2 *Pickley Heys, Westleigh *Priestners Nos 1 & 2, Westleigh *Snapes, Westleigh *Springfield, Westleigh *Westleigh *Westleigh Lane


Tyldesley

*
Cleworth Hall Colliery Cleworth Hall Colliery was a coal mine operating on the Manchester Coalfield after 1874 in Tyldesley, Greater Manchester, then in the historic county of Lancashire, England. Geology Cleworth Hall Colliery exploited the Middle Coal Measures of t ...
Nos 1, 2 and 3 sunk 1874 *
Combermere Colliery Combermere Colliery was a coal mine operating on the Manchester Coalfield after 1867 in Shakerley, Tyldesley, Greater Manchester, then in the historic county of Lancashire, England. Combermere Colliery's two shafts, one for ventilation, were sun ...
- opened 1878, closed 1893 shown disused 1908 *Ellenbrook *Fan *Gatley,
New Manchester New Manchester or The City was an isolated mining community on the Manchester Coalfield north of Mosley Common in the Tyldesley township, England. It lies west of a boundary stone at Ellenbrook which marks the ancient boundary of the Hundreds ...
* Great Boys Colliery * Messhing Trees Renamed Wellington Pit, Shakerley *
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* New Lester No 1 & No 2 *Peel *
Peelwood Colliery Peelwood Colliery was a coal mine operating on the Manchester Coalfield after 1883 in Shakerley, Tyldesley, Greater Manchester, then in the historic county of Lancashire, England. Shaft sinking at Peelwood began in 1878 and the colliery opened i ...
*
Shakerley Shakerley is a suburb of Tyldesley in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It was anciently a hamlet in the northwest of the township of Tyldesley cum Shakerley, in the ancient parish of Leigh. The boundary between ...
- listed as abandoned 1938 * St George's Colliery Nos 2 and 3 *Tyldesley *Wharton Hall No 1, Nos 2 & 3 *
Yew Tree Colliery Yew Tree Colliery was a coal mine operating on the Manchester Coalfield after 1845 in Tyldesley, Greater Manchester, then in the historic county of Lancashire, England. In 1845 George Green of Wharton Hall, Little Hulton, and his brother leased ...


Manchester and Salford


Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge

*Ashton Moss, Ashton-under-Lyne (known locally as Snipe) - Closed 1959 *Broad Oak, Ashton-under-Lyne *Charlestown, Ashton-under-Lyne *Hartshead, Ashton-under-Lyne *Heys, Ashton-under-Lyne *Higher Mill, Stalybridge *Hurst Knowl, Ashton-under-Lyne *Limehurst, Ashton-under-Lyne *Lords Field, Ashton-under-Lyne *Snipe, Ashton-under-Lyne (properly named Ashton Moss) - Closed 1959


Little Hulton

*Arley Deep, Over Hulton *Ashton's Field, Little Hulton *Ashton's Field Pumping Station, Little Hulton *Bank, Little Hulton *Barracks, Little Hulton *Brackley 1 & 2, Middle Hulton *Brackley Day eye, Middle Hulton *Charlton 1 & 2, Little Hulton *Delph, Middle Hulton *Hanging Bank, Little Hulton *Little, Little Hulton *Peel Hall Nos 1,2 & 3, Little Hulton *Smithfold, Little Hulton *Streetgate, Little Hulton *Watergate, Middle Hulton


Manchester

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Bradford Colliery Bradford Colliery was a coal mine in Bradford, Manchester, England. Although part of the Manchester Coalfield, the seams of the Bradford Coalfield correspond more closely to those of the Oldham Coalfield. The Bradford Coalfield is crossed by a ...
, Bradford, Manchester - Closed 1968 *Bradford Fireclay, Bradford, Manchester - Closed 1968 *Burton Nook, Denton *Broomstair, Denton *Clayton, Clayton *Denton, Denton - flooded during the 1926 miners strike, never reopened, closed 1939/40 *Great Wood, Denton *Moston, Newton Heath *Oak Victoria, Audenshaw *Top Pit, Denton *Victoria, Denton


Pendlebury, Clifton and Pendleton

*
Agecroft Colliery Agecroft Colliery was a coal mine on the Manchester Coalfield that opened in 1844 in the Agecroft district of Pendlebury, Lancashire, England. It exploited the coal seams of the Middle Coal Measures of the Lancashire Coalfield. The colliery ha ...
, Pendlebury (later became 1 & 2) 3 & 4, Pendlebury Closed 1991 *Botany Bay, Clifton *Clifton, Clifton * Clifton Hall, Clifton Closed 1929 *Clifton Moss, Clifton *Kearsley, Clifton, Salford *Moorside, Moorside *New Town Nos 1, 2 and 3 Clifton *
Pendlebury Colliery Pendlebury Colliery, usually called Wheatsheaf Colliery after the adjacent public house, was a coal mine operating on the Manchester Coalfield after 1846 in Pendlebury near Manchester, then in the historic county of Lancashire, England. The col ...
, Pendlebury *
Pendleton Colliery Pendleton Colliery was a coal mine operating on the Manchester Coalfield after the late 1820s on Whit Lane in Pendleton, Salford, then in the historic county of Lancashire, England. John Fitzgerald era John Purcell Fitzgerald, Member of Pa ...
Nos 1 & 2, Pendleton *Robin Hood, Clifton *Springwell, Clifton *Timber Yard, Clifton * Wet Earth, Clifton - Closed 1928 * Wet Earth Drift, Clifton - Closed 1928


Worsley

*Bridgewater 1, 2, 3 & 4 Worsley Renamed
Sandhole Colliery Sandhole Colliery (or Bridgewater Colliery) was a coal mine originally owned by the Bridgewater Trustees operating on the Manchester Coalfield in Walkden, Greater Manchester, then in the historic county of Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abb ...
Nos 1, 2, 3, & 4, Worlsey *
Worsley Navigable Levels The Worsley Navigable Levels are an extensive series of coal mines in Worsley in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. They were worked largely by the use of underground canals (the navigable levels) and boats called starvationers ...
, Worsley *Edge Fold, Worsley *Ellesmere, Worsley Ellesmere Nos 1, 2 and 3 *
Linnyshaw Colliery Linnyshaw Colliery or Berryfield was a coal mine originally owned by the Bridgewater Trustees operating after 1860 on the Manchester Coalfield in Walkden, Greater Manchester, then in the historic county of Lancashire, England. History Linnyshaw ...
1 & 2, Worsley *Mangnalls, Worsley *Mesne Lea, Worsley *New Watergate, Little Hulton *Sanderson, Worsley *Wardley Coppice Field, Wardley *Worsley, Worsley


Burnley area

* *Altham, Altham *Altham Moorfields, Altham *Aspen, Oswaldtwistle *Baitings, Wolstenholme *Bamford Closes, Wolstenholme *
Bank Hall Bank Hall is a Jacobean mansion in Bretherton, Lancashire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building and is at the centre of a private estate, surrounded by parkland. The hall was built on the site of an older house in 1608 by the Banastres ...
, Burnley - Closed 1971 *Bank Moor, Oswaldtwistle *Barclay Hills, Burnley *Barrowshaw, Barrowshaw *Baxenden, Baxenden *Bee Hole, Burnley *Bell Isle, Tinnicliffe *Belthorn, Yate - shown disused 1908 *Birkacre, Birkarce *Blackburn, Whitebirk *Bog Farm, Darwen *Brandlewood Moor, Stacksteads *Brassey Mine, Dulesgate *Brex, Newchurch, Rossendale *Broadfield, Accrington *Broadoak & Tagclough, Accrington *Brookside, Accrington *Broad Oak Nook, Hurst *Bunkers Hill, Stacksteads *Burnley Drift, Burnley *Burnt Hills, Clowbridge *Calder, Altham *Carr & Cleggs, Portsmouth *Chapel, Green *Charnock, Charnock *Cheesden, Lumb *Chorley, Chorley *Clayton, Clayton-le-Moors *Clifton, Burnley - Closed 1955 *Cliviger, Cliviger *Clough Head, Todmorden *Coney, Over Darwen *Copy, Cliviger *Coppy Clough and Park, Church *Cornfield, Padiham *Cranberry Moss, Darwen *Cupola, Clowbridge *Count Hill, Higher Barrowshaw *Dean, Newchurch in Rossendale *Deanwood Clay, Portsmouth *Dearnley, Smallbridge *Dewhurst, Baxendale *Dodbottom, Cliviger *Dogshaw, Over Darwen *Duckworth Hall, Oswaldtwistle *Dunkenhalgh Park, Church *Duxbury Park, Chorley *Eccleshill, Darwin *Ellison Fold, Over Darwen *Elpit Edge, Butterfield *Flash, Eccleshill *Fordoe, Wolstenholme *Foulclough, Todmorden *Freeholds, Whitworth Haigh *Fulledge, Burnley * Gambleside, Crawshaw Booth *Gannow, Habergham *Goodshaw Hill, Rawtenstall *Great Harwood, Accrington *Green Clough Merril Head Farm, Cliviger *Grime Bridge, Lumb in Rossendale (CURRENT) *Grime Bridge, Newchurch *Grime Bridge No 2, Newchurch *Gristlehurst, Heywood *Farnworth House, Duxbury *Habergham, Habergham, Burnley *Hades Farm, Wardle *Handle Hall, Calderbrook *Hapton, Hapton * Hapton Valley, Hapton - Closed 1981 *Hauch Hey, Butterworth *Heapy, Heapy Chorley *Helm Clough, Stacksteads *Heskin Hall, Heskin *Hewlett No 1, West Loughton *Hewlett No 2, West Loughton *Hoddlesden, Hoddlesden - listed abandoned 1938 *Hoddlesden No 12, Hoddlesden *Holland Moor and No 2, Burnley *Hole House, Cliviger *Hole in Bank, Baxendale *Horse Pasture, Towneley Side, Burnley *Houghton Barn, Altham *Hugh Mill, Waterfoot *Huncoal, Huncoat *Hurstwood, Cliviger *Knotts, Hapton *Laund, Baxendale *Knowl, Wolstenholme *Lancashire & Yorkshire, Thorne Lees *Laund, Baxendale *Lee, Brandwood Moor *Livsey, Blackburn *Lostock Valley, Chorley *Lower Barn, Over Darwen *Lower Darwin, Lower Darwin *Lower East Knowle, Wolstenholme *Meadow Head, Wolstenholme *Midgelden Pastures, Dulesgate *Martholme, Great Harwood *Miller Fold, Accrington *Nabb, Dean nr Newchurch *Padiham, Padiham *Part Banks, Waterfoot *Paulden, Barrowshaw *Pemberton House, Charnock Richard *Portsmouth, Cliviger *Princess, Eccleshill *Railway, Cliviger *Railway, Baxendale *Rawlinson Bridge, Heath Charnock *Red Walls Oswaldtwistle *Reedley, Burnley *Rishton, Rishton *Rowley, Burnley *Scaitliffe, Accrington *Simonstone, Burnley *Smear Hall, Ray with Botton *Stacksteads, Stacksteads *Stacksteads Top, Stacksteads *Stonehill, Oswaldtwistle *Swinshaw, Crawshaw Booth *Taylors Green, Darwin (mainly fireclay) *Tithebarn, Over Darwin *Todmorden Moor, Dulesgate *Towneley Arley, Burnley * Towneley Demesne, Towneley *Towneley Drift, Towneley *Trawden, Trawden *Marsden, Marsden, Burnley Closed 1873 *Marsh House, Over Darwen *Martholme, Great Harwood *Meadow Head, Wolstenholme - shown as abandoned 1908 *Miller Fold, Accrington *Moorfields, Altham *Moor Road,*Chorley *Moorside, Altham *Nabb, Dean nr Newchurch *New Altham, Altham *Nook, Oswaldtwistle *Old Clough, Newchurch *Old Lyons,*Darwin - shown disused 1908 *Padiham, Padiham *Pole Over, Darwen *Pole Lane, Sough *Preistbooth, Dulesgate *Ranglet, Chorley *Red Earth Drift, Yate *Red Lumb, Wolstenholme *Red Walls, Oswaltwistle *Reedley, Burnley *Rishton Heights, Over Darwen *Riston, Riston *Rowley, Westhorne *Saunder Clough, Dulesgate *Scaitcliffe, Accrington *Scholes Fold, Over Darwen *Simonstone, Burnley *Smear Hall, Wray nr Lancaster *South Grain, Todmorden *Stacksteads, Stacksteads *Stacksteads Top, Stacksteads *Stanhill,*Oswaldtwistle *Swinshaw, Crawshaw Booth *Taylors Green, Darwin *Thornlee, Thornlee - shown disused 1908 *Thorny Bank, Burnley - Closed 1968 *Todmorden Moor, Todmorden *Tonacliffe, Rossendale - shown as abandoned 1908 *Tonacliffe Level, Rossendale - shown as abandoned 1908 *Tong End Pasture, Facit *Town Bent, Oswaldtwistle *Town House, Great Marsden *Towneley Demesne, Towneley *Towneley Drift, Towneley *Towneley Boggart, Towneley *Towneley Park, Towneley *Union and Hole House, Cliviger *Wallnook, Wardle *Waterside, Eccleshill *Welch Whittle, Welch Wittle *Welch Whitle Day Eye, Welch Whittle *Weld Bank, Chorley *Whinney Fan, Altham *Whinney Hill, Altham *Whitebirk, Blackburn *Whitefield, Wardle *Whitewell Bottoms, Newchurch *Withwell, Chorley *Wholaw Nook, Wholaw *Woodnook, Accrington *Yarrow, Duxbury


Oldham area

*Alkrington, Middleton *Bank House, Crompton, Oldham *Bardsley, Bardsley *Barrowshaw, Oldham *Bent Grange, Oldham *Besom Hill, Oldham *Brown Hill Fire Clay, Oldham *Browns, Crompton *Brushes Clough, Shaw *Chadderton, Chadderton *Chamber, Oldham *Count Hill, Oldham *Crowl Knoll, Crompton *Denton Lane, Chadderton *Doghill, Crompton *Edge Lane, Oldham *Fairbottom, Bardsley *Ferney Field, Chadderton *Glodwick, Oldham *Greenacres, Oldham *Hanging Chadder, Thornham *Hathershaw, Thornham *Hartford, Oldham *Helmclough, Stacksteads *Hey, Oldham *Higginshaw Lane, Royton *Hodge Clough, Oldham *Holebottom, Oldham *Holebottom, Crompton *Honeywell Lane, Oldham *Hopwood, Hopwood *Hunt Clough, Chadderton *Jubilee, Crompton *Knott Lane, Bardsley *Low Crompton, Crompton *Low Side, Glodwick *Lower Moor, Oldham *New Earth, Lees *Oak, Oldham *Park, Crompton *Paulden Wood, Oldham *Rhodes Bank, Oldham *Robin Hill, Oldham *Roundthorn, Oldham *Royton, Royton *Sholver Fold, Oldham *Sholver Lane, Moorside *Sholver Moor, Oldham *Stockfield, Chadderton *Sunfield, Moorside *Tonge Lane, Middleton *Woodpark, Bardsley *Woodside, Chadderton


Rochdale area

*Ab Top, Whitworth - shown as abandoned 1908 *Alder Bank, Wardle *Ashworth, Ashworth *Bagslate, Bagslate *Bamford Closes, Norden *Bench Carr Fireclay, Wardle *Birchen Lee, Butterworth *Birtle Dean, Ashworth *Bower, Hollinwood Should be listed under Oldham *Broadhalgh, Rochdale *Brearley, Butterworth *Brotherod, Catley Lane *Brownhill, Catley Lane *Brownhouse, Healey, *Butterworth Hall, Milnrow *Calf Clough, Wardle *Captain Fold, Heywood *Cartridge Nook, Whitworth *Chadwick Hall, Chadwick *Chamber, Hollinwood Should be listed under Oldham *Close Barn No 2, Ashworth *Clapgate, Woodhouse Lane, Rochdale *Cleggswood, Butterworth *Croft Head, Butterworth *Crook Bank, Wardle *Doldrum, Rowley Moor *Drybank, Whitworth *Ealees, Littleborough *Greenland, Rowley Moor *Haugh Hey, Rochdale *Healey Hall, Healey *Hey Barn, Wardle *Hey Clough, Wardle *Higher Shore, Littleborough *Hill, Park Bridge Should be listed under Oldham *Hill Top, Littleborough - Closed 1966 *Hodge Hill, Whitworth *Hollingworth, Hollingworth *Hugh Mill, Ashworth *Knowl, Wolstenholme *Knowsley, Whitworth *Land, Whitworth *Lanefoot, Littleborough *Lidgate, Littleborough *Lightowlers, Littleborough *Low Crompton, Rochdale Should be listed under Oldham *Lower Elpit Edge, Rochdale *Meadow Croft, Chadwick *Middlewood, Wardle Rochdale *Milnrow, Milnrow *Moleside, Milnrow *New Whitaker, Butterworth *Outwood, Rochdale *Pikehouse, Littleborough *Rake, Littleborough *Roads, Wardle *Rocher, Park Bridge Should be listed under Oldham *Rook View, Whitworth *Rough Bank, New Hay - shown as discontinued 1908 *Schofield Hall, Butterworth - shown disused 1908 *Shackleton, Shawforth *Shaw Bank, Butterworth *Shaw Field, Catley Lane *Shaw Moss, Butterworth *Sheepbank, Littleborough *Shore Lane, Butterworth *Skye, Littleborough *Sladen Mill, Littleborough *Smallbridge, Wardle *Starring,*Littleborough *Stopes, Littleborough *Toadleach, Healey *Tongue End Pasture, Rochdale *Tunshill,*Tunshill *Tunshill Hey, Littleborough *Turf House, Littleborough *Turf Pits, Oldham *Turf Tavern, Bagslate *Tweedale, Rochdale *Wallnook, Wardle *Whitaker Wood, Butterworth *Wicken Hall, New Hay *Wolstenholme Fold, Wolstenholme *Woodhouse Lane, Woodhouse Lane


St Helens area

*Alexandra, Eccleston, St Helens *Almond, Skelmersdale *Ashton's Green Nos 2, 3 and 5, Parr, St Helens *Avenue, Rainford *Belle View, Skelmersdale *Berry Street, Skelmersdale *Bickerstaffe, Bickerstaffe *Black Moss, Skelmersdale *Blaguegate, Skelmersdale *Bold Nos 1, 2 and 3, Sutton, St Helens Sutton History, Bold Colliery *Broad Oak, Parr, St.Helens *Carrs, Prescot *Chapel House Nos 3 and 4, Skelmersdale *Clay Works, Rainford *Clock Face, Sutton, St Helens *Collins Green Nos 1 and 2, Burtonwood. *Coronation, Rainford *Cowley Hill, Windle, St Helens *Crank Hill, Prescott *Crawford, Skelmersdale *Cronton, Whiston *Cronton No 2, Whiston *Crop and Deep, St Helens *Cropper's Hill, Eccleston, St.Helens *Crow Orchard, Skelmersdale *Dalton, Dalton *Deep Pits, Rainford *Digmoor, Skelmersdale *Ditton Brook, Skelmersdale *Downall Green, Ashton in Makerfield. *Eccleston Hall, St Helens *Edge Green, Ashton in Makerfield. *Elton Head Colliery, Lowfield Lane, St Helens *Far Moss, Skelmersdale *Ferry Knoll, Skelmersdale *Frodsham, St Helens *Garswood Park, Ashton in Makerfield *Gerard's Bridge, Windle *Gillers Green, St Helens *Gillibrand, Parbold *Gin Lane, Eccleston *Glade Hill, Parr *Glenburn, Skelmersdale (Formerly Tawd Vale) *Gorsey Bank, Bickerstaffe *Green Gate, St Helens *Halsnead, Prescott *Havannah, Parr, St Helens *Heath Charnock, Heath Charnock *Hill Fold, Skelmersdale *Hilton, Skelmersdale *Holland, Upholland *Huyton, Huyton *Laffak, Parr, St Helens *Lathom, Lathom *Lathom Park, Lathom *Lawns Delph, Skelmersdale *Lea Green, St Helens *Lea Green (New Pits), St Helens *Legh Pit, Haydock (also known as Lee) * Lyme Nos 1 and 2, Haydock *Mill Lane, Rainford *Moss, Skelmersdale *Mossfield, Skelmersdale *Moss Side, Skelmersdale *New Boston, Haydock *Newburgh, Newburgh *Newton, Haydock *Nutgrove, Thatto Heath *Old Boston, Haydock *Old Engine, Skelmersdale *Parbold, Parbold *Park, Skelmersdale *Paradise, Prescott (properly known as Whiston No 1) * Parkside, Newton-le-Willows, closed 1993 *Parr Stocks, Parr *Pear Tree, Skelmersdale *Peasley Cross, St Helens *Pewfall Colliery, Pewfall, Ashton in Makerfield. *Phoenix, St Helens *Prescot, Prescot *Prescot Brook, Huyton *Primrose, Rainford *Queen Pit, Haydock *Railway, Charnock *Rainford Delph, St Helens *Ram Pit, Haydock *Ravenhead, Sutton *Red Gate, Parr, St Helens *Rishton, Rishton *Royal, Eccleston *Sankey Brook, Parr, St Helens *School Lane, Skelmersdale *Sherdley, St Helens *Skelmersdale, Skelmersdale *Stanley, St Helens *Strawberry, Skelmersdale *School Lane, Skelmersdale *Sutton, Sutton *Sutton Manor, Sutton, St Helens *Sutton Heath Nos 2 and 3, St Helens *Swifts Fold, Skelmersdale *Tawd Vale No 7, Skelmersdale - listed as discontinued *Tawd Vale Nos 11 and 12, Skelmersdale *Thatto Heath, Thatto Heath *Union, Eccleston *Upholland, Upholland *Victoria, Rainford *Whimsey, Skelmersdale *Whinney, Skelmersdale *Whiston Nos 1 and 2, Prescot (also known as Paradise) *Whitemoss, Skelmersdale *Whitemoss Primrose, Skelmersdale *Whitmoss No 2, Skelmersdale *Whitemoss Park, Skelmersdale *Whitemoss Nos 4 and 6, Skelmersdale *Windmill, Upholland * Wood Pit, Haydock *Woods Old Teapot Nos 3 and 4, St Helens


Wigan area


Aspull

*Aspull Pumping, Aspull *Bradshaw Hall, Aspull *Bradshaw House, Aspull *California, Aspull *Kirkless, *Aspull, *Kirkless Hall, Aspull, *Kirkless, Aspull *Kirkless Nos 1 and 2, Aspull *Moor No 5, Aspull *Woodshaw, Aspull


Ashton in Makerfield

*Arch Lane, Ashton in Makerfield Arch Lane Nos 2, 3 and 4 *Ashton, Ashton-in-Makerfield *Bamfurlong No 1, No 3 & No 4, Ashton in Makerfield *Bryn Hall Nos 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5, Ashton-in-Makerfield - Nos 2 and 3 abandoned November 1945 *Bryn Moss, Ashton in Makerfield *Crawford No 1 No 2, Ashton in Makerfield *Deep Pit No 1 & No 2, Ashton in Makerfield *Downall Green, Ashton in Makerfield *Garswood Hall Nos 1 and 2, Ashton in Makerfield *Garswood Hall Nos 4, 5, 6 and 7, Ashton in Makerfield *Garswood Hall No 9 - listed as abandoned *Gladen Hey Ashton in Makerfield *High Brooks, Ashton-in-Makerfield *Ince Park Lane, Ashton in Makerfield *Landgate, Ashton in Makerfield *Lathom, Ashton in Makerfield *Leyland Green Drift, Ashton-in-Makerfield *Long Lane Nos 1 and 2, (Crow Pit), Ashton in Makerfield *Mains Nos 1 and 2, Ashton in Makerfield *Middle Pits, Ashton in Makerfield *Moor Lane Drift, Ashton in Makerfield *Park Lane, Ashton in Makerfield *Park New Drift, Ashton in Makerfield *Pewfall, Ashton-in-Makerfield *Quaker House, Ashton-in-Makerfield *Riding Lane, Ashton-in-Makerfield *Senely Green, Ashton in Makerfield *The Park Nos 1 & 2, Ashton in Makerfield *Wain, Ashton in Makerfield


Billinge

*Bank, Billinge *Birchley, Billinge *Bispham Hall, Billinge *Billinge Lane, Billinge *Gauntley No 1, Billinge *Mountains, Billinge *Otter Swift Nook, Billinge *Stanley, Billinge *Tarbuck Farm, Billinge *Walm, Billinge


Coppull

*Birkacre Nos 1 and 2, Coppull *Blainscough 5 Feet, Coppull *Blainscough King, Coppull *Burgh, Coppull * Chisnall Hall Colliery Nos 1 and 2, Coppull *Coppull, Coppull *
Ellerbeck Colliery Ellerbeck Colliery was a coal mine located on the border of Coppull and Adlington in the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England. The Hilton House and Red Moss Coal Company sank the first shaft in 1876 and the colliery closed in 1928. In 189 ...
Coppull *Hic-bibi, Coppull *Wood Pits Nos 1 and 2, Coppull


Haigh

*Alexandra, Haigh *Aqueduct, Haigh *Bawkhouse, Haigh *Bridge, Haigh *Britannia, Haigh *Godfrey, Haigh – listed as not working in 1880 *Gorses, Haigh *Gullet, Haigh – listed as not working in 1880 *Haigh, Haigh, *Lindsay Nos 1 and 2, Haigh Lindsay No 3, *Meadow, Haigh *Morris Lane, Haigh – listed as not working in 1880 *Tuckers Hill, Haigh – listed as not working in 1880 *Wash, Haigh – listed as not working in 1880 *William, Haigh


Hindley, Abram and Platt Bridge

*Albion, Hindley Green *Grange Hall, Hindley *Hindley Field, Hindley *Hindley Green Six Feet, Hindley *Hindley Hall, Hindley *Long Lane Four Feet, Long Lane Three Feet, Hindley Green *Plank Lane, Hindley Green *Swan Lane, Hindley *Abram, Abram *Maypole Nos 1 and 2, Abram *Smith's Lane, Abram *Wigan Junction, Abram Nos 3 & 4 *Fir Tree House, Platt Bridge *Foggs Fold, Platt Bridge *Low Hall Nos 5& 6, Platt Bridge


Ince in Makerfield

*Amberswood, Ince-in-Makerfield *Birkett Bank, Ince in Makerfield *Hosier House, Ince-in-Makerfield *Ince, Ince-in-Makerfield *Ince Hall Nos 1 & 2, Ince-in-Makerfield *Ince Moss, Ince in Makerfield *Little Westwood, Ince-in-Makerfield *Moss Nos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 Ince in Makerfield *Moss Hall, Ince-in-Makerfield *Platt Bridge, Ince-in-Makerfield *Rose Bridge, Ince in Makerfield *Spring, Ince-in-Makerfield *Trencherbone, Ince *West Cannel, Ince in Makerfield


Pemberton

*Clap Gate, Pemberton *Hawkley, Pemberton *King Pit, Pemberton *Moss House, Pemberton *New Town, Pemberton *Norley Nos 2, 3, 4, and 5, Pemberton *Norley Hall, Pemberton *Pemberton, Pemberton (later renamed Pemberton Bye) *Pemberton King, Pemberton *Pemberton Prince, Pemberton *Pemberton Queen, Pemberton *Stonehouse, Pemberton *Waites Delf, Pemberton *Walthewhouse, Pemberton *Worsley Mesnes Nos 1 and 2, Pemberton *Worthington Hall Nos 1 and 2, Pemberton *Worsley Mesnes, Pemberton


Standish and Shevington

*Almond Brook, Standish *Bradley, Standish *Broomfield, Standish *Four Lane Ends, Shevington, Wigan *Giants Hall Nos. 1, 2 and 3, Standish *Gidlow, Standish *John & Taylor Pits, Standish *Langtree, Standish *Martins Farm, Appley Bridge *Prospect, Standish *Robin Hill, Standish *Shevington, Shevington *Standish Lower Ground, Standish *Swire, Standish *Taylor, Standish *Tunnel, Standish – listed as not working in 1880 *Victoria, Standish Victoria No2 3 and 4 *Wrightington, Wrightington


Uphollhand and Orrell

*Albert, Upholland *Crawford Day Eye, Upholland *Ditton Brook, Upholland *Harts Lane Fireclay, Upholland - abandoned August 1945 *Holland Nos 6 and 9, Upholland *King Edward, Upholland *Lafford Lane, Upholland *Lawn's Delf, Upholland *New Gate, Upholland *Orrell Hall, Orrell *Orrell Post, Orrell *Springfield, Orrell *Tower Hill, Upholland *Upholland, Upholland – listed as not working in 1880 *Windmill Dalton, Upholland


Wigan

*Alliance, Wigan *Arley, Wigan *Arley Yard, Wigan *Barley Brook, Wigan *Birchen Heads, Wigan *Blaguegate, Wigan *Bottling Wood, Wigan *Bye Pit, Wigan *Dean House, Wigan *Douglas Bank North, Wigan *Douglas Bank South, Wigan *Dove Lane, Wigan *Dukes, Wigan *East Cannel, Wigan *Edith and Mabel, Wigan *Elms, Wigan *Engine, Wigan *Gidlow and Swinley, Wigan *Grammar, Wigan *Hussey House, Wigan *Industrious Bee, Wigan *Meadow's House, Wigan *Mesnes, Wigan *Piltoft, Wigan *Platt Lane, Wigan *Saw Mills, Wigan *Seven Feet, Wigan *Sovereign Mill, Wigan *Trafford, Wigan *Whelley, Wigan


Winstanley

*Arbour, Winstanley *Belle View, Dalton *Holme House, Winstanley *Summersales, Winstanley (formerly Sumners Hall Drift) *Venture, Winstanley *Windy Arbour, Winstanley *Winstanley, Winstanley West Lancashire ** Lathom, Lathom ** Lathom Park, Lathom


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