St George's Colliery, Back o't' Church, was a
coal mine
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operating on the
Manchester Coalfield
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after 1866 in
Tyldesley
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,
Greater Manchester
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, then in the
historic county of
Lancashire
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The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
, England. It was owned by
Sir Edmund Buckley.
The colliery was situated to the south of
Tyldesley Station on the
Tyldesley Loopline
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and named after
St George's Church.
The colliery's two shafts were sunk to the
Rams 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 begin ...
commencing in 1866 by
Astley and Tyldesley Coal and Salt Company to exploit the Middle
Coal Measures
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of 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 colliery was linked to
Gin Pit Colliery for
ventilation
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* Ventilation (physiology), the movement of air between the environment and the lungs via inhalation and exhalation
** Mechanical ventilation, in medicine, using artificial methods to assist breathing
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. A third shaft to the
Trencherbone 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 ...
was sunk in 1884 and was deepened to the
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 ...
. The colliery worked the
Seven Foot until 1929.
The colliery became part of
Manchester Collieries
Manchester Collieries was a coal mining company with headquarters in Walkden formed from a group of independent companies operating on the Manchester Coalfield in 1929. The Mining Industry Act of 1926 attempted to stem the post-war decline in coal ...
in 1929 ceased coal production in 1941 but retained for ventilation purposes until 1964.
See also
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List of Collieries in Astley and Tyldesley
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Glossary of coal mining terminology
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