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It was built by the Denaby Main Colliery Company to house its workers and their families, and originally given the name Denaby Main Colliery Village, to distinguish it from the village of Denaby, about ⅔ mile away on the road to Hooton Roberts and Kilnhurst; from that time, the old village became known as Old Denaby. In due course the ...
The Cadeby Main Pit Disaster was a coal mining accident on 9 July 1912 which occurred at Cadeby Main Colliery in Cadeby, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, killing 91 men. Early in the morning of 9 July an explosion in the south-west part of the Cadeby Main pit killed 35 men, with three more dying later due to their injuries.
The Earth Centre was located on a 400-acre (1.6 km 2) former derelict colliery site. The Cadeby Main Colliery was a coal mine sunk in 1889 in Cadeby, South Yorkshire, England. It commenced production in 1893 and was worked until it was closed in 1986. [2]
The South Yorkshire Junction Railway was a railway which ran from Wrangbrook Junction on the main line of the Hull and Barnsley Railway to near Denaby Main Colliery Village, South Yorkshire. It was nominally an independent company sponsored by the Denaby and Cadeby Colliery Company but was worked by the Hull and Barnsley Railway.
The company's first attempt at rail-less operation was in 1910 when a Thornycroft charabanc, hired from the Musselburgh Tramways Company, was tried for a short period, operating between the Old Toll Bar at Mexborough and Denaby Main Colliery Village, and also from Mexborough to Wath via Manvers Main Colliery. Objections from Mexborough Council ...
The line, promoted by the Denaby and Cadeby Colliery Company, was operated by the Hull and Barnsley Railway and connected at Wrangbrook with its main line between Cudworth, near Barnsley, and Hull. The station was a wooden structure and its facilities included a locomotive shed to house the branch tank locomotive. This was destroyed by fire.
His father was a sinker at Cadeby Main Colliery in the 1900s, and the family moved to Denaby Main. [1] Eddie had aspirations to be a school teacher, but after failing the relevant exams he started work at Cadeby Main colliery, transferring to Denaby Main in 1911. [1]
Hickleton Main Barnsley 1986 at Thurnscoe village. Merged with Goldthorpe Highgate Colliery Barnsley 1985 Merged with Goldthorpe in 1968 Houghton Main Barnsley 1993 see Little Houghton and Great Houghton: Kellingley: Selby/Wakefield 2015 Last deep mine in the UK. Last colliery in Yorkshire, nearby Hatfield closed mid 2015. Kilnhurst: Rotherham ...