Coal Mining/Collieries
The following source list was originally available only on paper in one of the West Yorkshire Archive Service offices. It may have been compiled many years ago and could be out of date. It was designed to act as a signpost to records of interest on a particular historical subject, but may relate only to one West Yorkshire district, or be an incomplete list of sources available.
Colliery Plans & Maps Held at WYAS Wakefield
Allerton Bywater - C559/3 Haigh Moor - C559/22 Middle Sitlington - C559/54 New Park - P3/89 Notton Park Pits - C559/38 Woolley - C559/40,42 & 43 West Riding Coalfield - C559/13 W.R. Coal Districts - QD1/698
More information can be found on the website of The National Coal Mining Museum. Telephone 01924 848806
Records of pre-nationalised companies in the West Yorkshire area will be held at WYAS: Leeds.
| Description | Dates | Reference | Repository |
| Allerton Bywater colliery plan showing surface lands | nd | C559/3 | WYAS: Wakefield |
| Allerton Bywater, Flockton, Sharlston and Stanley: records regarding coal mining | 1894-1956 | C396 | WYAS: Wakefield |
| Brierley, National Coal Board Sampling Plant plans | 1965 | C391/2/25 | WYAS: Wakefield |
| Doncaster, National Coal Board Divisional Headquarter Offices and Electronic Data Processing Centre floor plans | 1962-1964 | C391/2/47 | WYAS: Wakefield |
| Flockton, plans re the Thin Seam | c1945 | B267 | WYAS: Wakefield |
| Glasshoughton Coking Works, Castleford, various records including accounts, production records and wage books etc | c1919-c1974 | C261 | WYAS: Wakefield |
| Haigh Moor Royalty plan with workings | nd | C559/22 | WYAS: Wakefield |
| Hemsworth, Nostell, Allerton, Southowram, Brighouse etc: Walter Freeman estate plans regarding collieries, quarries, farms etc | 1864-1933 | C449 | WYAS: Wakefield |
| Lofthouse Colliery Ltd. and New Sharlston Collieries Co. Ltd.: includes deeds, plans, certificates etc | 1887-c1960 | C460 | WYAS: Wakefield |
| Middle Shitlington (township of), the coal under which is reserved to Sir George Armytage Bart | 1839 | C559/54 | WYAS: Wakefield |
| Notton Park pits plan showing arrangements of sidings | nd | C559/38 | WYAS: Wakefield |
| Notton and Woolley estate, plans of sections | 1854 | C559/40,42,43 | WYAS: Wakefield |
| Wakefield and district, maps and plans | 19thC | C160 | WYAS: Wakefield |
| West Riding, plan of part of the Yorkshire coalfield (drawn in connection with the proposed Doncaster and Wakefield railway) | 1841 | C559/13 | WYAS: Wakefield |
| West Riding, plan of roads and canals in the colliery districts | early 19thC | QD1/698 | WYAS: Wakefield |
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