1 Mid 19th century sketch plan of Wappenbury shows two fields centered on the above grid reference called Cole Pit Coppice Close, and Cole Pit Close.
2 It is assumed they ...
The possible site of a coal mine dating to the Imperial period, recorded in place name evidence. The site lies to the south east of Wappenbury Wood. It is possibly refers to charcoal burning.
1 During excavations in 1983 (PRN 2957) the circular platform of a horse engine was uncovered c0.2m below ground level. This was originally connected to a wheel on the adjacent ...
The site of a horse engine, a horse-driven wheel which provided power to drive a threshing machine. The horse engine was in use during the Imperial period. It was situated 200m north east of the church at Baginton.
1 Archaeological evaluation revealed the reoccupation of the site (following the site’s abandonment to cultivation in the late medieval period), in the course of the expansion of the town in ...
Features reflecting the 19th century housing developments along Dugdale Street and Chapel Street, as depicted on the 1887 OS map, were recorded at The Ropewalk, Chapel Street, Nuneaton.
1 The site of a quarry and its associated structures observed and noted by the Planning Archaeologist January 1st 2003.
The site of a former quarry and the remains of the associated mineral railway, engine shed, metal barn, brick buildings, concrete buildings, platform, wagon loading and unloading structures. The location is 2km northeast of Harbury.
1 Site of mine shaft marked on OS map of 1887.
The site of a mine shaft which dates from the Imperial period. It was situated 500m south west of Heath End.
1 Site of Griff Colliery marked on OS map of 1887.
The site of Griff Colliery, where coal was mined. The colliery was in use from the Imperial period and was situated at Heath End.
1 Site of mine shaft marked on OS map of 1887.
The site of a mine shaft known as Old Shaft at Heath End. It was in use during the Imperial period.
1 Site of Nuneaton Colliery marked on OS map of 1887.
The site of Nuneaton Colliery which was in use during the Imperial period. It was situated 1km north of Coton Lawn Farm.
1 Site of mine shaft marked on OS map of 1887.
The site of a mine shaft, from which coal was extracted during the Imperial period. It was situated 100m west of Bermuda Road, Chilvers Coton. The mine shaft is marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1887.
1 Site of mine shaft marked on OS map of 1887.
The site of a mine shaft which was in use during the Imperial period. The site lies 50m east of Bermuda Road, Chilvers Coton, and is marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1887.
1 Site of Haunchwood colliery marked on OS map of 1902.
The site of Haunchwood Colliery where coal was mined during the Imperial period. It was situated 500m south of Galley Common.
1 Site of Stockingford Colliery marked on OS map of 1887.
The site of Stockingford Colliery which was used during the Imperial period for mining coal. It was situated on Nuneaton Common.
1 Site of mine shaft marked on OS map of 1887.
The site of a mine shaft dating from the Imperial period. It was situated 800m north of Coten Lawn, in Stockingford.
1 Site of Nuneaton Colliery marked on OS map of 1913.
The site of Nuneaton Colliery, where coal was mined during the Imperial period. The site is located 1km south east of Nuneaton Common.
1 Site of Haunchwood Colliery marked on OS map of 1887.
The site of Haunchwood Colliery, where coal was mined, which was in use during the Imperial period. It was situated 800m north of Stockingford.
1 Large metal wheel found in a back garden. Thought to be associated with Bedworth Charity Colliery. From the description it looks like a component part of a ...
Cog Wheel made of solid metal. 3ft in diameter and 1ft deep with a central hole. Found on the site of the former Bedworth Charity Colliery and is presumably related. Description matches part of a coal tippler.
1 A horse engine was in use at Kingley Farm until the present century. No remains survive.
The site of Kingsley Horse Engine, a wheel turned by a horse in order to provide power. It dated to the Imperial period and was situated 600m north west of Wixford.
1 A destruction level with 18th century material probably comes from the east range, which was demolished in 1780. Limestone blocks from the north wall are thought to have ...
Excavations at Coughton Court uncovered layers dating from the Imperial period. The features were related to the destruction of the east range and infilling of the moat, a former bridge over the moat, a garden feature and a leat.
1 Manganese workings with underground access, building foundations, disturbed ground and possible shafts within dense woodland. Features survived in 1980s but could not be located in 1996 due to dense ...
The site of Hartshill Green manganese mine dating from the Post Medieval period. It was situated east side of Hartshill Hayes Country Park.
1 The first shaft of the Coventry Colliery was sunk in 1911. The colliery’s main shafts lay on the land of Newland House Farm in Exhall, but the buildings, the ...
The site of Coventry Colliery, where coal was mined. It opened during the Imperial period and was situated 500m north west of Keresley United Reform Church.
For 33 years the extensive coalfield of Warwickshire had been free from serious disaster. Tragically this impressive record was marred by a calamity that took place at the Exhall Colliery ...
(An account of the disaster can be found in this article)
The circumstances of the disaster were investigated by the Coroner and jury at Coventry County Hall.
The first witness was Dr. ...
