1 Site of mine shaft marked on OS map of 1886.
The site of a mine shaft where coal was mined during the Imperial period. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. The mine shaft was situated at Coalpit Field, Bedworth.
1 Site of mine shaft marked on OS map of 1886.
The site of a mine and mine shaft, where coal was mined during the Imperial period. The mine shaft is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. It was situated 200m south of Bedworth Hill Bridge.
1 Site of mine shaft marked on OS map of 1886.
The site of a mine and mine shaft, where coal was mined during the Imperial period. The mine shaft is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. It was situated 300m south of Bedworth Hill Bridge.
1 Site of mine shaft marked on OS map of 1886.
The site of a mine and mine shaft, where coal was mined during the Imperial period. The mine shaft is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. It was situated 400m south of Bedworth Hill Bridge.
1 Site of Hawkesbury Colliery marked on OS map of 1886.
The site of Hawkesbury Colliery where coal was mined during the Imperial period. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. The colliery was situated 350m south west of Bedworth Hill Bridge.
1 Site of Griff Colliery marked on OS map of 1913.
The site of Griff Colliery where coal was mined from the Imperial period onwards. It was situated 300m north east of Coventry Wood.
1 Site of Newdigate Colliery marked on OS map of 1913.
The site of Newdigate Colliery where coal was mined from the Imperial period onwards. It was situated 400m north west of Market End.
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 700m east of South Farm.
Warwickshire has a long and proud heritage of coal mining, with the Warwickshire coalfield extending across the county from Warwick to Tamworth. Towns such as Bedworth owe much of their ...
A carrier bag full of photos was recently donated to Nuneaton Memories. Amongst them was these three postcards, all unused so cannot tell date. They are not in the best ...
These images taken by Brian who donated them show the removal of the water wheel at Bourne Brook, Arley. it is believed it is this wheel that gave rise to ...
These images show the large machines that were used underground (most are still underground following a fire and the pit closure) to extract the coal. All images were taken by ...
My collection of Warwickshire collieries. Alvecote is the only one missing from the pits that were nationalised.
The Warwickshire County Record Office holds quite a lot of photographs and records of the coal mining industry which went on in and around Polesworth. This industry was spurred by ...
When I was a child I would meet up with a small group of four or five of my friends who lived around my street as everyone knew each other ...
1 The mine was opened in 1897 and had a coal seam 2.3m thick. It closed in 1968.
2 Part of the premises are derelict and part taken over ...
A mine dating from the Imperial period onwards from which coal was extracted. The site of the colliery lies 500m east of Slately Hall Farm.
Before 1947 there were some gruesome stories of how pit ponies were treated. Warning: these stories contain graphic accounts of animal cruelty.
In 1847 a coal mine was sunk on the Pooley Hall Estate, not far from the main house. It was completed in 1849, and coal began to be extracted in ...
The sinking of the Binley shafts began in 1904 by a company known as Merry and Cuninghame on land leased from the Earl of Craven. Sinking was completed in 1908 ...
Newdigate Colliery took its name from its first owner, Sir Francis Alexander Newdigate of Arbury Hall, Nuneaton. The family had been linked with coal mining in Warwickshire for centuries. Work ...
1 Land bought in 1911, site had been a pit for stone and/or gravel. The pit heap has now been almost completely removed with very little sign of the site ...
The site of an open cast mine used for the extraction of stone and/or gravel during the Imperial period. The mine was situated 250m south of the railway line at Alvecote.