Owned by the Phillips family of Ansley Hall
1 Site of mineral railway marked on OS map of 1887.
The site of a mineral railway at Ansley Hall Colliery. It was in use during the Imperial period and was situated 500m north of Ansley Hall. It was marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1887.
Ansley Hall Colliery was sunk in 1874 by William Garside Philips of Oldbury Grange, the great grandfather of Captain Mark Philips, the first husband of Princess Anne. It had three ...