Hickleton Main Colliery

No. 3 shaft, seen in 1991

Hickleton Main Colliery was a coal mine in Thurnscoe, South Yorkshire, England from 1892 to 1988.[1] In 1933 it employed 2,560 people underground and 500 on the surface.[2] The coal mine's union lodge was the 400th recipient of the Order of Industrial Heroism.[3][4]

On 9 February 1944, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visited the colliery and thanked the miners for their war effort during World War II.[5]

In 2006 a black granite memorial was erected in Thurnscoe cemetery bearing the names of the 161 miners who died at the pit over the years.[6]

The site of the colliery now forms Phoenix Park in Thurnscoe.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Hickleton Colliery". Northern Mine Research Society. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Hickleton Main Colliery Co. Ltd". Durham Mining Museum. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. ^ "List of Persons Awarded the Order of Industrial Heroism". Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Awards for Gallantry". Durham Mining Museum. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Voices from pit". www.yorkshirepost.co.uk. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Memorial dedication to miners". Barnsley Chronicle. 9 June 2006. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Phoenix Park". The Land Trust. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

53°32′28″N 1°18′25″W / 53.5412°N 1.3069°W / 53.5412; -1.3069


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