	Lepton Edge Colliery	Index	Lepton Edge Colliery

Lepton Edge Colliery

Location:	Lepton 8 miles [13 km] WSW of Wakefield
Map Ref:	(Sheet 110 Sheffield and Huddersfield) SE212153, 53° 38' 1" N, 1° 40' 46" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	W. and J. Cardwell
	Elliott's Collieries Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1894 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1896 - Coal: Manufacturing.
	1900 - Coal: Manufacturing.
	1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1915 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1947 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. (84,000 tons)
	1954 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam.
Employment:	1894 - 147 (139 below, 8 surface)
	1896 - 133 (124 below, 9 surface)
	1900 - 141 (129 below, 12 surface)
	1905 - 148 (137 below, 11 surface)
	1910 - 128 (114 below, 14 surface)
	1915 - 108 (97 below, 11 surface)
	1923 - 131 (117 below, 14 surface)
	1933 - 131 (117 below, 14 surface)
	1937 - 170 (150 below, 20 surface)
	1940 - 203 (183 below, 20 surface)
	1947 - 290 (245 below, 45 surface)
	1954 - 268 (224 below, 44 surface)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Blocking, Lime Coals
	1910 - Blocking, Lime, Shertcliffe
	1915 - Blocking, Crown
	1954 - Beeston, New Hards
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Firth, James, 29 Oct 1934, aged 21, Electrical labourer, He was working alone in am empty steel cubicle in surface substation — found lying on floor against cubicle killed by electric shock

						1 name found

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Some of the names of mining fatalities on this page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the Coal Mining History Resource Centre (CMHRC) and are marked with . The CMHRC is available here.

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Lepton Edge Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Lepton Edge Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1937 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian