	Norwood Green Colliery	Index	Norwood Green Colliery

Norwood Green Colliery

Location:	3 miles [5 km] ENE of Halifax
Map Ref:	(Sheet 104 Leeds and Bradford) SE136268, 53° 44' 14" N, 1° 47' 38" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Norwood Green Collieries Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1947 - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing, Steam. (54,000 tons)
	1954 - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing, Steam.
Employment:	1933 - 50 (40 below, 10 surface)
	1940 - 190 (160 below, 30 surface)
	1947 - 201 (172 below, 29 surface)
	1954 - 202 (166 below, 36 surface)
Seams Worked:	1954 - Better Bed, Black Bed
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!

						Clay, George Clifford, 10 Dec 1946, Killed by a fall of stone
						Howell, Benjamin Herbert, 04 Oct 1949, aged 49, Miner, Killed by a fall of stone from the roof
						Oates, Samuel, 05 Nov 1853, aged 10, Harrier, [date of report - details unknown]
						Snowden, Robert John, 27 Feb 1940, aged 47, Miner, [details unknown]
						Stonehouse, Joseph William, 26 Mar 1941, aged 39, Hewer, [date of report - details unknown]
						Ward, John, 10 Jul 1868, aged 58, Deputy, Fall of roof

						6 names found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Norwood Green Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Norwood Green Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1868 Mines Inspectors Report, Yorkshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines
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
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
OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website