Hello Listers, There is so little evidence of mining activity left in the area and yet the growth of the textile industry of Bradford was in no small part due to the local supply of coal, that I thought you might be interested to read the following: YORKSHIRE PAST AND PRESENT: Coal Mines of the Bradford District.- The mineral statistics of the United Kingdom for the year 1871, published in 1872, give the number of collieries in the Bradford district, at forty-nine. The following are their names as furnished by Mr. Frank N. Wardell, colliery inspector for Yorkshire for the year 1871:- Allerton (2), Aycliffe Hall (Horton), Bolton Wood, Booth Holme Field (Tong),, Bowling (4), Bradford Broom Hall, Bunkers Hill, Cleckheaton (2), Clifton, Cotton Hole (North Bierley), Culter sic Height, Dog Lane, Eccleshill, Haycliffe Hilt (Horton),Heaton, Heaton (Shipley), Holme Bank, Hunsworth, Laister Dyke, Little Horton, North Bierley (2), North Cliff, Red Hill (Tong), Rockwell, Scholes, Seventeens (Clifton), Shelf (2), Shipley, Shipley Moor, Smeddles (Bowling), Thornton, Thornton Road (2), Tong Street, Tong (3), Wibsey, Wibsey Bank Foot, Wike, Wroe. The Bradford district in 1869 yielded 1,799,500 tons of coal. In another list from the same source the owners name is given. I have written the name in brackets after the name of the colliery all in the Bradford district: Allerton (Bowling Iron Co.); Allerton (Wood & Son); Aycliffe Hill, Horton (Rushworth &Co.); Birkby Lane (Robertshaw &Co.); Bolton Wood (Handforth & Co.); Booth Holme Field, Tong (Holliday & Clough); Bowling (Hird, Dawson, & Hardy); Bowling (Joseph Beanland); Bowling ( Bowling Iron Co.); Bowling (E. Gittins); Bradford (Bowling Iron Co.); Broom Hall (Thomas Pitts); Bunkers Hill (Bowling Iron Co.); Clayton (Barstow & Co.); Cleckheaton (Bowling Iron Co.); Cleckheaton (Hird, Dawson, & Hardy); Clifton ((Hird, Dawson, & Hardy); Cotton Hole, North Bierley (B. Collingham); Cutler Height (Hird, Dawson, & Hardy); (Dog Lane (G. Mortimer); Eccleshill (Thomas Tomlinson); Haycliffe Hilt, Horton (John Bottomley); Heaton (Briggs & Sons); Heaton, Shipley (George Heaton); High Bank, Shipley (Beck & Co.); Holme Bank (Hird, Dawson, & Hardy);Hunsworth (Bowling Iron Co.); Laister Dyke (Joseph Cliffe &Son); Little Horton (Charles North); North Bierley (Bowling Iron Co.); North Bierley (Hird, Daws! on, & Hardy);North Cliff (Shipley Fire Clay Co.); Norwood Green (John Bairstow); Rockwell (Smith & Co.); Scholes (Hird, Dawson, & Hardy); Seventeens, Clifton (Bowling Iron Co.); Shelf (Hird, Dawson, & Hardy); Shelf (Bowling Iron Co.); Shipley (Airedale Brick and Tube Co.); Shipley Moor (William Frith); Smedles, Bowling (John Crowther); Thornton (William Illingworth); Thornton (Townsend & Co.); Thornton (Wood & Son); Thornton Road (Charles North); Tong (Hird, Dawson, & Hardy); Tong (S. Broadbent); Tong (Bowling Iron Co.); Wibsey (Charles North); Wike (Hird, Dawson, & Hardy). In the Bingley district there were: Cullingworth (Edward Townsend); Denholme (Thomas Horsfall &Co.); Denholme (Thomas Townsend); Norr Hill, Wisden (Baxandall & Co.); Shipley Moor (Briggs and Sons); Wilsden (Wood & Son). Regards, David Binns, Tyneside.

Cheers David, I have a lot of people in my tree (Ingham & Jackson) who were miners and lived in Wilsden. This will be very useful when I get to researching some family history on them. Thanks again. Dave Knowles Powick, Worcs, UK Researching : CLAREY, HEBDEN, HUSTLER, INGHAM, JACKSON, KNOWLES, NORTHEN, WILKINSON -----Original Message----- From: David Binns [mailto:davidbinns@qual-chem-tech.co.uk] Sent: 26 February 2003 15:07 To: ENG-YKS-BRADFORD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ BRAD] Bradford Collieries Hello Listers, There is so little evidence of mining activity left in the area and yet the growth of the textile industry of Bradford was in no small part due to the local supply of coal, that I thought you might be interested to read the following: YORKSHIRE PAST AND PRESENT: Coal Mines of the Bradford District.- The mineral statistics of the United Kingdom for the year 1871, published in 1872, give the number of collieries in the Bradford district, at forty-nine. The following are their names as furnished by Mr. Frank N. Wardell, colliery inspector for Yorkshire for the year 1871:- Allerton (2), Aycliffe Hall (Horton), Bolton Wood, Booth Holme Field (Tong),, Bowling (4), Bradford Broom Hall, Bunkers Hill, Cleckheaton (2), Clifton, Cotton Hole (North Bierley), Culter sic Height, Dog Lane, Eccleshill, Haycliffe Hilt (Horton),Heaton, Heaton (Shipley), Holme Bank, Hunsworth, Laister Dyke, Little Horton, North Bierley (2), North Cliff, Red Hill (Tong), Rockwell, Scholes, Seventeens (Clifton), Shelf (2), Shipley, Shipley Moor, Smeddles (Bowling), Thornton, Thornton Road (2), Tong Street, Tong (3), Wibsey, Wibsey Bank Foot, Wike, Wroe. The Bradford district in 1869 yielded 1,799,500 tons of coal. In another list from the same source the owners name is given. I have written the name in brackets after the name of the colliery all in the Bradford district: Allerton (Bowling Iron Co.); Allerton (Wood & Son); Aycliffe Hill, Horton (Rushworth &Co.); Birkby Lane (Robertshaw &Co.); Bolton Wood (Handforth & Co.); Booth Holme Field, Tong (Holliday & Clough); Bowling (Hird, Dawson, & Hardy); Bowling (Joseph Beanland); Bowling ( Bowling Iron Co.); Bowling (E. Gittins); Bradford (Bowling Iron Co.); Broom Hall (Thomas Pitts); Bunkers Hill (Bowling Iron Co.); Clayton (Barstow & Co.); Cleckheaton (Bowling Iron Co.); Cleckheaton (Hird, Dawson, & Hardy); Clifton ((Hird, Dawson, & Hardy); Cotton Hole, North Bierley (B. Collingham); Cutler Height (Hird, Dawson, & Hardy); (Dog Lane (G. Mortimer); Eccleshill (Thomas Tomlinson); Haycliffe Hilt, Horton (John Bottomley); Heaton (Briggs & Sons); Heaton, Shipley (George Heaton); High Bank, Shipley (Beck & Co.); Holme Bank (Hird, Dawson, & Hardy);Hunsworth (Bowling Iron Co.); Laister Dyke (Joseph Cliffe &Son); Little Horton (Charles North); North Bierley (Bowling Iron Co.); North Bierley (Hird, Daws! on, & Hardy);North Cliff (Shipley Fire Clay Co.); Norwood Green (John Bairstow); Rockwell (Smith & Co.); Scholes (Hird, Dawson, & Hardy); Seventeens, Clifton (Bowling Iron Co.); Shelf (Hird, Dawson, & Hardy); Shelf (Bowling Iron Co.); Shipley (Airedale Brick and Tube Co.); Shipley Moor (William Frith); Smedles, Bowling (John Crowther); Thornton (William Illingworth); Thornton (Townsend & Co.); Thornton (Wood & Son); Thornton Road (Charles North); Tong (Hird, Dawson, & Hardy); Tong (S. Broadbent); Tong (Bowling Iron Co.); Wibsey (Charles North); Wike (Hird, Dawson, & Hardy). In the Bingley district there were: Cullingworth (Edward Townsend); Denholme (Thomas Horsfall &Co.); Denholme (Thomas Townsend); Norr Hill, Wisden (Baxandall & Co.); Shipley Moor (Briggs and Sons); Wilsden (Wood & Son). Regards, David Binns, Tyneside. ==== ENG-YKS-BRADFORD Mailing List ==== The Mailing List Archives are at:- http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=ENG-YKS-BRADFORD http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ENG-YKS-BRADFORD ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237