http://www.aditnow.co.uk/documents/Personal-Album-8946/FLOCKTON-19-02-2012.pdf 

Is a map of the immediate area around Flockton.

Thanks to loads of old maps, the AN database and data kindly provided by other contributors to AN, I've managed to get a more or less comprehensive overview of the mines/pits/collieries/shafts around Flockton. (the Lepton area is currently "work in progress")

However, due to conflicting information and uncertainties, I'd like to pick your brains or archives for confirmation, correction or identification of sites on this section of my map.

For example, Alexandra Drift can be seen clearly at the side of the beck on Google Earth, but the field at the side of Pinfold Lane also seems to have collapsed or filled shafts - do these belong to one site?

Also the more recent (1960s), quite large, drift mine development at the western end of the village seems to be nameless for Google and all other reference sites

Many thanks in advance and best from Hanover, Germany,
Yorkshireman

Looking good.
You do not have 'High Lee Pit' shown. Not sure where it is but there is a High Lee Plantation just before you get to Blossom Pitt from Lepton.
Threre is a pit called 'Flockton Pit' this may be the drift mine to the North of Flockton Village.
I have just found the name of 'Slack Pit' which is close to Emroyd Pit, don't know if you have got it.
Dare I say it I think you have some missing so will check if I have any others.
With any luck the lads from Caphouse may be able to help from there plans. I will chase up a local miner.
Roger

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Looking good.
You do not have 'High Lee Pit' shown. Not sure where it is but there is a High Lee Plantation just before you get to Blossom Pitt from Lepton.
Threre is a pit called 'Flockton Pit' this may be the drift mine to the North of Flockton Village.
I have just found the name of 'Slack Pit' which is close to Emroyd Pit, don't know if you have got it.
Dare I say it I think you have some missing so will check if I have any others.
With any luck the lads from Caphouse may be able to help from there plans. I will chase up a local miner.
Roger

Thanks, I'll look into those - yes the map is coming along nicely - I'm just south of Bradley at the western end now and working across to fill the next row to get Cromwell/Inghams and the incline/tramway complex in.

Cheers
D.

Most of my entries I've put on to date for the area have been taken from the old maps / old geology maps for the area and the locations determined by overlaying these on to modern maps with the OS grid.

They are quiate a number of named pits and collieries, however most of the mines are not on yet and I don't think many of the tramways etc are on yet other than Flockton Tramway (from Lane End Pit through Emroyd to the river).

Alot of the mines that aren't on old maps or the geology maps should be in the records at Caphouse

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Flockton's definitley covered in our Deby Grange Colliery set of mine plans, should be number SE2214, SE2414, SE2215 and SE2415.

Hi D
I have 4 booklets written by John Goodchild on the area which lists alot of named pits you do not have. Unfortunatly he does not give a plan of where any are in his books
Roger

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Thanks Lee and Darren,

I assume those would be the locations you entered in the AN database?

Looks like Photoshop CS2 will be doing some more number-crunching tonight.

Much as I would love to drop round to Caphouse and dig through their archives, it’s unfortunately not exactly an afternoon jaunt from here in the wilds of northern Germany - so I'm rather limited to Internet sources from this neck of the woods.

Cheers
D.

When I left the UK, Caphouse wasn't even a museum project. 🙂

I've uploaded a scan of one of the Flockton area plans, well a portion of, which might be of interest. I'd add that there's been at least four collieries/pits with 'Lane' or Lanes End' in their name in the area, including the unknown drift mine 'no. 9' caused me a little confusion when I first moved to the area and started exploring!

http://www.aditnow.co.uk/documents/Personal-Album-3279/2214-extract002.pdf 

I've uploaded a scan of one of the Flockton area plans, well a portion of, which might be of interest. I'd add that there's been at least four collieries/pits with 'Lane' or Lanes End' in their name in the area, including the unknown drift mine 'no. 9' caused me a little confusion when I first moved to the area and started exploring!

http://www.aditnow.co.uk/documents/Personal-Album-3279/2214-extract002.pdf 

Thanks Darran
(got it right this time, sorry - my bro' in law has an 'e').

That is great!

I've also been looking at some old sheets Roger sent me with shaft locations that are unfortunately only numbered, the area has more holes than a Swiss cheese!

It's a wonder people are allowed to build houses anywhere around there.

Cheers
D.

I've uploaded a scan of one of the Flockton area plans, well a portion of, which might be of interest. I'd add that there's been at least four collieries/pits with 'Lane' or Lanes End' in their name in the area, including the unknown drift mine 'no. 9' caused me a little confusion when I first moved to the area and started exploring!

http://www.aditnow.co.uk/documents/Personal-Album-3279/2214-extract002.pdf 

Thanks Darran
(got it right this time, sorry - my bro' in law has an 'e').

That is great!

I've also been looking at some old sheets Roger sent me with shaft locations that are unfortunately only numbered, the area has more holes than a Swiss cheese!

It's a wonder people are allowed to build houses anywhere around there.

Cheers
D.

Very interesting thread. The drift mine "Six Lane Ends" was taken over, de-watered & re-equipped. Coal was transported out by a small electric loco & stored in a surface hopper. It was transported away in motor wagons, the pit remaining in use until the late 1960's.
Is it known if this mine was connected to the pit on the six lane ends?

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In Yorkshireman's map in post 1 there is square 8. Just to the south of Cropper Gate Colliery there's a small group of buildings by the bend in Flockton Lane. Just to the rear of these buildings was a shaft known locally as "Water Pit". There was a small steelwork headgear over the shaft, with a single sheave. The "winder" (probably no more than a haulage drum) was housed in a flat roofed, brick built building. This little "pit" was connected to the Shuttle Eye Colliery & managed to remain in existence till C1980

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Hello there,
this shaft and its buildings are now demolished, I drove past there last week and there was a mound of shale and next to it a crater, as if it was being filled ready for capping.
I am going to try and get a closer look and if possible take a few pictures.

Again, in square 8, the entire area B was opencast worked circa
1969-70. As I recall there was disappointment in store for the contractors as the coal they were going for had already been worked (I'd have thought boreholes would have shown this).
There were a number of old gate roads in the batter left to support Flockton lane. These headed in the general direction of Grange Ash Colliery & were in reasonable condition but as I was on my own & didn't have a safety lamp with me, I chickened out.
Hope this is of interest & puts some flesh on the bones...

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Hi I hope you can help, I am a metal detectorist and have permissions in the Flockton area and wondered whether the colour coding of your map would refer to open cast mines or shaft mines? Could you help me please as clearly there is less point in concentrating on the open cast areas. Would appreciate any help or advice you could offer on this matter.

Thank you

David

Silly question , but what are you after anything in particular or just what turns up?

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Pretty much anything really but the older the better - oldest I’ve managed so far has been a James 1st silver hammered penny which is about 400 years old but i know there’s medieval, roman and Saxon round there plus the village is in the doomsday book so if it hasn’t all been scraped away I’m in with a chance.

http://mirfield-2ndlook.info/mirfield .

My uncle worked at Caphouse and Shuttle Eye and the dayhole down the road opposite Shuttle.
Other uncle got black lung and died early from working in Mirfield, Hopton, Harthead, day holes.

Would be interested in hearing more about the day hole you mentioned “down the road opposite Shuttle “

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John there are two drifts on the left as you go to Grange Moor
One to either side of Pisgah Mine

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