Shawcross and Thornhill Collieries

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simonrl
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13 years ago

Askign on behalf of an ex-mine worker.

Does anybody have any information please on Shawcross and Thornhill Collieries. E.g. when opened, number employed, when closed.

Many thanks.

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LeeW
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13 years ago

In my list I've got a date of closure (/merged) for Shaw Cross as August 1968 and Thornhill of April 1972. For the dates of sinking I have two Shaw Cross's one Shaw Cross (SE263226) in 1903 and one for Shaw Cross Saville (SE260220) in 1908.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cmhrc/lomindex.htm

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Yorkshireman
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13 years ago

Hope I picked the right Thornhill 🙂

The colliery was created by a merger on Combs and Ingham in 1948 and closed in 1971-72.

http://www.heroesofcoal.com/mine?situation=thornhill&mine_name=combs

Same applies to Shawcross - this site mentions a Shaw Cross colliery in Ossett with quite a few details (it's no 29 in the list and there's a photo, too)

http://www.ossett.net/ossett_coal.html

http://www.heroesofcoal.com/mine?situation=&mine_name=shawcross

Roger L
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13 years ago

A friend of mine had relations killed in the big accident at Combs mine. Kirklees Authority now use the site for Building Services. There are still some old buildings standing on the site.

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ladder monkey
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13 years ago

Shawcross is only 400m from the border of Ossett WF5 the entrance to the Wakefield council landfill/recycling centre is roughly were the mine was.There was a bit Of a hoohar a couple of years when wakefield council decided they would use this site for a new travellers camp sight which went down well with the the locals in shawcross which is in a Kirklees council area :offtopic:

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