MineArchiveCoppy Hall Colliery
| Location | Stubbers Green, Aldridge, Staffordshire — 52.6135, -1.9342 (approximate) |
|---|---|
| Commodities | Coal, Ironstone |
| Type | Coal |
| Worked | c. 1857–1909 |
| Maximum depth | Unknown. |
| Operators | Edward Barnett (?–1909) |
Overview
A coal and ironstone colliery at Stubbers Green, Aldridge, whose shafts were sunk about 1857 through 210 feet of red marl; Edward Barnett and his executors worked it, with over 350 men at its height, until it closed in 1909.
History
Coppy Hall Colliery lay at Stubbers Green, near Aldridge, about eight miles east-north-east of Wolverhampton. Its shafts were sunk about 1857 through 210 feet of red marl to the coal measures, and ironstone was worked as well as coal. Plans of the Brooch, Four Feet and Yard coals and the Gubbin ironstone were closed in 1880, but the colliery carried on under E. Barnett and then the executors of Edward Barnett, raising household, manufacturing and steam coal, with ironstone in 1900, from the Brooch, Five Feet, Four Feet and Seven Feet seams.
It employed 246 in 1894, 324 in 1900 and 353 in 1905; in 1906 there were 258 underground and 83 on the surface. The deaths recorded include a fifteen-year-old horse driver found dead under a full tub in 1885. The colliery closed in 1909. Clay was later quarried for brickmaking at Stubbers Green.
Geology
South Staffordshire coal measures under about 210 feet of red marl, worked in the Brooch, Four Feet, Five Feet, Seven Feet and Yard coals with the Gubbin ironstone.
Workings
Shafts sunk about 1857 through 210 feet of red marl.
Closure
Closed in 1909; plans of the Brooch, Four Feet, Yard and Gubbin ironstone workings had been abandoned in 1880.
What remains
Unknown.
Nearby mines
- Aldridge Colliery — 0.4 miles (0.7 km) NE
- Walsall Wood Colliery — 1.3 miles (2.1 km) N
- Park Lime Pits — 1.6 miles (2.6 km) SW, West Midlands
- Hay Head Quarry — 1.9 miles (3.1 km) S, West Midlands
- Pelsall Hall Colliery — 1.9 miles (3.1 km) NW, West Midlands
Straight-line distance, within 9 miles (15 km). Show on the map.
Recorded claims
Individual factual claims, each attached to the source(s) that support it below. Where sources disagree, both are kept.
- Coppy Hall's shafts were sunk about 1857 through 210 feet of red marl to the coal measures. 1
- Coppy Hall Colliery employed 353 people in 1905. 2
- In 1906 Coppy Hall employed 258 underground and 83 on the surface. 1
- Coppy Hall Colliery closed in 1909. 2,1
- Plans of Coppy Hall's Brooch, Four Feet and Yard coals and Gubbin ironstone were closed in 1880. 3
Photographs & further reading
The article on the Aldridge district where Coppy Hall Colliery was sunk.
View sourceSources
- (secondary) Stubbers Green (Wikipedia) — Wikipedia
- (primary) Coppy Hall Colliery — Durham Mining Museum
- (primary) BGS / Mining Remediation Authority mine plan 21832445: Coppy Hall, Brooch, Four Feet, Yard, Ironstone, Gubbin, abandoned 1880 — British Geological Survey
Record created: 23 October 2026 · Last researched: 23 October 2026