MineArchiveHodroyd Colliery
| Location | Between Brierley and Havercroft, north-east of Barnsley, South Yorkshire — 53.5917, -1.3828 (approximate) |
|---|---|
| Commodity | Coal |
| Type | Coal |
| Worked | c. 1870–1922 |
| Maximum depth | Unknown. |
| Operators | New Monckton Collieries Ltd (1908–1913), Hodroyd Colliery Company |
Overview
A Shafton-seam colliery between Brierley and Havercroft, north-east of Barnsley, worked from about 1870 until it was abandoned in May 1922; its company sank the neighbouring Ferrymoor pit.
History
Hodroyd Colliery lay between Brierley and Havercroft, north-east of Barnsley, and worked the Shafton seam for household and steam coal. It was at work by 1870, and the earliest recorded death there was of a collier killed by a fall of roof in 1878. It was worked by the Hodroyd Coal Company; the mining death records of 1908 and 1913 give the owner as New Monckton Collieries, Limited.
The colliery employed 272 men in 1894, rising to 300 in 1905 and 355 in 1910. Its recorded deaths were nearly all falls of roof, several of them boys: a pony driver of 13 in 1909, killed by a stone brought down by a bump, and pony drivers of 15 in 1913 and 1915. In June 1908 two men walking out at the end of their shift through a pass-bye were killed together by a fall twelve feet long. By 1915 the old No. 1 pit had only 97 men, and 40 were sinking a No. 2; a Hodroyd New colliery at Grimethorpe dates from that year. Hodroyd itself was abandoned in May 1922, the date of the plan of its workings with South Hiendley.
Geology
The Shafton seam.
Workings
No. 1 pit, with a No. 2 being sunk in 1915; posting and pass-bye roads underground worked by pony drivers.
Closure
Abandoned in May 1922.
What remains
Unknown.
Related mines
- Ferrymoor Colliery — Ferrymoor was sunk by the Hodroyd Colliery Company from 1915.
- New Monckton Colliery — Accident records of 1908 and 1913 give New Monckton Collieries Ltd as Hodroyd's owner.
Nearby mines
- Ferrymoor Colliery — 1.3 miles (2.1 km) S
- Monk Bretton Colliery — 1.6 miles (2.6 km) SW
- Carlton Main Colliery — 2.2 miles (3.5 km) W
- New Monckton Colliery — 2.2 miles (3.5 km) W, West Yorkshire
- Grimethorpe Colliery — 2.6 miles (4.2 km) S
Straight-line distance, within 9 miles (15 km). Show on the map.
What's uncertain
Points where sources disagree or the record could not be settled; both accounts are kept. All open questions in the archive.
- Hodroyd Colliery belonged to the Hodroyd Coal Co. (disputed) 3
- In 1908 and 1913 the owner of Hodroyd was New Monckton Collieries Ltd. (disputed) 4,5
Recorded claims
Individual factual claims, each attached to the source(s) that support it below. Where sources disagree, both are kept.
- Hodroyd Colliery, Havercroft, Barnsley, was at work from 1870 and was abandoned in May 1922. 1,2
- Hodroyd Colliery belonged to the Hodroyd Coal Co. (disputed) 3
- In 1908 and 1913 the owner of Hodroyd was New Monckton Collieries Ltd. (disputed) 4,5
- Hodroyd employed 272 men in 1894 and 355 in 1910, working the Shafton seam. 3
- On 5 June 1908 two men leaving the pit through a pass-bye at Hodroyd were killed by a fall of roof. 3,4
Sources
- (secondary) Coal Mines in Yorkshire 1854 onwards (H) - Northern Mine Research Society — Northern Mine Research Society
- (primary) BGS / Mining Remediation Authority mine plan 21917907: Hodroyd & Hiendley South, abandoned 1922 — British Geological Survey
- (primary) Hodroyd Colliery — Durham Mining Museum
- (secondary) NMRS mining deaths: George Senior, Hodroyd, 1908 — Northern Mine Research Society (mining deaths database)
- (secondary) NMRS mining deaths: Sykes Beaumont, Hodroyd, 1913 — Northern Mine Research Society (mining deaths database)
Record created: 21 October 2026 · Last researched: 21 October 2026