Northfield Colliery, Ossett

Overview

A small Ossett colliery worked from 1896 to 1917, owned by C. Newsome, Shaw's Linfit Lane Coal Company and finally the Northfield Colliery Company.

History

Northfield Colliery was a small pit at Ossett, west of Wakefield, worked from 1896 until it was abandoned in 1917. C. Newsome owned it in 1896 and Shaw's Linfit Lane Coal Company in 1899; by 1917 it belonged to the Northfield Colliery Company Limited, which also worked Longlands Colliery in Ossett from 1910 to 1923 and later owned Greatfield.

It was a relatively small undertaking: in 1908 it employed 61 men underground and 10 at the surface, with S. Broadbent as manager. Northfield is very likely the same site as the colliery recorded as Crownlands.

Geology

West Yorkshire coal measures.

Workings

Unknown.

Closure

Abandoned in 1917.

What remains

Unknown.

Related mines

• Greatfield Colliery — Both belonged to the Northfield Colliery Company Limited of Ossett.

Recorded claims

Individual factual claims, each attached to the source(s) that support it below. Where sources disagree, both are kept.

• Northfield Colliery worked from 1896 and was abandoned in 1917. ^1,2
• C. Newsome owned it in 1896, Shaw's Linfit Lane Coal Company in 1899 and the Northfield Colliery Company Limited by 1917. ²
• In 1908 it employed 61 men underground and 10 at the surface. ²

Sources

1. (secondary) Coal Mines in Yorkshire 1854 onwards (N) — Northern Mine Research Society
2. (secondary) Ossett coal mining (Ossett - the history of a Yorkshire town) — ossett.net

Record created: 24 October 2026 · Last researched: 24 October 2026