Strawberry Bank Colliery

Overview

The Liversedge Coal Company's colliery at Strawberry Bank, Liversedge, worked from 1866 to 1918 in the Better Bed and Black Bed seams, with up to 369 men in 1910.

History

Strawberry Bank Colliery lay at Liversedge, near Dewsbury, and was worked from 1866 until 1918 by the Liversedge Coal Company. It raised gas and household coal, and from the late 1890s coking coal as well, from the Better Bed and Black Bed seams.

The colliery employed 232 men in 1894, 242 in 1896 and 220 in 1900, rising to 280 in 1905 and 369 in 1910, of whom 295 worked underground. By 1915 the workforce had fallen to 267. Working ended in 1918, and the plan of the abandoned Strawberry Bank workings is dated 1919.

Geology

The Better Bed and Black Bed seams.

Workings

Unknown.

Closure

Worked until 1918; the abandonment plan is dated 1919.

What remains

Unknown.

Related mines

• Conyers Colliery — Both worked the Better Bed and Black Bed seams near Dewsbury.

Recorded claims

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

• Strawberry Bank, Liversedge, worked from 1866 to 1918. ¹
• Strawberry Bank Colliery belonged to the Liversedge Coal Co. ²
• Strawberry Bank employed 232 men in 1894 and 369 in 1910, working the Better Bed and Black Bed seams. ²
• The abandonment plan of Strawberry Bank is dated 1919. ³

Sources

1. (secondary) Coal Mines in Yorkshire 1854 onwards (S) - Northern Mine Research Society — Northern Mine Research Society
2. (primary) Strawberry Bank Colliery — Durham Mining Museum
3. (primary) BGS / Mining Remediation Authority mine plan 21917973: Strawberry Bank, abandoned 1919 — British Geological Survey

Record created: 21 October 2026 · Last researched: 21 October 2026