Whinny Moor Colliery

Overview

A colliery between Lupset and Wakefield, counted among the Ossett pits, worked from 1869 to 1913 by Hargreaves, Naylor and Company and then John Naylor and Company of Pildacre.

History

Whinny Moor Colliery was counted among the Ossett pits, though it actually lay between Lupset and Wakefield. It was opened in 1869 by Hargreaves, Naylor and Company, who owned it until 1873. By 1896 it belonged to John Naylor and Company, who also owned Pildacre Colliery at Ossett, and it shared Pildacre's manager, S. Broadbent, with J. Hudson as under-manager. It was then a small pit, employing 37 men underground and 7 at the surface.

A plan of the shale workings at Snapethorpe and Whinnymoor is dated 1886. The colliery was abandoned in June 1913.

Geology

West Yorkshire coal measures, with shale workings planned in 1886.

Workings

Unknown.

Closure

Abandoned in June 1913.

What remains

Unknown.

Related mines

• Pildacre Colliery — Both belonged to John Naylor and Company and shared a manager, S. Broadbent, in 1896.

Recorded claims

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

• Whinny Moor Colliery opened in 1869 and was abandoned in June 1913. ^1,2
• Hargreaves, Naylor and Company owned it from 1869 to 1873, and John Naylor and Company by 1896. ²
• In 1896 it employed 37 men underground and 7 at the surface, with S. Broadbent as manager. ²
• A plan of the shale workings at Snapethorpe and Whinnymoor is dated 1886. ³

Sources

1. (secondary) Yorkshire coal mines since 1854: W — Northern Mine Research Society
2. (secondary) Ossett coal mining (Ossett - the history of a Yorkshire town) — ossett.net
3. (primary) BGS mine plan GCR25: SNAPETHORPE AND WHINNYMOOR, shale, 1886 — British Geological Survey / Mining Remediation Authority

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