Birkenshaw Collieries Ltd

The company that sank Gomersal Colliery in West Yorkshire between 1913 and 1916, taken over as the Birkenshaw Collieries Co. Ltd in 1920 and run by members of the Gill family from the 1930s until nationalisation in 1947.

Mines operated

MineRegionYears
Gomersal Colliery West Yorkshire 1913–1947

Record created: 4 October 2026 · Last researched: 4 October 2026

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