Firth, Barber and Company

Worked the Oaks Colliery near Barnsley — also known as Ardsley Main — in its early decades, and the owner named in the report on the explosion of 5 March 1847 that killed 73 men and boys. Not to be confused with Firth, Bamber and Company, recorded at the same pit under that spelling from the 1860s.

Mines operated

Record created: 23 August 2026 · Last researched: 26 August 2026