Hickleton Main Coal Company

The company that began sinking two shafts to the Barnsley seam at Thurnscoe in December 1892, completing them at 492 metres in June 1894, and worked the colliery through its growth to employ over 3,000 people by the 1930s.

Also recorded asHickleton Main Colliery Co. Ltd (the company's later style in the inspectors' returns)

Mines operated

MineRegionYears
Hickleton Main Colliery South Yorkshire 1892–1947

Record created: 3 September 2026 · Last researched: 3 September 2026

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