| B. A. Collieries Ltd |
1 |
to 1947 |
Nottinghamshire |
Coal |
| B. and B.G. Collieries Ltd |
1 |
1935–1948 |
Swansea |
Coal |
| B. J. Forder |
1 |
from 1860 |
Hampshire |
Chalk, Limestone |
| B. Johns |
1 |
from 1930 |
Cumbria |
Slate |
| B. Johnson |
1 |
1865–1870 |
Staffordshire |
Coal |
| B. Thomas and Sons |
1 |
1908–1917 |
Neath Port Talbot |
Coal |
| B. Whitaker and Sons |
1 |
1927–1930 |
West Yorkshire |
Sandstone |
| Babbington Coal Co. Ltd |
2 |
1841–1939 |
Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire |
Coal |
| Babbington Coal Company |
4 |
1841–1929 |
Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire |
Coal |
| Backworth Collieries Ltd |
1 |
1910–1947 |
Tyne and Wear |
Coal, Fireclay |
| Backworth Colliery Company |
1 |
1840–1850 |
Tyne and Wear |
Coal, Fireclay |
| Bagillt Coal Co. Ltd |
1 |
from 1908 |
Flintshire |
Coal |
| Bagtor Mining Company |
1 |
1862–1866 |
Devon |
Copper, Tin |
| Bailey Brothers |
1 |
1833–1871 |
Blaenau Gwent |
Coal, Iron, Limestone |
| Bairds & Dalmellington Ltd |
10 |
1928–1976 |
East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway |
Coal, Iron, Brick Clay |
| Bairds & Scottish Steel Limited |
3 |
to 1981 |
North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, West Lothian |
Coal |
| The Baker-Baker family |
1 |
1700–1871 |
North Yorkshire |
Alum |
| Baldwins, Ltd. |
2 |
from 1902 |
Neath Port Talbot, Swansea |
Coal |
| Balgonie Colliery Co. Ltd |
1 |
1914–1947 |
Fife |
Brick Clay, Coal, Mudstone |
| Ballachulish Slate Quarries Company |
1 |
1693–1955 |
Highland |
Slate |
| Bangor and Pant-Dreiniog Slate Co. Ltd |
1 |
1872–1884 |
Gwynedd |
Slate |
| Banks and Barton |
1 |
1953–1956 |
Derbyshire |
Fluorspar, Lead |
| Banks Group |
1 |
2007–2020 |
Northumberland |
Coal, Fireclay |
| Barber, Walker and Company |
5 |
1728–1947 |
Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire |
Coal |
| Bargoed Coal Company |
1 |
1929–1947 |
Blaenau Gwent |
Coal |
| Baron Mountjoy |
1 |
1561–1600 |
Isle of Wight |
Pyrite, Silica Sand |
| Baroness Grenville |
1 |
1845–1855 |
Cornwall |
Copper, Tin |
| Barr & Thornton Ltd |
2 |
1938–1947 |
West Lothian |
Coal |
| Barratt family |
1 |
1850–1875 |
Cumbria |
Copper, Lead, Slate |
| Barrow & May |
1 |
1902–1904 |
Cumbria |
Slate |
| Barrow Mining Company |
1 |
1883–1887 |
Cumbria |
Lead, Silver, Zinc |
| Barrow-in-Furness Hematite Steel Co. |
1 |
1873–1886 |
Bridgend |
Coal |
| Basinghall Mining Syndicate Ltd |
1 |
1936–1954 |
Cumbria |
Lead, Silver |
| Basset family of Tehidy |
1 |
|
Cornwall |
Arsenic, Copper, Silver |
| Basset Mines Ltd |
1 |
1896–1918 |
Cornwall |
Copper, Tin |
| Bath Stone Firms Ltd |
1 |
1887–1968 |
Wiltshire |
Freestone |
| Batholes Company Ltd |
1 |
from 1847 |
Shropshire |
Lead |
| Bathurst family |
2 |
1654–1860 |
North Yorkshire |
Lead |
| Bayton Colliery Company |
2 |
1911–1947 |
Worcestershire |
Coal |
| Bearpark Coal & Coke Co. Ltd |
2 |
1890–1947 |
County Durham |
Coal, Fireclay |
| Bearpark Coal Company |
1 |
1872–1880 |
County Durham |
Coal, Fireclay |
| Beath and Blairadam Coal Company |
1 |
1860–1872 |
Fife |
Coal |
| Beaufort Yard Coal Company |
1 |
1921–1928 |
Blaenau Gwent |
Coal |
| Bebside & Choppington Coal Co. |
3 |
1880–1930 |
Northumberland |
Coal |
| Bebside Coal Co. |
3 |
1880–1926 |
Northumberland |
Coal |
| Beckermet Mining Co. Ltd |
1 |
1903–1969 |
Cumbria |
Iron |
| Bedlington Coal Co. Ltd |
2 |
1865–1947 |
Northumberland |
Coal |
| Bedlington Mains Coal Company |
1 |
1943–1947 |
Northumberland |
Coal, Fireclay |
| Bedminster, Easton, Kingswood and Parkfield Collieries Ltd |
1 |
1900–1911 |
Bristol |
Coal |
| Bedwas Colliery Company |
1 |
1909–1947 |
Caerphilly |
Coal |
| Beer Quarry Caves Ltd |
1 |
|
Devon |
Freestone |
| Bell and Brandling |
1 |
|
Tyne and Wear |
Coal |
| Bell Brothers |
7 |
1860–1923 |
North Yorkshire, County Durham |
Ironstone, Coal, Iron |
| Benjamin Ashton |
1 |
1713–1725 |
Derbyshire |
Lead |
| Benjamin Bradley |
1 |
from 1901 |
Derbyshire |
Sandstone |
| Benjamin Davies |
1 |
1866–1910 |
Gloucestershire |
Coal |
| Benjamin Jones |
1 |
from 1865 |
Carmarthenshire |
Coal |
| Bent Colliery Co., Ltd |
3 |
1872–1959 |
South Lanarkshire |
Coal |
| Benzol and By-Products Ltd |
1 |
to 1947 |
West Yorkshire |
Coal |
| Bersham Coal Company |
1 |
1864–1871 |
Wrexham |
Coal |
| Berthllwyd Colliery Company Limited |
1 |
1913–1937 |
Swansea |
Coal |
| Berthlwyd Colliery Ltd |
1 |
to 1937 |
Swansea |
Coal |
| Bestwood Coal and Iron Company |
1 |
|
Nottinghamshire |
Coal |
| Betteshanger Colliery Company |
1 |
1924–1947 |
Kent |
Coal |
| Bettisfield Colliery Co. Ltd |
1 |
from 1872 |
Flintshire |
Coal |
| Betws Anthracite Company Ltd |
1 |
1994–2003 |
Carmarthenshire |
Coal |
| Bewerley Mines Ltd |
1 |
from 1930 |
North Yorkshire |
Fluorspar, Lead |
| Bewick and Partners |
1 |
1868–1893 |
Northumberland |
Barite, Lead, Whinstone |
| Bidder and Elliot |
1 |
|
Staffordshire |
Coal |
| Bideford Black Mining Company |
1 |
|
Devon |
Coal, Mineral Black |
| Big Vein Anthracite Colliery Company |
1 |
1896 |
Powys |
Coal |
| Bignall Hill Colliery Co., Ltd. |
1 |
|
Staffordshire |
Coal |
| Billingsley Colliery Company |
1 |
1910–1915 |
Shropshire |
Coal, Ironstone |
| Binnend Oil Co. Ltd. |
1 |
1878–1881 |
Fife |
Oil Shale |
| Birch Rock Coal Company |
1 |
1869–1882 |
Swansea |
Coal |
| Birchenwood Colliery Company Limited |
1 |
to 1925 |
Staffordshire |
Coal |
| Birtley Iron Company |
1 |
1910–1940 |
Tyne and Wear |
Coal |
| Bishop of Bath and Wells |
1 |
to 1908 |
Somerset |
Lead, Silver |
| Bissoe Bridge Mining Association |
1 |
1850–1872 |
Cornwall |
Lead, Silver, Tin |
| Bituminous Shale Company |
1 |
1848–1854 |
Dorset |
Alum, Limestone, Oil Shale |
| Black Boy Coal Company |
1 |
1863–1872 |
County Durham |
Coal, Fireclay |
| Black Park Colliery Company |
1 |
1880–1947 |
Wrexham |
Coal |
| Blackett-Beaumont family |
2 |
1684–1896 |
Northumberland |
Fluorspar, Lead, Zinc |
| Blackrod Colliery Company |
1 |
to 1947 |
Lancashire |
Coal |
| Blackwell Colliery Company |
1 |
1886–1947 |
Derbyshire |
Coal |
| Blaenant Colliery Company |
1 |
1930–1947 |
Neath Port Talbot |
Coal |
| Blaenavon Company |
3 |
1830–1931 |
Torfaen |
Coal |
| Blaenavon Iron & Steel Co. Ltd |
1 |
1878–1900 |
Torfaen |
Coal |
| Blaenclydach Colliery Company |
1 |
1897–1930 |
Rhondda Cynon Taf |
Coal |
| Blagill Mining Co. |
1 |
1877–1880 |
Cumbria |
Barytocalcite, Lead |
| Blaina Colliery Company Limited |
1 |
from 1902 |
Carmarthenshire |
Anthracite, Coal |
| Blanchland Fluor Mines Ltd |
1 |
from 1938 |
Northumberland |
Fluorspar, Lead |
| Blindell Brothers and Co. |
2 |
1902 |
Bridgend, Rhondda Cynon Taf |
Coal |
| Boazman family |
1 |
1880–1925 |
Cumbria |
Gypsum |
| Bog & Pennerley Company |
1 |
to 1864 |
Shropshire |
Lead |
| Bog Mining Company |
1 |
from 1871 |
Shropshire |
Barite, Lead, Silver |
| Bolckow, Vaughan and Company |
11 |
1850–1939 |
North Yorkshire, County Durham, West Yorkshire |
Coal, Ironstone, Iron |
| Bold Hall Estate Co. Ltd. |
1 |
1893–1904 |
Merseyside |
Coal |
| Bolsover Colliery Company |
6 |
1890–1947 |
Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire |
Coal |
| Bonville's Court Coal Co. Ltd |
1 |
to 1930 |
Pembrokeshire |
Anthracite |
| Boswedden and Wheal Castle |
1 |
1836–1872 |
Cornwall |
Copper, Tin |
| Boulder Flint Co. Ltd. |
1 |
from 1910 |
North Yorkshire |
Chert |
| Bourne and Robinson |
1 |
1872–1887 |
Merseyside |
Coal |
| Bowes Cross Mining Company |
1 |
from 1888 |
North Yorkshire |
Lead |
| Bowley's Quarries Ltd |
1 |
1935–1937 |
Gwynedd |
Slate |
| Bowman & Company |
1 |
1883–1905 |
Fife |
Coal |
| Boyd, Gilmour and Company |
1 |
1863–1890 |
East Ayrshire |
Coal |
| Boythorpe Colliery Company |
1 |
1873–1887 |
Derbyshire |
Coal |
| Bradda Mining Company |
1 |
1866–1875 |
Isle of Man |
Copper, Lead, Silver |
| Bradford Colliery Company |
1 |
1896–1900 |
Greater Manchester |
Coal |
| Bradley Brothers |
1 |
1882–1910 |
North Yorkshire |
Whinstone |
| Braich Goch Slate Quarry Ltd |
1 |
1859–1906 |
Gwynedd |
Slate |
| Braithwaite Mining Company |
1 |
1887–1889 |
Cumbria |
Lead, Silver, Zinc |
| Brampton Colliery Company |
1 |
1872–1947 |
South Yorkshire |
Coal |
| Brancepeth Coal Company Ltd |
1 |
1940–1950 |
County Durham |
Coal, Fireclay |
| Brand and Company |
1 |
1890–1905 |
East Ayrshire |
Coal |
| Brandling Brothers |
2 |
1800–1850 |
Tyne and Wear |
Coal |
| Brandon Lead Mining Company |
1 |
1862–1872 |
County Durham |
Lead, Silver |
| Branthwaite Colliery Company |
1 |
from 1900 |
Cumbria |
Coal, Fireclay, Ganister |
| Braysdown Colliery Company |
1 |
1908–1947 |
Somerset |
Coal |
| Breedon Group |
1 |
to 2023 |
Vale of Glamorgan |
Limestone |
| Brendon Hills Iron Ore Company |
1 |
1860–1883 |
Somerset |
Iron |
| Brereton Collieries Ltd. |
1 |
to 1946 |
Staffordshire |
Coal, Fireclay, Ironstone |
| Brewis Brothers |
1 |
from 1890 |
Derbyshire |
Coal |
| Bridgewater Collieries Ltd |
3 |
1923–1929 |
Greater Manchester |
Coal, Cannel Coal |
| Bridgewater Trustees |
6 |
1850–1947 |
Greater Manchester |
Coal, Cannel Coal |
| Briggs Collieries Ltd |
3 |
1939–1947 |
West Yorkshire |
Coal |
| Bristol Mineral and Land Company |
1 |
1910–1994 |
South Gloucestershire |
Celestine |
| Bristol United Collieries |
4 |
1890–1936 |
Bristol, South Gloucestershire |
Coal |
| Britannia Copper Mine Ltd |
1 |
1898–1915 |
Gwynedd |
Copper |
| British Anthracite Colliery Company |
1 |
1908 |
Neath Port Talbot |
Coal |
| British Coal Corporation |
19 |
1986–1994 |
Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire |
Coal, Fireclay, Ironstone |
| British Fluorspar Limited |
1 |
2012–2023 |
Derbyshire |
Barite, Fluorspar, Lead |
| British Goldfields (No 1) Ltd |
1 |
1937–1938 |
Carmarthenshire |
Gold |
| British Gypsum |
3 |
from 1965 |
Cumbria, East Sussex, Staffordshire |
Gypsum, Anhydrite |
| British Manganese Company |
1 |
1903–1939 |
Gwynedd |
Manganese |
| British Metalliferous Mines Ltd |
1 |
1905–1930 |
Cornwall |
Uranium |
| British Mining and Metal Company |
1 |
1906–1913 |
Cornwall |
Arsenic, Copper, Tin |
| British Plaster Board Limited |
2 |
1936–2005 |
Cumbria, East Sussex |
Anhydrite, Gypsum |
| British Portland Cement Manufacturers |
4 |
1911–2001 |
Hampshire, County Antrim, Vale of Glamorgan |
Chalk, Limestone |
| British Steel Corporation |
4 |
1969–1983 |
Cumbria, County Durham, Northumberland |
Iron, Fluorspar, Lead |
| Brixham Hematite Iron Mining Company Ltd |
1 |
1865–1915 |
Devon |
Iron |
| Broadoak Colliery Company |
1 |
from 1869 |
Swansea |
Coal |
| Brodsworth Main Colliery Company |
1 |
1905–1937 |
South Yorkshire |
Coal |
| Brogden and Sons |
1 |
1871–1891 |
Rhondda Cynon Taf |
Coal |
| Bromilow, Haddock and Company |
1 |
1866–1876 |
Merseyside |
Coal, Fireclay |
| Bromley Coal Co. Ltd |
1 |
1900–1908 |
Somerset |
Coal |
| Brooks & Brooks Collieries |
1 |
from 1923 |
Lancashire |
Coal |
| Brooks and Pickup |
1 |
from 1869 |
Lancashire |
Coal |
| Brora Coal and Brick Company |
1 |
1949–1960 |
Highland |
Coal |
| Brough Barytes Co. Ltd |
1 |
1906–1911 |
Cumbria |
Barite, Fluorspar, Lead |
| Broughton and Plas Power Coal Company |
4 |
1875–1938 |
Wrexham |
Coal |
| Broughton Coal Company |
2 |
from 1850 |
Wrexham |
Coal |
| Broughton Moor Green Slate Quarries Ltd |
2 |
1910–1945 |
Cumbria |
Slate |
| Broxburn Oil Company Ltd |
1 |
1877–1927 |
West Lothian |
Oil Shale |
| Bruce family of Sumburgh |
1 |
1789–1929 |
Shetland Islands |
Copper, Iron |
| Brunner, Mond and Company Ltd |
1 |
1919–1926 |
Derbyshire |
Limestone |
| The Brymbo Coal Company |
2 |
1846–1900 |
Wrexham |
Coal, Fireclay, Ironstone |
| Bryn Newydd Colliery Company |
1 |
1966–1987 |
Neath Port Talbot |
Coal |
| Bryncethin Colliery Co. Ltd |
1 |
1905–1915 |
Bridgend |
Coal |
| Bryndu Coal and Coke Company |
1 |
from 1869 |
Bridgend |
Coal |
| Bryngurnos Colliery (Bryn) Ltd |
1 |
1958–1966 |
Neath Port Talbot |
Coal |
| Brynhenllys Anthracite Colliery Company |
1 |
1925–1947 |
Powys |
Anthracite |
| Brynkinalt Coal Company |
1 |
1860–1880 |
Wrexham |
Coal |
| Buckley Colliery Co. Ltd |
1 |
1920–1934 |
Flintshire |
Coal |
| Budd and Co. |
1 |
1902–1929 |
Blaenau Gwent |
Coal |
| Builth Lead Mining Co Ltd |
1 |
1886–1893 |
Powys |
Lead |
| Bullcliffe Wood Colliery Co., Ltd. |
1 |
1927–1946 |
West Yorkshire |
Coal |
| Bullcroft Main Colliery Ltd. |
1 |
1908–1940 |
South Yorkshire |
Coal |
| Burgesses of Wich |
1 |
1215–1695 |
Worcestershire |
Salt |
| Burlington Slate Works |
1 |
from 1920 |
Cumbria |
Slate |
| Burlington Stone |
1 |
|
Cumbria |
Slate |
| The Burn family |
1 |
1832–1936 |
County Durham |
Coal |
| Burntisland Oil Co. Ltd. |
1 |
1881–1896 |
Fife |
Oil Shale |
| Burnyeat, Brown and Company |
3 |
1872–1905 |
Rhondda Cynon Taf, Caerphilly |
Coal |
| Burradon and Coxlodge Coal Company |
2 |
1892–1929 |
Tyne and Wear |
Coal, Fireclay |
| Bursledon Brick Company |
1 |
1897–1959 |
Hampshire |
Brick Clay |
| Butterley Company |
4 |
1846–1947 |
Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire |
Coal |
| Buttermere Green Slate Company |
3 |
1890–1980 |
Cumbria |
Slate |
| Buttermere Green Slate Quarries Ltd. |
6 |
1930–1964 |
Cumbria |
Slate |
| Buxton Lime Firms Ltd. |
2 |
1835–1919 |
Derbyshire |
Limestone |
| Bwlfa and Merthyr Dare Coal Company |
2 |
1876–1935 |
Rhondda Cynon Taf |
Coal |
| Bwllfa and Cwmaman Collieries Limited |
1 |
1930–1935 |
Rhondda Cynon Taf |
Coal, Ironstone |
| Bwllfa and Merthyr Dare Steam Coal Company |
1 |
1898–1957 |
Rhondda Cynon Taf |
Coal |
| Bwllfa and Merthyr Dare Steam Collieries (1891) Limited |
1 |
1917–1948 |
Rhondda Cynon Taf |
Coal |
| The Byrons of Newstead |
1 |
from 1597 |
Nottinghamshire |
Coal |
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