Lord St Oswald

The title of the Winn family of Nostell Priory, who bought the estate and its coal in 1654, developed the mining from the 1700s, sank the modern Nostell Colliery from 1860 and gave their miners' village at New Crofton its name.

Mines operated

MineRegionYears
Nostell Colliery West Yorkshire 1860–1947

Record created: 11 September 2026 · Last researched: 11 September 2026