Swire and Lees

Samuel Swire and Henry Lees, partners in the Dukinfield Coal Company, lessees of Flowery Field Colliery at Newton, near Hyde, at the time of its 1842 explosion.

Mines operated

MineRegionYears
Flowery Field Colliery Greater Manchester ?–?

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

Accessibility options

Saved in this browser and applied on every page. Colour is never the only cue on MineArchive; if links are hard to pick out, underline them or raise the contrast. For larger text, use your browser's zoom.

Contrast
Link visibility
Motion
Reading width