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Wells, Birch, Ryde and Co.

The firm that sank Hoyland Silkstone Colliery at Platts Common, near Barnsley. Charles Wells, a Hull shipowner, took a sub-lease of the old Hoyland and Elsecar pits in 1864 and was joined by the Manchester mineral merchants William Singleton Birch and John Ryde; the limited company was incorporated in July 1874 with a capital of £100,000. Renamed the Hoyland Silkstone Colliery Company after 1880, it went into voluntary liquidation in December 1883.

Also recorded asHoyland Silkstone Colliery Company Limited (the company's name after 1880)
Succeeded byHoyland Silkstone Coal and Coke Co., Ltd. — The earlier company went into liquidation in December 1883 and its liquidator ran the colliery until the new company was formed in November 1888.

Mines operated

MineRegionYears
Hoyland Silkstone Colliery South Yorkshire 1864–1888

Record created: 2 October 2026 · Last researched: 2 October 2026

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