Coal mines in Cumbria

Commodity: Coal · Region: Cumbria

MineWorkedCommodities
Borrowdale Colliery, Brough By 1873–December 1934 Coal
Branthwaite Colliery By 1852, possibly earlier–1921 Coal, Fireclay, Ganister
Brayton Domain Colliery to Before 1947 Coal
Buckhill Colliery 1873–27 November 1932 Coal, Fireclay, Ironstone
Clifton Colliery, Great Clifton By 1635 (colliery returned from 1860)–20 February 1959 Coal, Fireclay
Croft Pit, Whitehaven 1774–c.1905 (renamed Ladysmith Pit) Coal
Duke Pit 1747–1844 Coal
Flimby Colliery By 1855–1909 Coal
Gillhead Colliery By 1860s–1959 Coal, Fireclay, Ganister
Haig Colliery 1914-18 (sinking)–1986 Coal
Kells Pit, Whitehaven from By 1781 Coal
Ladysmith Pit 1900 (sinking begun)–1930 Coal
Lowca Colliery By 1838–1968 Coal
Midgeholme Colliery 1628 (first record)–1954 Coal
Moresby Colliery 1879–1961 Coal
Oatlands Colliery 1880–1932 (last coal) Coal, Fireclay
Risehow Colliery 1918–1966 Coal
Roachburn Colliery 1893 or 1895–1912 Coal
Saltom Colliery 1729–1848 (pumping continued to 1866) Coal
Solway Colliery 1937 (sinking begun)–1973 Coal
St Helen's Colliery, Siddick 1861–1 September 1966 Coal, Fireclay
Wellington Pit 1840–1933 Coal
William Pit From May 1804 (sinking)–31 December 1954 Coal
Woodhouse Colliery 2025–31 March 2025 Coal
Workington Colliery from From the 1730s Coal

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