Hickleton Main Colliery

Hickleton Main Colliery was a coal mine in Thurnscoe, South Yorkshire, England from 1892 to 1988.[1] In 1933 it employed 2,560 people underground and 500 on the surface.[2] The coal mine's union lodge was the 400th recipient of the Order of Industrial Heroism.[3][4]

Hickleton Main Colliery in 1926
No. 3 shaft, seen in 1991

On 9 February 1944, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visited the colliery and thanked the miners for their war effort during World War II.[5]

In 2006 a black granite memorial was erected in Thurnscoe cemetery bearing the names of the 161 miners who died at the pit over the years.[6]

The site of the colliery now forms Phoenix Park in Thurnscoe.[7]

References
  1. "Hickleton Colliery". Northern Mine Research Society. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. "Hickleton Main Colliery Co. Ltd". Durham Mining Museum. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. "List of Persons Awarded the Order of Industrial Heroism". Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  4. "Awards for Gallantry". Durham Mining Museum. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  5. "Voices from pit". www.yorkshirepost.co.uk. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  6. "Memorial dedication to miners". Barnsley Chronicle. 9 June 2006. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  7. "Phoenix Park". The Land Trust. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

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