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Hemingfield Colliery

Description and History of Site:-
Colliery sunk 1842-3 for 5th Earl Fitzwilliam. Stone Cornish engine house with gabled/flat roofed stone building. Engine house converted to residential by 1994. Small concrete headgears for use as pumping pit disused but extant (1994). Other derelict buildings on site. Row of eight cottages across lane. Large basin and wharf laid in ashlar blocks on branch of Dearne and Dove Canal.

Upgraded by Historic England from Grade II* to Scheduled Monument in 2020.


Further Reading and References:-
Bayliss, D (ed). A guide to the industrial history of South Yorkshire. Association for Industrial Archaeology, 1995, item B05.


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Key Words :- coal mine colliery

Viewing the Site :- Visible from public road

Address :- Wath Road, Hemingfield, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S73 0NX
Grid Ref :- SE 39332 00919
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.503500 , Long -1.408482
Local Authority :- Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Scheduled Ancient Monument SAM
Historic England List No - 1465079,
Site Condition :- Site conserved but not normally open to the public
Site Dates :- 1842 -
Record Date :- 6 May 2015

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