| RefNo | COAL/DAC |
| Title | Doncaster Amalgamated Collieries Limited (and predecessors) (Brodsworth, Bullcroft, Firbeck, Hickleton, Markham and Yorkshire Main Collieries) |
| AdminHistory | Doncaster Amalgamated Collieries was formed on 9 Feb 1937 by the Staveley Group with an authorised capital of £7.75 million. The company comprised Brodsworth Main, Bullcroft Main, Hickleton Main, Markham Main, Yorkshire Main and Firbeck Main Collieries. The company also incorporated the Doncaster Collieries Association Limited which was a buying and selling organisation, previously set up by the Staveley Group.
The company worked the collieries until nationalisation in 1947.
(Source: Alan Hill, The South Yorkshire Coalfield: a history and development, Tempus: 2001, p.28) |
| Description | Brodsworth Main Colliery Company Limited, 1905 - 1966 (COAL/DAC/1)
Bullcroft Main Collieries Limited, 1912 - 1949 (COAL/DAC/2)
Firbeck Main Collieries Limited, 1914 - 1947 (COAL/DAC/3)
Hickleton Main Colliery Company Limited, 1896 - 1951 (COAL/DAC/4)
Markham Main Colliery Company Limited, 1916 - 1947 (COAL/DAC/5)
Yorkshire Main Colliery Company, 1912 - [1940s] (COAL/DAC/6)
Doncaster Collieries Association Limited, 1930 - 1957 (COAL/DAC/7)
Doncaster Colliery Sales Limited, 1948 - 1954 (COAL/DAC/8)
Doncaster Amalgamated Collieries Limited, 1903 - 1954 (COAL/DAC/9) |
| Date | 1896 - 1966 |
| Extent | 690 items |
| AccessStatus | Open
|
| Level | Section |
| RelatedMaterial | Sheffield City Archives:
Cottage rentals for Bullcroft and Brodsworth Main Collieries, 1940 - 1950 (COAL/ASK/1)
For records relating to Brodsworth Main, Bullcroft Main, Firbeck Main, Hickleton Main, Markham Main and Yorkshire Main collieries post-1947 see the National Coal Board collection (BCC). |