AdminHistory | Monckton Colliery was located seven miles north east of Barnsley, and one mile east of Royston railway station. The Monckton Main Coal Company Limited was registered on 16 Sep 1874. The first sod was cut by Lord Galway, Chairman of the company, in 1875. Two pits were initally sunk to the Barnsley seam.
In 1901 the company was restructured; the Monckton Coal Company Limited was wound up and a new company was formed called the New Monckton Collieries Limited which took over the business and assets (Monckton Main and Hodroyd Collieries, 180 beehive coke ovens, a by-product plant and a brickyard). In 1920 the coke ovens and by-product plant at the colliery were transferred to the Monckton Coke and Chemical Company Limited. In 1924 the board passed a resolution to proceed with a sinking near Notton Grange Farm. No.5 shaft was sunk between 1927 and 1928. Monckton Collieries were taken over by the National Coal Board in 1947.
(Alan Hill, The South Yorkshire Coalfield: a history and development, Tempus: 2001, pp.169-173)
These records were received from the National Westminster Bank, George Street, Sheffield. |
Description | Deeds relating to the New Monckton Collieries Limited. Original bundles retained where possible.
1. Barnsley seam at Royston, 1842 - 1920 2. Land at Royston, 1904 - 1934 3. Haigh Moor seam, Royston, 1894 - 1931 4. Swallow Wood bed of coal, Royston, 1902 - 1913 5. Swallow Wood seam, Royston, 1923 6. Top Haigh Moor seam, Ryhill, 1879 - 1934 7. Barnsley seam, Havercroft, 1865 - 1926 8. Miscellaneous agreements, 1891 - 1904 9. Swallow Wood seam, 1900 10. Barnsley seam, Havercroft, 1895 - 1909 11. Barnsley and Swallow Wood seams, Ryhill and Royston, 1902 12. Shafton seam, 1895 - 1940 13. Haigh Moor beds of coal, 1911 - 1923 14. Barnsley thick seam, 1876 - 1940 15. Mortgages, 1901 - 1938 16. Seams of coal at Wintersett and Cold Hiendley, 1936 - 1941 17. Ryhill, 1937 - 1938 18. Top Haigh Moor seam, 1935 - 1938 19. Barnsley and Top Haigh Moor seams, 1938 - 1944 20. Haigh Moor coal, Shafton, 1896 - 1917 21. Barnsley seam, Ryhill, 1910 - 1946 22. Coal at Ryhill, 1883 - 1930 23. Coal at Royston, 1881 - 1900 24. Miscellaneous, 1901 - 1922 25. Low Barnsley and Top Haigh Moor seams, Ryhill, 1930 - 1931 26. Land at Ryhill, 1883 - 1930 27. Schedule of deeds, 1902 - 1935 28. Wills, 1833 - 1882 29. Land in Royston, 1859 - 1906 30. Licences and consents, 1901 31. Haigh Moor coal, 1928 - 1930 32. Haigh Moor bed, 1915 33. Haigh Moor seam, 1910 - 1936 34. Coal at Havercroft, 1906 - 1925 35. Beds of coal at Notton, 1877 - 1946 36. Barnsley and Haigh Moor seams, Ryhill, 1933 - 1939 37. Barnsley bed, Chevet and Walton, 1879 - 1931 38. Company documents, 1874 - 1881 |