| 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 |