| AdminHistory | Wombwell Main Colliery was sunk between 1853 and 1855. The colliery was owned by Wombwell Main Company Limited, a private limited company, which worked the pit until nationalisation in 1947.
Wombell Main Colliery closed in 1969.
Wombwell Main Company Limited also acquired the Lundhill Colliery at Hemingfield, Wombell. |
| Description | The bulk of these records relate to the period of the Second World War (1939 - 1945) and after. They are largely office records. There is comparatively little either at management or working level.
Accounts for sinking pit no.3, 1885 - 1886 (COAL/WMC/1)
Account of coal worked, 1895 - 1904 (COAL/WMC/2)
Agents' letter book, 1901 - 1907 (COAL/WMC/3)
Deputations of underground men, 1912 - 1917 (COAL/WMC/4)
List of men from Wombell Main enlisted in H.M. Forces, 1914 - 1918 (COAL/WMC/5)
Fines for breach of colliery regulations, 1872 - 1951 (COAL/WMC/6)
Calculations of face cost of coal, 1935 - 1940 (COAL/WMC/7)
Rents and other payments, 1938 - 1944 (COAL/WMC/8)
Ouput records, 1935 - 1947 (COAL/WMC/9-10)
Reports to management, 1939 - 1943 (COAL/WMC/11)
The Midland Amalgamated District coalmines scheme, 1930 (COAL/WMC/12)
Account of payments made weekly by colliery agent on behalf of the company, 1936 - 1946 (COAL/WMC/13)
Wages, salaries, insurance and pensions etc., 1914 - 1950 (COAL/WMC/14-20)
Accidents and compensation (including some Rescue Station records), 1936 - 1950 (COAL/WMC/21-26)
Pithead baths, 1941 - 1947 (COAL/WMC/27)
South Yorkshire Coal Owners’ Association, 1942 - 1951 (COAL/WMC/28)
Other miscellaneous records, 1888 - 1960 (COAL/WMC/29-32)
The Lundhill Coal Company (Lundhill Colliery) (papers regarding explosion of 1857), 1857 (COAL/WMC/33) |