Hickleton Main Colliery was a coal mine in Thurnscoe, South Yorkshire, England from 1892 to 1988.[1] In 1933 it employed 2,560 people underground and 500 on the surface.[2] The coal mine's union lodge was the 400th recipient of the Order of Industrial Heroism.[3][4]
On 9 February 1944, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visited the colliery and thanked the miners for their war effort during World War II.[5]
In 2006 a black granite memorial was erected in Thurnscoe cemetery bearing the names of the 161 miners who died at the pit over the years.[6]
The site of the colliery now forms Phoenix Park in Thurnscoe.[7]
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- ^ "Hickleton Main Colliery Co. Ltd". Durham Mining Museum. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "List of Persons Awarded the Order of Industrial Heroism". Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ "Awards for Gallantry". Durham Mining Museum. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ "Voices from pit". www.yorkshirepost.co.uk. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- ^ "Memorial dedication to miners". Barnsley Chronicle. 9 June 2006. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Phoenix Park". The Land Trust. Retrieved 24 May 2019.