 Ladyshore Colliery in 1968, with the canal in the foreground | |
  Location of the mine in England | |
| Coordinates | 53°33′22″N 2°21′33″W / 53.55611°N 2.35917°W[1] |
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| History | |
| Opened | 1830s |
| Closed | 1949 |
Ladyshore Colliery, originally named Back o' th Barn, was situated on the Irwell Valley fault on the Manchester Coalfield in Little Lever, then in the historic county of Lancashire, England.[2] Founded by Thomas Fletcher Senior, the colliery opened in the 1830s and mined several types of coal. It became infamous as a result of the owners' stand against the use of safety lamps in the mines. Women and children worked in the mines, under poor conditions.
Closed in 1949, it was the last colliery to remain in use by the canal. Only the colliery office (now a house) and the stables have survived.
- ^ "Ladyshore Colliery". Durham Mining Museum. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ NW Division map, cmhrc.co.uk, archived from the original on 19 July 2011, retrieved 28 April 2011