{{Short description|Former coal mine in Ashton-in-Makerfield, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Use British English|date=July 2015}} '''Bryn Hall Colliery''' was a coal mine on the Lancashire Coalfield in Bryn, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester then in the historic county of Lancashire, England. The colliery was first worked 1859 to 1864 by Smith & Sons before ownerships transferred in 1866 by Crippin and Smethurst who left the partnership a year later.<ref name="NMRS">{{cite web |title=Brynn Hall Colliery |url=https://www.nmrs.org.uk/mines-map/coal-mining-in-the-british-isles/lancashire-coalfield/wigan-coalfield/brynn-hall-colliery/ |website=Northern Mine Research Society |access-date=28 August 2022}}</ref> It was owned by Crippin and Sons in 1868, W and B J Crippen in 1871 and in 1873 William Crippin, the owner was sinking new pits. The owners between 1875 and 1886 were W and E F Crippen followed by E F Crippen and H H Crippen up to 1892.{{sfn|Townley|Smith|Peden|1991|p=202|ps=}}
In 1908 the colliery had five shafts and employed 400 workers underground and 150 above ground. The colliery was managed by Peter Gorton, and his undermanagers were T Pownall, John Grundy and P Bullough.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.cmhrc.co.uk/site/scrapbook/ashtoninmakerfield/brynhallcolliery/ |title=Bryn Hall Colliery - Raleys - Maps, Poems and Searchable Databases for Mining in the UK |publisher=Cmhrc.co.uk |accessdate=29 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217124219/http://www.cmhrc.co.uk/site/scrapbook/ashtoninmakerfield/brynhallcolliery/ |archivedate=17 February 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The colliery was closed in 1945.<ref name="NMRS" /> Today the colliery site is a privately owned and consists of agricultural land, housing and a water ski lake, to the north east of the Three Sisters Recreation Area.
==Disasters== On 19 August 1870 an explosion ripped through the colliery, killing 20 workers.<ref>{{citation | title =Disasters - Names |url= http://www.dmm.org.uk/uknames/u1870-06.htm | publisher= Durham Mining Museum |accessdate= 30 March 2013}}</ref> On 2 June 1873 there were more explosions in which six shotfirers were killed.<ref>{{citation|title=Bryn Hall. Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire. 2nd. June. 1873.|url=http://www.cmhrc.co.uk/cms/document/1873_75.pdf|format=PDF|page=4|publisher=The Coalmining History Research Centre|accessdate=29 March 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130322101936/http://www.cmhrc.co.uk/cms/document/1873_75.pdf|archivedate=22 March 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
==In popular culture== George Orwell visited the colliery in 1936 when he was gathering material for his book ''The Road to Wigan Pier''.<ref>{{citation|url = http://orwellstracks.webklik.nl/page/wigan|title = Orwells tracks|accessdate = 29 March 2013|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131203020355/http://orwellstracks.webklik.nl/page/wigan|archive-date = 3 December 2013|url-status = dead}}</ref>
==See also== *List of mining disasters in Lancashire *Glossary of coal mining terminology
==References== '''Notes''' {{reflist}} '''Bibliography''' {{refbegin}} *{{citation |last1=Townley |first1=C. H. A. |last2=Smith |first2=F. D. |last3=Peden |first3=J. A. |title=The Industrial railways of the Wigan Coalfield, Part One, West and South of Wigan Coalfield |publisher=Runpast |year=1991 |isbn=1-870754-18-2}}
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==External links== * {{cite news | url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1870/09/03/83471777.pdf | title=Colliery Explosion near Wigan, in England | date=3 September 1870 | newspaper=The New York Times | accessdate=7 July 2015}}
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Category:Coal mines in Lancashire Category:Ashton-in-Makerfield