# Flockton Collieries

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Coal mine in West Yorkshire, England

[53°37′55″N 1°37′52″W / 53.632°N 1.631°W / 53.632; -1.631](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Flockton_Collieries&params=53.632_N_1.631_W_region:GB_scale:50000)

Old Flockton Colliery railway bridge

The **Flockton Collieries** were small, shallow coal pits that exploited the coal seams north of the village of [Flockton](/source/Flockton) in the [West Riding of Yorkshire](/source/West_Riding_of_Yorkshire), England. The coal seams, the Flockton Thick, which was up to 48 inches, and the Flockton Thin at about 15 inches, were named from where they outcropped.[1]

In the 17th century, coal master, Richard Carter who died around 1700, made his fortune from the pits, some of which he used to build the village's first church, [almshouses](/source/Almshouse) and the school. The coal was sold locally until the [River Calder](/source/River_Calder%2C_West_Yorkshire) was made navigable above [Wakefield](/source/Wakefield) after 1758.[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-OFC_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-OFC_1-1) Goodchild, John, [*Old Flockton Collieries, c.1772 to 1893*](https://web.archive.org/web/20160421211839/http://www.nmrs.org.uk/publications/pdf/BM19/BM19-97-122-flockton.pdf) (PDF), Northern Mine Research Society, archived from [the original](http://www.nmrs.org.uk/publications/pdf/BM19/BM19-97-122-flockton.pdf) (PDF) on 21 April 2016, retrieved 6 April 2016

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