# Hickleton Main Colliery

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Former coal mine in South Yorkshire, England

Hickleton Main Colliery 1967.jpg

No. 3 shaft, seen in 1991

**Hickleton Main Colliery** was a coal mine in [Thurnscoe](/source/Thurnscoe), [South Yorkshire](/source/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](/source/Order_of_Industrial_Heroism).[3][4]

On 9 February 1944, [King George VI](/source/King_George_VI) and [Queen Elizabeth](/source/Queen_Elizabeth_The_Queen_Mother) visited the colliery and thanked the miners for their war effort during [World War II](/source/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](/source/Phoenix_Park%2C_Thurnscoe) in Thurnscoe.[7]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-nmrs_1-0)** ["Hickleton Colliery"](https://www.nmrs.org.uk/mines-map/coal-mining-in-the-british-isles/yorkshire-coalfield/doncaster/hickleton/). Northern Mine Research Society. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-durham_2-0)** ["Hickleton Main Colliery Co. Ltd"](http://www.dmm.org.uk/company/h1001.htm). Durham Mining Museum. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-List_3-0)** ["List of Persons Awarded the Order of Industrial Heroism"](http://www.unionhistory.info/britainatwork/emuweb/objects/common/webmedia.php?irn=282). Retrieved 27 May 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-DMM_4-0)** ["Awards for Gallantry"](http://www.dmm.org.uk/galantry/oih_a.htm). [Durham Mining Museum](/source/Durham_Mining_Museum). Retrieved 20 May 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Voices from pit"](https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage/voices-from-pit-1-9755825). *www.yorkshirepost.co.uk*. Retrieved 3 July 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-memorial-chronicle_6-0)** ["Memorial dedication to miners"](https://www.barnsleychronicle.com/article/memorial-dedication-to-miners). *Barnsley Chronicle*. 9 June 2006. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-landtrust_7-0)** ["Phoenix Park"](https://thelandtrust.org.uk/space/phoenix-park/?doing_wp_cron=1558685315.1097660064697265625000). [The Land Trust](/source/The_Land_Trust). Retrieved 24 May 2019.

## External links

- [Hickleton Main Colliery Memorial](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106917511/hickleton-main_colliery-memorial) on Findagrave

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