Burnley's Ancient Colliery. The Broadhead Moor Colliery dating back to 1450
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- Опубліковано 13 лют 2024
- Quite possibly the oldest colliery in East Lancashire that we have documented evidence about but it's location still remains a mystery. I this episode I put forwards a case to prove it's location and later evolution to it becoming the Haberghham or Barclay Hills colliery.
We have a lot more work to do on this topic but I do hope this episode stimulates interest and debate into this most fascinating topic - Розваги
Love the stories of the mining history in my town, Burnley. Much appreciated Clive. 👍
So, I was brought up on the Melrose Avenue area in the early 1960's. One place I remember my mum taking me and a load of local kids one day was a place we called the sheep dip. Yesterday, thinking that was over 60 years ago, I thought I'd try and find it. I started down Olde Back Lane, opposite the end of Coal Clough Lane and followed the track which I pretty much remember and eventually, past a farm down to New Barn Clough, near a footbridge. Although I don't recall as many trees, that was what we called the sheep dip our play and picnic spot. Here is the other thing, just near the footbridge I spotted a thick steel cable coming out of the ground - puzzling. The thing is, in the early 60's my dad used to take me to pick coal from somewhere around there, or at least in that general direction. Hard to believe these days but I went with him regularly. Surely, anywhere to pick coal must have been miles from there? Yesterday's little trip has got me really interested in the area and feel I must go back again and explore.
Hi Alan
I had a walk last week same area but I wanted to find there shaft that looks like there was a water race with.
Its just passed Habergham Hall and where track swings hard to right it us up there..... unfortunately it was chock full if milking cows and I had the dog.
Next time I will go right down the clough...the coal comes to the surface in that clough.
Clive
Nice one Clive very interesting more more more
another top video! right on my door step as well!
Very interesting Clive. Great music to accompany the drone footage. Keep em coming Clive.
Brilliant video Clive, cheers for posting 😊
your getting better with age clive promise i wont dig in the garden for arley.
Great video. On the Lidar it looked like the ridge and furrow in the fields respect the shafts - do you reckon farmers would plough up to and around them, or were the shafts sunk through the old ridge and furrow? It was a bit hard to tell from the image. Might help with dating.
I think the shafts are after the farming but I cant be sure. I really need to do some more ground work on this one, these are very old
Interesting, reminds me a lot of the medieval Coal & Ironstone Pit's on Sharlston Common in Wakefield, maybe coincidental but also part of De Lacy's Baronial lands at Ponterfract Castle.
Yeh Thanks. The Ironstone around here is interesting in that it appears to be a very old industry that failed to make it through to the industrial age. We have definate records going back to 1300's but the deposits are thin and in some cases just Bullion stones. But it could go way back to Viking times
@@rossendalecollieries7995 I'd love you to do video on Ruddle Scout and the 1700s iron blast furnace at Holme Chapel - still a bit of a mystery a to why they couldn't make that one profitable whilst their Yorkshire concerns were so successful.
@@hywellewis9601 The Monkeys did a vid about getting in the old mine. I have an old paper about it, think its By Kerr who investigated the mine when it was still open, would love to know more about the blast furnace though.
@@rossendalecollieries7995 Did you see Titus Thornber's booklet on it? It was an outlier of the Spencer syndicate of West Yorkshire , and seems to have ceased operations by 1728.
@@hywellewis9601 I know the mine is believed to be 14th cent or there abouts, according to Kerr. It's thought that some of the ore from there came over to the Rossendale Bloomeries...it's a fascinating subject. No I haven't got Tite's Book