National Coal Mining Museum for England

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National Coal Mining Museum for England is based at the site of Caphouse Colliery in Overton, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It opened in 1988 as the Yorkshire Mining Museum and was granted national status in 1995.

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Yorkshire Mining Museum
mining museum, heritage center, independent museum, United Kingdom

  • Mapping Museums page@
  • Art UK website page@
  • Subterranea Britannica page@
  • Subterranea page@ issue 18
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  • Birkenshaw Anti-Aircraft Operations Room
    British air defence bunker
  • Brighouse West Yorkshire Sub County Control
    civil defence centre in Yorkshire, UK
  • Leeds Regional War Room
    Cold War control bunker in Leeds, UK
  • Leeds Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters
    British Cold War command centre in West Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Rotherham County Borough Control
    civil defence centre in
  • Grotto at Bretton Hall
    Grade II listed shell grotto in the grounds of Bretton Hall, now the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, in the parish of High Hoyland, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Smeaton Pot
    cave in Yorkshire, UK
  • Aldwarke Main Colliery
    abandoned English coal mine
  • Barnburgh Main Colliery
    former coal mine in South Yorkshire, England
  • Barrow Colliery
    former coal mine in South Yorkshire, England
  • Bridge End Quarry
    former quarry in Otley, West Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Brodsworth Colliery
    former coal mine in South Yorkshire, England
  • Brow Pit mine shaft, gin circle, spoil heap and tramway, 270m south west of Catherine Slack Farm
    mine in Calderdale, United Kingdom
  • Bullcroft Colliery
    former coal mine in South Yorkshire, England
  • Caphouse Colliery
    coal mine in Middlestown, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
  • Cortonwood
    colliery in South Yorkshire, England
  • Elsecar Collieries
    former collieries in South Yorkshire, England
  • Flockton Collieries
    coal mine in the UK
  • Frickley Colliery
    near South Elmsall, West Yorkshire, England
  • Hemingfield Colliery
    colliery in Elsecar, South Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Hickleton Main Colliery
    former coal mine in South Yorkshire, England
  • Huskar Colliery
    former coal mine in South Yorkshire, England
  • Kellingley Colliery
    coal mine in North Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Kilnhurst Colliery
    former coal mine in South Yorkshire, England
  • Manvers Main Colliery
    former coal mine in South Yorkshire, England
  • New Stubbin Colliery
    former coal mine in South Yorkshire, England
  • Old Pool Bank quarries
    Abandoned quarries near Pool in Wharfedale, North Yorkshire notable for many fossils
  • Prince of Wales Colliery
    former colliery in West Yorkshire, England
  • Roundwood Colliery
    former coal mine in South Yorkshire, England
  • Shuttle Eye Colliery
    coal mine in the UK
  • The former Elsecar New Colliery, including the Elsecar Newcomen Engine
    colliery in Elsecar, South Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Upton Colliery
    former coal mine in West Yorkshire, England
  • Warren House Colliery
    former coal mine in South Yorkshire, England
  • Warren Vale Colliery
    former coal mine in South Yorkshire, England
  • Wath Main Colliery
    former coal mine in South Yorkshire, England
  • Wharncliffe Woodmoor 1,2 & 3 Colliery
    Brief history of a colliery based in Carlton, Barnsley
  • Wheldale Colliery
    former coal mine in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England
  • Woodside Quarry
    disused quarry in Leeds
  • National Coal Mining Museum for England
    coal mining museum in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
  • Batley Carr Tunnel
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Beacon Hill Tunnel
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Bingley Tunnel
    railway tunnel in Bingley, West Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Bowling Tunnel
    railway tunnel in West Yorkshire, England
  • Bramhope Tunnel
    railway tunnel in West Yorkshire, England
  • Butternab Tunnel
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Cat Hill Tunnel
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Clayton Tunnel
    railway tunnel in Yorkshire, UK
  • Crigglestone Tunnel
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Esholt Tunnel
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Gildersome Tunnel
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Greenside Tunnel
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Hipperholme Tunnel
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Huddersfield Tunnels
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Lee Bank Tunnel
    disused English railway tunnel in Yorkshire
  • Lees Moor Tunnel
    disused railway tunnel in West Yorkshire, England
  • Liversedge Tunnel
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Morley Tunnel
    railway tunnel in West Yorkshire, England
  • Oakenshaw Tunnel
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Old Lane Tunnel
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Osmondthorpe Subway, Hul4/31
    subway in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Railway tunnel portals MVL3/41, west end of Standedge Tunnel
    Grade II listed tunnel portal in Diggle, Saddleworth, Oldham, OL3
  • Richmond Hill Tunnel
    railway tunnel in Leeds, England
  • Salterhebble Tunnels
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Shelley Woodhouse Tunnel
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Soothill Wood Tunnel
  • Sowerby Tunnel
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Standedge Tunnels
    tunnels between Marsden and Diggle in northern England
  • Thackley Tunnel
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • The Dark Arch
    architectural structure in Parlington, Leeds, UK
  • Thurgoland Tunnel
    abandoned railway tunnel
  • Wheatley Tunnel
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Woodhead Tunnel
    railway tunnels on the Woodhead Line, in Northern England
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1988 National Coal Mining Museum for England
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Daniel Macnee (1806-1882) - Charles Binns (1813–1887) - 47.64 - National Coal Mining Museum for EnglandDaniel Macnee (1806-1882) - Charles Binns (1813–1887) - 47.64 - National Coal Mining Museum for England
Henry Perlee Parker (1795-1873) - Pitmen at Play - YKSMM, 1997.1527 - National Coal Mining Museum for EnglandHenry Perlee Parker (1795-1873) - Pitmen at Play - YKSMM, 1997.1527 - National Coal Mining Museum for England
Hannah Keen (1873-1899) - Pit Brow Girl - YKSMM, 2004.2736 - National Coal Mining Museum for EnglandHannah Keen (1873-1899) - Pit Brow Girl - YKSMM, 2004.2736 - National Coal Mining Museum for England
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Sitlington - National Mining Museum at Caphouse CollierySitlington - National Mining Museum at Caphouse Colliery
Steam winding engineSteam winding engine
Steam winding engineSteam winding engine
National Mining Museum for England, Caphouse CollieryNational Mining Museum for England, Caphouse Colliery
Steam winches, National Mining MuseumSteam winches, National Mining Museum
Caphouse Colliery/National Mining Museum for EnglandCaphouse Colliery/National Mining Museum for England
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linkpageMapping Museums page@Wikidata
linkpageArt UK website page@Wikidata
linkpageSubterranea Britannica page@Wikidata
linkpageSubterranea page@issue 18Wikidata
sitebunkerBirkenshaw Anti-Aircraft Operations RoomRoyal Air Force, bunkerWikidata
sitebunkerBrighouse West Yorkshire Sub County ControlWest Yorkshire County Council, civil defense centerWikidata
sitebunkerLeeds Regional War RoombunkerWikidata
sitebunkerLeeds Royal Observer Corps Group HeadquartersRoyal Observer Corps, bunkerWikidata
sitebunkerRotherham County Borough Controlcivil defense centerWikidata
sitecaveGrotto at Bretton Hallshell grottoWikidata
sitecaveSmeaton PotcaveWikidata
sitemineAldwarke Main Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineBarnburgh Main Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineBarrow Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineBridge End QuarryquarryWikidata
sitemineBrodsworth Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineBrow Pit mine shaft, gin circle, spoil heap and tramway, 270m south west of Catherine Slack Farmcoal mineWikidata
sitemineBullcroft Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineCaphouse Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineCortonwoodcoal mineWikidata
sitemineElsecar Collieriescoal mineWikidata
sitemineFlockton Collieriescoal mineWikidata
sitemineFrickley Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineHemingfield Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineHickleton Main Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineHuskar Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineKellingley CollieryUK Coal, coal mineWikidata
sitemineKilnhurst Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineManvers Main Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineNew Stubbin Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineOld Pool Bank quarriesquarryWikidata
siteminePrince of Wales Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineRoundwood Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineShuttle Eye Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineThe former Elsecar New Colliery, including the Elsecar Newcomen EngineNewcomen atmospheric engine, coal mineWikidata
sitemineUpton Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineWarren House Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineWarren Vale Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineWath Main Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineWharncliffe Woodmoor 1,2 & 3 Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineWheldale Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineWoodside QuarryquarryWikidata
sitemuseum1988National Coal Mining Museum for Englandindependent museum, heritage center, mining museumWikidata
sitetunnelBatley Carr Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelBeacon Hill Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelBingley Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelBowling Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelBramhope Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelButternab Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelCat Hill Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelClayton Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelCrigglestone Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelEsholt Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelGildersome Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelGreenside TunnelGreat Northern Railway, railway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelHipperholme Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelHuddersfield Tunnelsrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelLee Bank Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelLees Moor Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelLiversedge Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelMorley Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelOakenshaw Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelOld Lane Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelOsmondthorpe Subway, Hul4/31subwayWikidata
sitetunnelRailway tunnel portals MVL3/41, west end of Standedge Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelRichmond Hill Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelSalterhebble Tunnelsrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelShelley Woodhouse Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelSoothill Wood Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelSowerby Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelStandedge Tunnelscanal tunnel, railway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelThackley Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelThe Dark Archrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelThurgoland Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelWheatley Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelWoodhead Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
commonsimageDaniel Macnee (1806-1882) - Charles Binns (1813–1887) - 47.64 - National Coal Mining Museum for England Commons
commonsimageHenry Perlee Parker (1795-1873) - Pitmen at Play - YKSMM, 1997.1527 - National Coal Mining Museum for England Commons
commonsimageHannah Keen (1873-1899) - Pit Brow Girl - YKSMM, 2004.2736 - National Coal Mining Museum for England Commons
commonsimageDosco mk2a roadheader Commons
commonsimageSitlington - National Mining Museum at Caphouse Colliery Commons
commonsimageSteam winding engine Commons
commonsimageSteam winding engine Commons
commonsimageNational Mining Museum for England, Caphouse Colliery Commons
commonsimageSteam winches, National Mining Museum Commons
commonsimageCaphouse Colliery/National Mining Museum for England Commons