The Lancashire Coalfield in North West England was an important British coalfield. Its coal seams were formed from the vegetation of tropical swampy forests...

manufacture of textiles. The Lancashire coalfield was also exploited, with many collieries opening. By 1971 Lancashire had a population of 5,118,405...

Industrial Revolution in the 19th century; the town lies on the Lancashire Coalfield. Skelmersdale is situated in a small valley on the River Tawd. The...

Coalfield Lancashire Coalfield Burnley Coalfield South Lancashire Coalfield Manchester Coalfield Oldham Coalfield St Helens Coalfield Wigan Coalfield...

The Manchester Coalfield is part of the South Lancashire Coalfield, the coal seams of which were laid down in the Carboniferous Period. Some easily accessible...

manufacture of cotton textiles, aided by the exploitation of the Lancashire coalfield. The region was also an engineering and scientific centre, leading...

for the manufacture of locks and hinges, and it also sits on the Lancashire Coalfield, and was a coal mining district. The name Ashton derives from Old...

of Lancashire at which five or more people were killed. Mining deaths have occurred wherever coal has been mined across the Lancashire Coalfield. The...

to the surface. More women were employed in this capacity on the Lancashire Coalfield than in any other area. In the early coal industry women and girls...

The Lancashire Coalfield was one of the most prolific in England. The number of shafts sunk to gain coal number several thousand, for example, in 1958...