HeritageGateway - Home
Site Map
Text size: A A A
You are here: Home > > > > South Yorkshire SMR Result
South Yorkshire SMRPrintable version | About South Yorkshire SMR | Visit South Yorkshire SMR online...

Record Details

HER Number:05466
Type of record:Monument
Name:19th century Manor Castle Colliery and coke ovens, Manor, Sheffield

Summary

Colliery (c1840-1896) and associated coke ovens

Grid Reference:SK 375 865
Map Sheet:SK38NE
Parish:SHEFFIELD UNPARISHED AREA, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Map:Show location on Streetmap

Monument Type(s):

  • COKE OVEN (Industrial - 1721 AD to 1914 AD)
  • COLLIERY (Industrial - 1840 AD? to 1896 AD)

Associated Finds:

  • None

    • Full Description

    <1,2> Manor Castle Colliery, opened c1840, closed 1896. A 142m shaft was first sunk behind Wolsey's tower at Manor Lodge, according to local tradition originally as a ventilation shaft. A small hamlet [PIN5467] developed close to the mine, consisting of shops, cottages, a Methodist chapel and housing, some occupying ruined structures belonging to the former Manor Lodge [PIN 251].

    <3> A long range of buildings on the eastern side of the colliery site is shown on the 1890 OS map. These are believed to have been beehive coke ovens. A local resident reports that during the 1950s these former coke ovens were being used as pigsties, and that at least some were intact. The structures are said to have been subsequently buried by tipping.


    <1> Icosse, 2005, Sheffield Manor Lodge: Archaeological Desk Study, p69 (Grey Literature Report). SSY2455.

    <2> ARCUS, 2008, Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment for the Pennine Village Sites, Manor Lane, Sheffield, p11 (Grey Literature Report). SSY2475.

    <3> South Yorkshire Industrial History Society, 1997, Manor Castle Colliery Coke Ovens (Unpublished document). SSY1574.

    Sources and further reading

    <1>SSY2455 - Grey Literature Report: Icosse. 2005. Sheffield Manor Lodge: Archaeological Desk Study. p69.
    <2>SSY2475 - Grey Literature Report: ARCUS. 2008. Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment for the Pennine Village Sites, Manor Lane, Sheffield. May, R.. p11.
    <3>SSY1574 - Unpublished document: South Yorkshire Industrial History Society. 1997. Manor Castle Colliery Coke Ovens.

    Related records

    05467Related to: 18th - early 20th century hamlet, Manor, Sheffield (Monument)

    Feedback

    Search results generated by the HBSMR Gateway from exeGesIS SDM Ltd.