Netherton Hall, a Grade II* listed manor house, was built around 1775 for the Perkins family.[5] St Andrew's Church was built in 1881 to the design of J. D. Sedding.[6]
Coal mining
A mineral line connecting Sir John Lister Lister-Kaye'sCaphouse Colliery to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway's Barnsley branch and coal staithes on the Calder and Hebble Navigation at Calder Grove passed through Netherton. It passed the hamlet of Little London on South Lane where the company owned the Victoria Pit.[7] The Prince of Wales Pit, locally known as Wood Pit, was sunk near the line near New Hall Wood in 1870 and its shaft was deepened and widened in 1882. A second shaft was sunk 12 years later. A drift was driven in 1926 and another 30 years later. At nationalisation in 1947 the pit was named Denby Grange (Prince of Wales). It merged with Caphouse Colliery in 1981 and closed in August 1991.[8] Its site is now occupied by Earnshaws who have operated a timber business in Midgley since 1860.[9]
Hartley Bank Colliery was sunk in 1872 on the south side of the Calder and Hebble Navigation and closed in 1968.[10] A disaster in May 1924 when firedamp ignited killed five miners and injured 26 men.[11]
^(PDF), Northern Mine Research Society, p. 26, archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2014, retrieved 1 January 2015
^"The History of Earnshaws Fencing Centres", Earnshaws, retrieved 1 January 2015
^(PDF), Northern Mine Research Society, p. 44, archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2014, retrieved 1 January 2015
^Historic England. "Hartley Bank Colliery (1482101)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 1 January 2015.
Bibliography
Till, Malcolm (2007), Caphouse to Calder Grove, National Coal Mining Museum for England Publications, ISBN978-1-872925-11-0
Woodall, R.D. (1977), The Sitlington Story, Wakefield Council
External links
Media related to Netherton, Wakefield at Wikimedia Commons
March 08, 2023
netherton, wakefield, netherton, village, city, wakefield, metropolitan, borough, west, yorkshire, england, lies, about, miles, south, west, wakefield, miles, south, ossett, mile, south, horbury, village, wakefield, rural, ward, wakefield, metropolitan, distri. Netherton is a village in the City of Wakefield metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire England It lies about 4 miles south west of Wakefield 3 miles south of Ossett 1 mile south of Horbury The village is in the Wakefield Rural ward of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council The village name is shown on map Dvcatvs Eboracensis pars occidentalis from 1646 1 NethertonNethertonNethertonLocation within West YorkshireOS grid referenceSE2716Metropolitan boroughCity of WakefieldMetropolitan countyWest YorkshireRegionYorkshire and the HumberCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townWakefieldPostcode districtWF4Dialling code01924PoliceWest YorkshireFireWest YorkshireAmbulanceYorkshireUK ParliamentWakefieldList of places UK England Yorkshire 53 38 38 N 1 34 44 W 53 644 N 1 579 W 53 644 1 579 Coordinates 53 38 38 N 1 34 44 W 53 644 N 1 579 W 53 644 1 579The h was dropped from nearby Shitlington and Sitlington was adopted in 1929 with the approval of the county council 2 Contents 1 History 1 1 Coal mining 2 Geography 3 Notable people 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditNetherton originally Nether Shitlington was with Over Shitlington Overton and Middle Shitlington Middlestown part of the township of Shitlington in the ancient ecclesiastical parish of Thornhill in the wapentake of Agbrigg and Morley in the West Riding of Yorkshire 3 A Mesolithic axe was found near the Star Inn in 1963 Shitlington was probably settled in Anglo Saxon times and was recorded in the Domesday Book as Schellingtone 4 Netherton Hall a Grade II listed manor house was built around 1775 for the Perkins family 5 St Andrew s Church was built in 1881 to the design of J D Sedding 6 Coal mining Edit A mineral line connecting Sir John Lister Lister Kaye s Caphouse Colliery to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway s Barnsley branch and coal staithes on the Calder and Hebble Navigation at Calder Grove passed through Netherton It passed the hamlet of Little London on South Lane where the company owned the Victoria Pit 7 The Prince of Wales Pit locally known as Wood Pit was sunk near the line near New Hall Wood in 1870 and its shaft was deepened and widened in 1882 A second shaft was sunk 12 years later A drift was driven in 1926 and another 30 years later At nationalisation in 1947 the pit was named Denby Grange Prince of Wales It merged with Caphouse Colliery in 1981 and closed in August 1991 8 Its site is now occupied by Earnshaws who have operated a timber business in Midgley since 1860 9 Hartley Bank Colliery was sunk in 1872 on the south side of the Calder and Hebble Navigation and closed in 1968 10 A disaster in May 1924 when firedamp ignited killed five miners and injured 26 men 11 Geography EditThe village is situated on the road from Horbury Bridge to Midgley the B6117 on a hill above the valley of the River Calder The underlying geology comprises the Coal Measures of the South Yorkshire Coalfield 3 Notable people EditThe members of indie rock band The Cribs are originally from Netherton See also EditListed buildings in SitlingtonReferences Edit Dvcatvs Eboracensis pars occidentalis OldMapsOnline org Retrieved 24 July 2020 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Woodall 1977 p foreword a b Lewis Samuel 1848 Shitlington A Topographical Dictionary of England British History Online pp 85 87 retrieved 1 January 2015 Woodall 1977 p 1 Historic England Netherton Hall 1300218 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 1 January 2015 Historic England Church of St Andrew 1135521 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 1 January 2015 Till 2007 p 37 Mines of Coal 1854 PDF Northern Mine Research Society p 26 archived from the original PDF on 20 December 2014 retrieved 1 January 2015 The History of Earnshaws Fencing Centres Earnshaws retrieved 1 January 2015 Mines of Coal 1854 PDF Northern Mine Research Society p 44 archived from the original PDF on 20 December 2014 retrieved 1 January 2015 Historic England Hartley Bank Colliery 1482101 Research records formerly PastScape Retrieved 1 January 2015 Bibliography Till Malcolm 2007 Caphouse to Calder Grove National Coal Mining Museum for England Publications ISBN 978 1 872925 11 0 Woodall R D 1977 The Sitlington Story Wakefield CouncilExternal links Edit Media related to Netherton Wakefield at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Netherton Wakefield amp oldid 1041768490, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
