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Huskar Pit, the Glossary

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Huskar Pit was a coal mine on the South Yorkshire Coalfield, sunk to work the Silkstone seam.[1]

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  1. 11 relations: Adit, Barnsley Canal, Coal mining, Coal seams of the South Yorkshire Coalfield, Kate Rusby, Mines and Collieries Act 1842, Philosophers, Poets & Kings, Silkstone Common, Silkstone Waggonway, South Yorkshire Coalfield, West Riding of Yorkshire.

  2. 1838 disasters in the United Kingdom
  3. 1838 in England
  4. Coal mines in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley
  5. Coal mining disasters in England
  6. History of Barnsley

Adit

An adit (from Latin aditus, entrance) or stulm is a horizontal or nearly horizontal passage to an underground mine.

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Barnsley Canal

The Barnsley Canal is a canal that ran from Barnby Basin, through Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, to a junction with the Aire and Calder Navigation near Wakefield, West Yorkshire.

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Coal mining

Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground or from a mine.

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Coal seams of the South Yorkshire Coalfield

The coal seams worked in the South Yorkshire Coalfield lie mainly in the middle coal measures within what is now formally referred to as the Pennine Coal Measures Group.

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Kate Rusby

Kate Anna Rusby (born 4 December 1973) is an English folk singer-songwriter from Penistone, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Mines and Collieries Act 1842

The Mines and Collieries Act 1842 (5 & 6 Vict. c. 99), commonly known as the Mines Act 1842, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Philosophers, Poets & Kings

Philosophers, Poets & Kings is the sixteenth studio album by English folk singer Kate Rusby.

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Silkstone Common

Silkstone Common is a village in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England.

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Silkstone Waggonway

The Silkstone Waggonway was a narrow-gauge industrial wagonway serving the Barnsley Canal, in England, at Silkstone in South Yorkshire.

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South Yorkshire Coalfield

The South Yorkshire Coalfield is so named from its position within Yorkshire.

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West Riding of Yorkshire

The West Riding of Yorkshire was one of three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England.

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See also

1838 disasters in the United Kingdom

1838 in England

Coal mines in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley

Coal mining disasters in England

History of Barnsley

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huskar_Pit

Also known as Huskar Colliery.