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As at Tipton and Wednesbury, the 30 ft seam of Thick Coal was near the surface at Bilston.Though there is evidence for coal pits at the time of Edward I, Bilston came into its own during the 19th century

The banks of the Bure here are pitted with artificial basins, where boats lie up in safety during the long months of winter.

It was down Baxtergate that Freeman, Hardy and Willis had their branch. Coal mining was a major employer: Doncaster was ringed with pit villages.

It also had nearby coal-pits, which transported some of their coal from the beach here. Strawberry Hill, above the village, was the site of an Iron Age fort.

But river traffic at this point has now been greatly increased with the opening of the vast Penton Hook Marina in a flooded gravel pit on the south bank, which is accessed from just below this lock.

This beautiful sunken garden has been created in a disused gravel pit. Following the death of the owner, the site was acquired by the town and first opened to the public in 1960.

As the name of the colliery would indicate this pit is actually in the Ely Valley and at the time of the Frith photograph would be one of the few still in full production.

A few doors up is the distinctive façade of a small cinema, or 'flea pit' as they were sometimes known.

This beautiful sunken garden has been created in a disused gravel pit. Following the death of the owner, the site was acquired by the town and first opened to the public in 1960.

A few doors up is the distinctive facade of a small cinema, or 'flea pit' as they were sometimes known.

The tunnel is 3075 yards (2811 metres) long and was a considerable feat of engineering when it opened in 1805.

The sinking of the Fitzwilliam and the South Kirkby pits in the 1870s led to a huge rise in the population; the town was rebuilt with hundreds of back-to-back terraced houses.

This is coal mining country, and despite all the 1980s and 1990s pit closures and the grassed- over slag heaps that dot west Nottinghamshire, Harworth still has its colliery.

The building with the tall chimneys fronts the Alton Road, and is built into the cliff of the chalk pit. Dating from c1730, it was originally a beer house, the Sign of the Castle.

They are flooded gravel pits and one, Stockers Lake, is a nature reserve. In 1921 Batchworth Lake, being nearest the town, was already used for recreation with rowing boats and yachts.

The perfect little port with its floating dock is surrounded by cottages, and the outer harbour is enclosed by breakwater piers.

This view looks towards one of the entrances to the series of underground canals that extended to the Duke's pits at Walkden.

Kinsley was the centre of conflict in 1905 when a strike led to the eviction of 100 pit families.

Walk a short distance from the hamlet and marvel at numerous waterfalls, disused pits and the course of the Roman road through Combs Wood.

It was bought by Harris's to store sawdust for smoking their bacon; their supplies came from W E Beint & Sons Ltd, whose sawmills at Studley were famous for making elm coffin boards and pit props for

It is the early days of motoring, and the hotels are clearly competing against each other with the facilities on offer, including inspection pits!

The rickety-looking oriel window on its timber props and horned sash window frames are Victorian additions to the centuries-old corner house, which was a shop at the time this photograph

The Thames and Severn Canal came this way, and the route of the old towpath can still be walked for considerable sections; but it is the pits left by extensive gravel extraction that have been

This stream, the Lode Pit Beck, flows off the moor into the Aire at Shipley. A former drovers' track took trade over the hills to Ilkley and Otley.