Definition of Colliery. Meaning of Colliery. Synonyms of Colliery

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Definition of Colliery

Colliery
Colliery Col"lier*y, n.; pl. Collieries. [Cf. Coalery, Collier.] 1. The place where coal is dug; a coal mine, and the buildings, etc., belonging to it. 2. The coal trade. [Obs.] --Johnson.

Meaning of Colliery from wikipedia

- structures are a colliery, a coal mine is called a "pit", and above-ground mining structures are referred to as a "pit head". In Australia, "colliery" generally...
- Agecroft Colliery was a coal mine on the Manchester Coalfield that opened in 1844 in the Agecroft district of Pendlebury, Lancashire, England. It exploited...
- Blackhall Colliery is a village on the North Sea coast of County Durham, in England. It is situated on the A1086 between Horden and Hartlepool. To the...
- Albion Colliery was a coal mine in South Wales Valleys, located in the village of Cilfynydd, one mile north of Pontypridd. The Colliery was located along...
- Pendlebury Colliery, usually called Wheatsheaf Colliery after the adjacent public house, was a coal mine operating on the Manchester Coalfield after 1846...
- Haydock Collieries were collieries situated in and around Haydock on the Lancashire Coalfield, England. The company which operated the collieries was Richard...
- Woolley Colliery is a village in Wakefield district in West Yorkshire, England. The village is near the border with South Yorkshire. The former colliery was...
- Seafield Colliery was in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. Work on the colliery was started on 12 May 1954 and production began in 1966. On 10 May 1973, five...
- Shotton Colliery is a village in County Durham, England. The civil parish of Shotton includes Shotton Colliery village and an area to the west, south and...
- 54°47′6″N 1°44′9″W / 54.78500°N 1.73583°W / 54.78500; -1.73583 Cornsay Colliery is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated a few miles to the...