South Staffordshire coalfield

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The South Staffordshire coalfield is a historic coal-mining region in the English Midlands that played a major role in the area’s industrial development during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coalfield
historic industrial region
adjacentTo Cannock Chase coalfield
associatedIndustry brickmaking
foundries
ironworks
metalworking
contains Bilston
Bloxwich
Brierley Hill
Brownhills
Burntwood
Coseley
Darlaston
Dudley
Great Bridge
Halesowen
Kingswinford
Oldbury
Pensnett
Rowley Regis
Sedgley
Smethwick
Tipton
Walsall
Wednesbury
Wednesfield
West Bromwich
Willenhall
Wolverhampton
country United Kingdom
currentUse post-industrial urban area
declinePeriod 20th century
economicRole major driver of regional industrialization
source of employment
geologicalFeature Carboniferous strata
coal measures
heritage industrial archaeology sites
preserved mine workings and museum sites
historicalSignificance important during the Industrial Revolution
played a major role in the industrial development of the English Midlands
impact development of canals and railways
landscape altered by mining subsidence
industry coal mining industry
laborType colliery workers
miners
locatedIn Black Country
England
Staffordshire
West Midlands
miningActivity coal mining
namedAfter South Staffordshire
naturalResource coal
partOf English Midlands
significantPeriod 19th century
early 20th century
status largely exhausted
transportInfrastructure Birmingham Canal Navigations
railway lines serving collieries
usedFor fuel supply for industry
iron production
manufacturing
steel production

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South Staffordshire Railway servedIndustrialArea South Staffordshire coalfield
Birmingham District iron ore field associatedWith Birmingham District coal fields
linked to: South Staffordshire coalfield
Cannock Chase District locatedOn Cannock Chase coalfield
linked to: South Staffordshire coalfield
South Staffordshire coalfield adjacentTo Cannock Chase coalfield
linked to: South Staffordshire coalfield
Cannock Extension Canal hasNearbyFeature Cannock Chase coalfield
linked to: South Staffordshire coalfield