South Yorkshire coalfield

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/South_Yorkshire_coalfield

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Field
gptkbp:contains	Barnsley seam Parkgate seam Silkstone seam Swallow Wood seam
gptkbp:economicImportance	major regional employer
gptkbp:featureType	gptkb:Carboniferous
gptkbp:hasResource	bituminous coal
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	gptkb:Industrial_Revolution
gptkbp:knownFor	coal mining
gptkbp:lastDeepMineClosed	gptkb:Hatfield_Colliery
gptkbp:lastDeepMineClosedYear	2015
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:England South Yorkshire
gptkbp:mainTowns	gptkb:Sheffield gptkb:Barnsley gptkb:Doncaster gptkb:Rotherham
gptkbp:miningDeclined	late 20th century
gptkbp:miningStarted	18th century
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:Hatfield_Colliery gptkb:Manvers_Main_Colliery gptkb:Kiveton_Park_Colliery Barnsley Main Colliery Cortonwood Colliery Thorne Colliery Wath Main Colliery Worsborough Colliery
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Yorkshire_coalfield
gptkbp:publicTransit	gptkb:South_Yorkshire_Railway Dearne Valley Railway
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:UK_miners'_strike_(1984–85)
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Nottinghamshire_coalfield
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	South Yorkshire coalfield