Warwickshire coalfield

GPTKB entity

Statements (66)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Field
gptkbp:adjacentTo South Staffordshire coalfield
gptkbp:area approximately 400 square kilometres
gptkbp:coal_seam gptkb:Yard
gptkb:Slate
gptkb:castle
gptkb:glass
gptkb:Bottom
gptkb:Rider
gptkb:Bare
gptkb:Bench
gptkb:Ell
gptkb:Heathen
Thick
Middle
Top
Crack
Splint
Bottom Bench
Bottom Ell
Bottom Heathen
Bottom Thick
Bottom Two Yard
Cannel
Fireclay
Seven Feet
Top Bench
Top Ell
Top Heathen
Top Thick
Top Two Yard
Two Yard
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:economicImportance supported local industry and population growth
gptkbp:environmentalImpact land subsidence
spoil heaps
gptkbp:geologicalAge gptkb:Carboniferous
gptkbp:historicalSignificance major source of coal for Midlands industry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Warwickshire coalfield
gptkbp:lastCollieryClosed 2013
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:England
gptkb:Warwickshire
gptkbp:mainTowns gptkb:Coventry
gptkb:Nuneaton
gptkb:Bedworth
gptkb:Atherstone
gptkbp:miningDeclined 20th century
gptkbp:miningPeaked 19th century
gptkbp:miningStarted 17th century
gptkbp:notableEvent Daw Mill Colliery fire 2013
gptkbp:notableFor Daw Mill Colliery
Arley Colliery
Baddesley Colliery
Griff Colliery
Keresley Colliery
Newdigate Colliery
gptkbp:partOf Midland coalfields
gptkbp:postMiningUse nature reserves
housing developments
business parks
gptkbp:publicTransit gptkb:Coventry_Canal
Birmingham and Leicester railways
gptkbp:resourceExtracted gptkb:coal
gptkbp:status no active coal mining
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hurley,_Warwickshire
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6