Flockton Collieries

The Flockton Collieries were small, shallow coal pits that exploited the coal seams north of the village of Flockton in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

[1] In the 17th century, coal master, Richard Carter who died around 1700, made his fortune from the pits, some of which he used to build the village's first church, almshouses and the school.

The coal was sold locally until the River Calder was made navigable above Wakefield after 1758.

[1] 2: The Selby Coalfield straddled the border of North and West Yorkshire

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