In January 1875, my great great grandfather, Charles Guilford, was living at Loscoe, Ackton (between Normanton and Featherstone in Yorkshire) and working as a railway wagon builder.
For a long time I have thought that it must have been at Normanton, as it was an important railway terminus at the time. However I found no reference to a locomotive works at Normanton, and looking again at maps of the area, it would have been a fair walk to get to Normanton and you would have imagined that he would have lived nearer.
What I have found though is that Ackton Hall Colliery opened in 1873. On a map of Ackton there is an Ackton Hall Crescent, although references on the internet describe it as being in nearby Featherstone.
Please can a local tell me the exact location of the colliery please. Apparently it was the first to close after the miner's strike in 1985.
I've just emailed the West Yorkshire archives asking if they hold staff records...
For a long time I have thought that it must have been at Normanton, as it was an important railway terminus at the time. However I found no reference to a locomotive works at Normanton, and looking again at maps of the area, it would have been a fair walk to get to Normanton and you would have imagined that he would have lived nearer.
What I have found though is that Ackton Hall Colliery opened in 1873. On a map of Ackton there is an Ackton Hall Crescent, although references on the internet describe it as being in nearby Featherstone.
Please can a local tell me the exact location of the colliery please. Apparently it was the first to close after the miner's strike in 1985.
I've just emailed the West Yorkshire archives asking if they hold staff records...
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