Kent coalfield

E318772
coal-mining region coalfield

The Kent coalfield was a coal-mining region in southeast England whose pits and communities played a notable role in the UK coal industry and in major industrial disputes, including the 1984–1985 miners’ strike.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kent Coalfield 2
Kent coalfield canonical 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coal-mining region ⓘ
coalfield ⓘ
administratedBy National Coal Board ⓘ
closed late 20th century ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
discovered late 19th century ⓘ
economicImpactOn East Kent ⓘ
surface form: east Kent
firstCoalDiscovered 1890 ⓘ
firstShaftsSunk 1890s ⓘ
geologicalBasin Wessex Basin ⓘ
surface form: Weald Basin
hasColliery Betteshanger Colliery ⓘ
Chislet Colliery ⓘ
Dover Colliery ⓘ
Guilford Colliery ⓘ
Wingham Colliery ⓘ
surface form: Maydensole Colliery

Milner Colliery ⓘ
Shakespeare Colliery ⓘ
Tilmanstone Colliery ⓘ
surface form: Snowdown Colliery

Chislet Colliery ⓘ
surface form: Stonehall Colliery

Tilmanstone Colliery ⓘ
Wingham Colliery ⓘ
hasMiningCommunity Betteshanger ⓘ
Chislet ⓘ
Snowdown ⓘ
Tilmanstone ⓘ
historicalSignificance important but relatively small British coalfield ⓘ
involvedInEvent 1984–1985 miners’ strike ⓘ
miners' strike of 1984–1985 in the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: UK miners’ strike (1984–1985)
labourRelations noted for militant sections during miners’ strikes ⓘ
strong trade union presence ⓘ
lastDeepMineClosed 1989 ⓘ
lastMajorColliery Betteshanger Colliery ⓘ
locatedIn Kent ⓘ
locatedInRegion South East England ⓘ
southeast England ⓘ
mainProduct bituminous coal ⓘ
majorDevelopmentPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
miningMethod underground mining ⓘ
notableFor deep coal mining ⓘ
participation in the 1984–1985 miners’ strike ⓘ
role in UK miners’ industrial disputes ⓘ
partOf British coal industry ⓘ
surface form: British coalfields

British coal industry ⓘ
surface form: UK coal industry
peakProductionPeriod mid 20th century ⓘ
postMiningLandUse housing developments ⓘ
industrial estates ⓘ
reclaimed countryside ⓘ
socialImpactOn mining villages of east Kent ⓘ
transportLinkedTo East Kent Railway ⓘ
Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
surface form: Southern Railway

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

miners' strike of 1984–1985 in the United Kingdom → location → Kent coalfield ⓘ
Aylesham → associatedWithCoalfield → Kent coalfield ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kent Coalfield
Tilmanstone → coalfield → Kent coalfield ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kent Coalfield
British coal industry → majorRegion → Kent coalfield ⓘ