Orgreave, South Yorkshire
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Orgreave, South Yorkshire is a former mining village in northern England, historically associated with coal mining and the 1984–85 miners’ strike.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former mining village
ⓘ
village ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
1984–85 miners’ strike
ⓘ
Orgreave Coking Plant NERFINISHED ⓘ Orgreave Colliery NERFINISHED ⓘ coal mining industry ⓘ |
| ceremonialCounty | South Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| eventDateContext |
1984
ⓘ
1985 ⓘ |
| eventSiteOf | Battle of Orgreave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEconomicBase | coal industry ⓘ |
| historicallyIn | West Riding of Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalUse | coal mining ⓘ |
| industrialPast |
coal extraction
ⓘ
coke production ⓘ |
| landUseChange | from industrial to mixed-use development ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Northern England
ⓘ
Orgreave civil parish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
M1 motorway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
River Rother NERFINISHED ⓘ Rotherham NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheffield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement |
Catcliffe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Handsworth, Sheffield NERFINISHED ⓘ Treeton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversy over policing during miners’ strike
ⓘ
violent clashes between police and miners in 1984 ⓘ |
| partOf |
England
ⓘ
Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham NERFINISHED ⓘ South Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| policeForceJurisdiction | South Yorkshire Police NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalConstituency | Rother Valley (UK Parliament constituency) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalArea | Sheffield postcode area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| redevelopmentType |
business park
ⓘ
residential development ⓘ |
| region | Yorkshire and the Humber ⓘ |
| subjectOf | public inquiries and campaigns for investigation ⓘ |
| timeZone | Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | British Summer Time ⓘ |
| transportNearby | Woodhouse railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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