South Staffordshire coalfield

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The South Staffordshire coalfield is a historic coal-mining region in the English Midlands that played a major role in the area’s industrial development during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Birmingham District coal fields 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coalfield
historic industrial region
adjacentTo Cannock Chase coalfield NERFINISHED
associatedIndustry brickmaking
foundries
ironworks
metalworking
contains Bilston NERFINISHED
Bloxwich NERFINISHED
Brierley Hill NERFINISHED
Brownhills NERFINISHED
Burntwood NERFINISHED
Coseley NERFINISHED
Darlaston NERFINISHED
Dudley NERFINISHED
Great Bridge NERFINISHED
Halesowen NERFINISHED
Kingswinford NERFINISHED
Oldbury NERFINISHED
Pensnett NERFINISHED
Rowley Regis NERFINISHED
Sedgley NERFINISHED
Smethwick NERFINISHED
Tipton NERFINISHED
Walsall NERFINISHED
Wednesbury NERFINISHED
Wednesfield NERFINISHED
West Bromwich NERFINISHED
Willenhall NERFINISHED
Wolverhampton NERFINISHED
country United Kingdom
currentUse post-industrial urban area
declinePeriod 20th century
economicRole major driver of regional industrialization
source of employment
geologicalFeature Carboniferous strata
coal measures
heritage industrial archaeology sites
preserved mine workings and museum sites
historicalSignificance important during the Industrial Revolution
played a major role in the industrial development of the English Midlands
impact development of canals and railways
landscape altered by mining subsidence
industry coal mining industry
laborType colliery workers
miners
locatedIn Black Country NERFINISHED
England
Staffordshire
West Midlands NERFINISHED
miningActivity coal mining
namedAfter South Staffordshire NERFINISHED
naturalResource coal
partOf English Midlands NERFINISHED
significantPeriod 19th century
early 20th century
status largely exhausted
transportInfrastructure Birmingham Canal Navigations NERFINISHED
railway lines serving collieries
usedFor fuel supply for industry
iron production
manufacturing
steel production

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Birmingham District iron ore field associatedWith South Staffordshire coalfield
this entity surface form: Birmingham District coal fields
South Staffordshire Railway servedIndustrialArea South Staffordshire coalfield