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Location: Silkstone, Barnsley, Yorkshire And The Humber, England, United Kingdom

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1. Huskar Disaster Memorial – California Quarry Remains loop from Oxspring

16.9km

04:44

340m

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2. Shaded Forest Path – Huskar Disaster Memorial loop from Silkstone

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3. Picnic Area – Moorend Colliery Railway Ruins loop from Silkstone

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02:46

150m

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Silkstone Parish Walks

August 20, 2024

To the left where you cross House Carr Lane in Nabs Wood (owned by the Woodland Trust, but with public access) is the location of the day hole or drift of the former Moorend Colliery. Here on the 4th July 1838 a violent thunderstorm led to water from House Carr Dyke pouring into

the day hole. At the same time children working in the mine were trying to make their way out and 26 of them between the ages of seven and seventeen were trapped against a ventilation door and drowned. Their graves and a large memorial stone are to be found in Silkstone

Churchyard. In 1988 on the 150th anniversary of the disaster a second memorial was dedicated near the site and this depicts two crouching figures of child mineworkers. This disaster was partly responsible for passing of the Mines Act of 1842 forbidding women and children under the age of ten from working in the mines.

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Location: Silkstone, Barnsley, Yorkshire And The Humber, England, United Kingdom

Huskar Disaster Memorial

1. Huskar Disaster Memorial – California Quarry Remains loop from Oxspring

2. Shaded Forest Path – Huskar Disaster Memorial loop from Silkstone

3. Picnic Area – Moorend Colliery Railway Ruins loop from Silkstone

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