Coal Mining - South Yorkshire

Both my grandfather Wilfred JACKLIN and great grandfather Daniel JACKLIN worked the South Yorkshire coalfield. I am still trying to ascertain at which colliery or collieries they were employed, and for how long. There were several colleries in this area though transport would be an issue so presumably they would have worked reasonably close to home. This map courtesy of the Coal Mining Resource Centre details the South Yorkshire coalfield.

Daniel JACKLIN (JACKLEN) aged 18 years appears on the 1881 British Census, living and working as a labourer for Richard EARNSHAW on a farm of 62 acres at Crayke, North Yorkshire.

By the time of the 1891 British Census, Daniel (now age 28 years) has moved south to Bradley Yard, Aston-cum-Aughton, Rotherham, West Riding of Yorkshire, married Ziller ALLEN at All Saints Church, Aston-cum-Aughton, and is now working as a coal miner.