Bottom Boat
| Bottom Boat | |
| Yorkshire West Riding | |
|---|---|
 St Peter's Crescent, Bottom Boat | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE354246 |
| Location: | 53°43’3"N, 1°27’50"W |
| Data | |
| Postcode: | WF3 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Wakefield |
Bottom Boat is a former coal-mining village in the West Riding of Yorkshire, in a cluster of towns and villages running into each other and forming in effect the northern outskirts of Wakefield. It is at the edge of the gathering of places, with the River Calder at its southern edge and the M62 motorway swinging by to the north.
The 2011 Census recorded a population of 1,169.
Most of the current houses in Bottom Boat were built for workers at the Newmarket Silkstone Colliery.[1] The colliery closed on 29 September 1983, which was only a few months before the start of a year-long strike in the British mining industry.[2] This closure was not opposed by the National Union of Mineworkers (as it had been agreed under the previous Labour Government's "Plan for Coal" on the condition that the workforce could transfer to the new Selby Coalfield.[2][3]
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References
- ↑ "Bottomboat History". Stanley History Online. http://www.stanleyhistoryonline.com/Bottomboat-History.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Downes, Eddie (2016). "Newmarket Colliery". Yorkshire Collieries 1947–1994. London: Think Pit Publication. pp. 377–382. ISBN 9-780995-570900.
- ↑ Downes, Eddie (2016). "The Selby Complex". Yorkshire Collieries 1947–1994. London: Think Pit Publication. pp. 477–493. ISBN 9-780995-570900.