Miners Memorial, Dodworth, Barnsley, UK - Citizen Memorials on Waymarking.com

The memorial consists of half an original pit winding wheel set on a sandstone rectangular plinth. It is situated in a recess in front of Dodworth Public Library with one stainless steel seat, dedication and other plaques. It is in memory of the 288 miners killed in the local eight pits from 1850 until the last closure in 1987.

Dedication reads -
"DODWORTH AND DISTRICT
COAL MINERS MEMORIAL

DEDICATED TO ALL MINERS
WHO WORKED AND LOST THEIR LIVES
AT THE COLLIERIES LISTED BELOW
FROM 1850 - 1987

DODWORTH
REDBROOK
SILKSTONE FALL
STANHOPE SILKSTONE
HIGHAM
STRAFFORD
ROBROYD
WENTWORTH SILKSTONE

TOTAL NUMBER WHO DIED
LISTED BELOW
288."

There are two other plaques, one listing the sponsors of the memorial and a poem "THE MINER'S LIFE". Also a framed map of the collieries with sketches by local school children round the perimeter.
Text on these can be read on the pictures in the gallery if they are clicked to expand.

There is a similar memorial in the grounds of the nearby Working Mens Club.

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Website with more information on either the memorial or the person(s) it is dedicated to: [Web Link] Location: Dodworth Library, High Street, Dodworth, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK

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