The site of Rotherham Main Colliery. The land is now given over to scrub though two shafts are still visible. Owned by John Brown & Co. Ltd, the Rotherham Main Colliery was opened in 1891 (Taylor 2001, 25). It was nationalised in 1947 before finally closing down in 1954. The company built houses nearby and also operated a school for workers children. Prior to the sinking of the colliery, the land is marked on the 1854 6inch OS map as 'liable to flood'.