Hemingfield pit, later known as Elsecar Low Colliery was sunk in 1843/4 by Earl Fitzwilliam (Mee 1975 cited in SMR PRN 4397). The colliery was worked until 1925 when it became a pumping station, which closed in 1988 (Gill 2007b). The pumping station buildings remain, as does the short row of houses which are shown on 1855 maps at the pit head. There is no legibility of the ancient enclosures which formerly characterised this area.