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==General links==

*[http://www.num.org.uk/?p=guestbook&gs=120 National Union of Mineworkers.]

*[http://www.mining-memorabilia.co.uk/Links.htm Mining Memorabilia and Mining History]

*[http://www.cmhrc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Coal-Mining History Resource Centre]

*[http://www.ncm.org.uk/ The National Coal Mining Museum For England]

*[http://www.aditnow.co.uk/default.aspx Adit Now]

*[http://hometown.aol.co.uk/pitheadbaths/index-page17.html Harry Tootle's Mining Dictionary]

*[http://www.cmhrc.co.uk/site/disasters/ Names of Mining Victims in Great Britain]


==Wales==


*[http://www.nmgw.ac.uk/bigpit National Coal Mining Museum of Wales] - for information on the Welsh coalfields.

*[http://www.swan.ac.uk/swcc/ University of Swansea - South Wales Coalfield Collection.]

*[http://www.welshcoalmines.co.uk/DisastersList.htm Welsh Mining Disasters]

*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/Llangynwyd/slaters.1880.html Slater's 1880 Directory in the Maesteg/Llynfi Valley Area of Mine Owners & Collieries]


==England==

*[http://www.whitwick.org.uk/history/disaster.htm The Whitwick Colliery Disaster 19th April 1898]

*[http://www.dmm.org.uk Durham Virtual Mining Museum ]

*[http://www.durham-miner.org.uk The Durham Miners' Project] -Mining in the Durham Area Recorded by the Communities Themselves.

*[http://awt.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=%20GET&db=pjc4ax&id=I00454&ti=5538 Somerset Coal Mine Ancestors]

*[http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SRCH&db=pjc4ax&surname=A Somerset Coalfields Around Midsummer Norton]

*[http://www.radstockmuseum.co.uk/ Radstock Village Museum, Somerset]

*[http://www.pitwork.net/altofts.htm Altofts Colliery Explosion]

*[http://www.cornish-mining.org.uk/  Cornish Mining]

*[http://www.balmaiden.co.uk  Balmaidens website] - Bal Maidens in Cornwall & Devon, Pit Brow Lasses, Women in Mining UK & Worldwide

*[http://www.peakmines.co.uk The Peak District Mining Museum]

*[http://www.whitbyjet.co.uk/mining.html Whitby Jet Heritage Centre]

*[http://www.whitby-uk.com/cgi-bin/site.nav/whitby.pl?page=whitbyjet Whitby Jet]

*[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/colliery/A%20Web%20Site/New/index.htm Coal and Ironstone Mining in North Derbyshire]

*[http://thor.prohosting.com/~hughw/mines.txt Victims of the Wood Pit Explosion in  Haydock 1878]


==Scotland==

*[http://www.mining-villages.co.uk/index.html Scottish Mining Villages] includes details of disasters

*[http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/mmartin/fifepits/ Fife Pits]


==Women & Mining==

*[http://www.balmaiden.co.uk/DatabaseSearch.htm Searchable Database of Women at The Mines of Devon & Cornwall]

*[http://www.balmaiden.co.uk/Indexes1842.htm 1842 Commission on Employment of Children in Mines Indexes] Cornwall, Cumberland, Durham, Northumberland and Forest of Dean Children

*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stenhouse/coal/pbl/England/dieng.htm Female Mining Deaths: 1851-1913 - England]

*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stenhouse/coal/pbl/coalmain.htm Women and The Pits]

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