Bedminster, Easton, Kingswood and Parkfield Collieries
of Bristol
Comprised Easton, Hanham, Pennywell Road and Whitehall, Deep Pit, Speedwell, Parkfield and South Pit collieries.
1900 Formed after Bristol United Collieries acquired Deep Pit, Speedwell, Parkfield and South Pit collieries. Owned by J. R. Bennett and A. H. Bennett.
1910 Mine accident with three killed and 30 seriously injured at the Deep Pit at Kingswood. The mine is 500 yards deep with steep incline 350 yards long with gradient of 1 in 3. Rope hauling trams on slope broke.[1]
1911 Easton Colliery closed
1914 All collieries apart from Deep Pit, Speedwell, Parkfield, South Pit and Hanham closed before this date.
1914 Bedminster, Easton, Kingswood and Parkfield Collieries to close. Kingswood employs over 2,000 men.[2]
1914 Bankrupt. Taken over by the East Bristol Collieries