Yorkshire from the Air Gallery

Brodsworth Main Colliery EPW012843

BRODSWORTH MAIN COLLIERY, Adwick-le-Street, South Yorkshire. Aerial photograph taken in May 1925. The Colliery was opened in 1905 and closed in 1990. The radial housing estate that can be seen at the top of the picture is part of the model village of Woodlands that was originally built for the colliery workers. This picture clearly shows railway sidings and coal trucks as well as a wide variety of pit head structures. Taken from a copy negative. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

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Saxton Castle 28532_042

Saxton Castle: a motte and bailey castle with a later medieval manor house and field system including a trackway and fishpond, North Yorkshire, 2014

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Aerial, Earthwork, Motte And Bailey, Pond

Castal erosion 28403_001

Fort Godwin coastal battery, Kilnsea, East Riding of Yorkshire. The Godwin Battery was built to defend the Humber Estuary during the First Wold War. The impact of coastal erosion can be clearly seen in this photograph of June 2013. TA4116/90

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Aerial, Coast, Erosion, Military, Sea