Orgreave

Orgreave

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  • Orgreave — Original name in latin Orgreave Name in other language State code GB Continent/City Europe/London longitude 53.38333 latitude 1.36667 altitude 30 Population 0 Date 2011 07 31 …   Cities with a population over 1000 database

  • Orgreave Colliery — was a coal mine situated adjacent to the main line of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway about 5 miles (8.0 km) south east of Sheffield. The colliery is within the parish of Orgreave, from which it takes its name. Contents 1… …   Wikipedia

  • Orgreave, South Yorkshire — Orgreave is a village and civil parish in South Yorkshire, England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 761.[1] Orgreave forms part of the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham; until 1974, it was part of the Rotherham… …   Wikipedia

  • Orgreave Colliery platform — Location Place Orgreave Colliery Area Rotherham Coordinates …   Wikipedia

  • Orgreave, Staffordshire — Coordinates: 52°44′32″N 1°46′56″W / 52.74233°N 1.78222°W / 52.74233; 1.78222 …   Wikipedia

  • Orgreave Train Collision 1926 — Coordinates: 53°22′01″N 1°21′32″W / 53.367°N 1.359°W / 53.367; 1.359 …   Wikipedia

  • Orgreave Paddy Mail accident — The Orgreave Paddy Mail accident occurred on 13 December 1926 and was the second part of a double crash which took place immediately to the west of Orgreaves Colliery signal box, about one mile west of Woodhouse station.Note: The signal box was… …   Wikipedia

  • Battle of Orgreave — The Battle of Orgreave is the name given to a confrontation between police and picketing miners at a British Steel coking plant in Orgreave, South Yorkshire, in 1984, during the UK miners strike. In 1991, South Yorkshire police were forced to pay …   Wikipedia

  • UK miners' strike (1984–1985) — A picket taking place in South Yorkshire. The UK miners strike was a major industrial action affecting the British coal industry. It was a defining moment in British industrial relations, and its defeat significantly weakened the British trades… …   Wikipedia

  • Rother Vale Collieries — were a group of coal producing pits originally in the Rother Valley parishes of Treeton, Woodhouse and Orgreave, nowadays on the south east Sheffield / Rotherham boundary, in South Yorkshire, England. In the early 20th century a new colliery at… …   Wikipedia

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