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Originally Posted by beechy
Apart from Scaitcliffe pit in Accrington there was a pit at Huncoat, one at Hapton and a drift mine at Read, then Burnley.
was hapton valley pit and thorneybank colliery one of the same ?
thorneybank was on burnley road near the hapton inn
were was hapton valley pit ? 
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I think there was also a colliery in Rishton at one time , somewhere near Walmsley St. supposedly the workings extended as far as Gt. Harwood and were responsible for the subsidence in the Park Rd. area where the houses were pulled down near to the gas works