Contents
The principal Contents of ‘The Neston Collieries: An Industrial Revolution in Rural Cheshire’ are as follows:
Chapter 1
The Neston Collieries: A Sign of Their Times
Chapter 2
Ness Colliery: A Near-Century of Business
Chapter 3
Little Neston Colliery and the ‘Colliery’ at Parkgate
Chapter 4
Coal Mining and Supporting Operations
Chapter 5
Innovation: Underground Transport and Technology
Chapter 6
The Collieries’ Employees and Their Working Conditions
Chapter 7
The Neston Collieries’ Products
Chapter 8
Local Trade: The Landsale Business
Chapter 9
Chester: Trade and the Developing Transport Network
Chapter 10
The Seasale Trade: An Introduction
Chapter 11
The Overseas and Coasting Trades
Chapter 12
Social Aspects of the Neston Collieries
Chapter 13
The Neston Collieries’ Place in Industrial History
The above material is supported by 64 illustrations, 37 tables, detailed Endnotes, a Glossary, Timeline, several Appendices and a full Bibliography.