Carcroft is a rural village in the City of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the village is roughly 6 miles north-north west of Doncaster. At the
Bullcroft Colliery was a coal mine situated by the village of Carcroft north of Doncaster. It operated from 1908 to 1970.
Carcroft
…le Street. The village had a library until it was closed down in 2012. A small portion of Carcroft is redeveloped land that had been occupied by the Bullcroft Colliery which operated from 1912 until 1970 when it was merged underground with nearby Brodsworth Colliery. The viability of reopening this coal face has been…
Bullcroft Colliery around 1967
Trackbed of the former Bullcroft Colliery branch line near Toll Bar