East Slade


Coal Mine
Worked from 1842 to 1902

Jan 1st, 2024 from NMRS by Buddle-Bot

Jul 11th, 2025 by BertyBasset



Forest of Dean
Ruardean Woodside
51.8434868, -2.5407031
SO 6285 1624
Private Land
238m
#20,390


All surface structures and the shaft have vanished, leaving no visible evidence of mining infrastructure. However, the coal tip survives, clearly marked on the 1:25,000 OS map. Now wooded, it features a distinctive outer rampart.



Site was originally applied for by James and George Meek in 1842, but records show it was already acquired and being worked earlier — sold to the Cheltenham and Forest of Dean Mining Company in 1838. The company worked the Coleford High Delf seam, one of the most valuable in the Forest of Dean coalfield. The site eventually closed in 1902.


Publications (8)

  • Bent 1985 p 7
  • MJ 1847 p 109 for sale
  • MJ 1868 p 124 reduction in wages and fatal accident
  • Oldham, Tony (1998); Mines of the Forest of Dean; 86 pages
  • Phelps 1983 p 38
  • Phelps 1984 p 159
  • The New Regards No 8 1992 p 15
  • Trotter p 37





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