From early in the 19th century, the coalfield of southern ... those working down the pit in 1893 that the last deep coal mine in Britain would close little more than a hundred years later, they ...

Modern industry started in the 18th century, and its growth accelerated throughout the 19th as production switched from metal to coal mining ... new arrivals came from England; if they did ...

Thanks to that coal kicked started a revolution in 18th century Britain ... This made it possible to mine more coal, drastically altering our use of energy, freeing Britain’s growing industry ...

Fossil fuel played a vital part in British economic history, powering the Industrial Revolution of the 18th ... year. “Coal was the backbone of the UK’s power generation for over a century ...