Mining began in earnest in the 1600s across England, Scotland and Wales. Around the turn of the 18th century, the coal-powered steam engine was invented in Britain, going on to power industry.

Britain will ban new coal mines in a landmark decision that forms ... generated by coal plants at the start of the 20th century, with the fuel continuing to generate 40pc of the UK’s power ...

In the middle of the eighteenth century England was not to any noteworthy ... Wills' Cantor Lectures on "Explosions in Coal Mines" (1878), Journal of the Society of Arts, vol xxvi, p.

The Ratcliffe-on-Soar station in central England is finishing its final shift at midnight after more than half a century ... the mining industry and the communities that relied on it. Coal remains ...

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 ...

The Ratcliffe-on-Soar station in central England is finishing its final shift at midnight after more than half a century ... the mining industry and the communities that relied on it. Coal remains ...