Description:Mossfield Colliery was sunk in the 1850s, with up to four shafts, and closed in 1963. The colliery was located near Adderley Green near Longton with shafts over a quarter of a mile deep. The mine produced steam coal, coal for industry such as bottle oven and household coal. The main seam was the Cockshead Seam, up to 8 feet thickness of "clean coal". The colliery site is now part of an industrial estate.
Photograph courtesy & with permission from Bill Webster.