Public Art Research Archive, Sheffield Hallam University

Memorials: Miners' Memorial, Conisbrough
Artist: Graham IBBESON

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Artist: not known
TitleOfWork: Markham Main Colliery memorial plaque
DateOfWork: 1996 (after)
Dimensions:
Medium: mixed media2
Location: Armthorpe, S. Yorkshire
Country: UK - England
Photographer: Dave Ball
ImageCopyright: Sheffield Hallam University
AccessionNumber: armthorpe
FileSize: 311663
Location: Markham RUFC (facing the Community Centre drive), Armthorpe. (At the site of the former colliery)

Description: A pitwheel mounted within a supporting wall.

Inscription: A plaque on the brickwork reads:
Markham Main Colliery / 1920-1996
Erected to the memory of / the 87 miners who were killed at / Markham Main Colliery / 1920-1996 / and the men and women / who worked there

Commission: not known






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