Fryston village
Fryston village is a small former coal mining village in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England. The coal mine was named Fryston and closed in 1985.[1]
The colliery opened in the 1870s in the grounds of Fryston Hall and the village was built in the 1880s to house some of the miners.[1][2]
After the pit's closure in 1985, the colliery buildings were demolished.[2]
At its peak, the pit employed around 1,300 miners.[2] The village is located within a bend in the River Aire. Fryston Village is sometimes known as Old Fryston and Ferry Fryston is sometimes called New Fryston.
In 2005, a re-generation programme called the Castleford Project, carried out a number of re-developments in Fryston including what turned out to be a controversial new Village Green; these re-developments were the subject of a series of television programmes on Channel 4.[2][3]
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