Editing Worksop (section)

===Former Mining===
At the start of the 19th century, Worksop had a largely agricultural economy with malting, corn milling, and timber working being principal industries. However, the discovery of coal meant that by 1900, the majority of the workforce was employed in [[coal mining]], which provided thousands of jobs – both directly and indirectly – in and around Worksop for most of the 19th and 20th centuries.

The first coal mine was [[Shireoaks Colliery]], which by 1861 employed over 200 men, which rose to 600 men by 1871. [[Steetley Colliery]] started producing coal in 1876, and in Worksop a mine was developed on land to the south-east, owned by [[Henry Pelham-Clinton, 7th Duke of Newcastle]]. This mine was fully operational in around 1907, with three shafts, and was named [[Manton Colliery]].

The closure in the 1990s of the pits, compounding the earlier decline of the timber trade and other local industry, resulted in high unemployment in parts of the Worksop area, as well as other social problems.<ref>{{cite web |title=George Osborne wreaks havoc...just like Margaret Thatcher in 1980s |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/george-osborne-wreaks-havoc--256105 |last=Boniface |first=Susie |author-link=Susie Boniface |date=24 October 2010 |work=The Mirror}}</ref>