Demolition work Manvers Main colliery Wath upon Dearne South Yorkshire September Workers demolishing a chimney at the colliery near Rotherham Manvers was sunk on land belonging to Earl Manvers in in the late s and this was followed by the second shaft sunk between and A third shaft was added later Manvers was the regional headquarters for British Coal and the also housed laboratories The site also included the Manvers coking plant which was at one time the largest industrial site in Europe The coking works closed in with the colliery closure following a few years later on March