Birley East Colliery (collectively these pits were referred to as Birley Collieries). Although a small amount of coal was being cut from the new colliery, brought to the surface at Birley West, it was not until 1890 when a new winding engine was installed that it fully came on stream. Later expansion came with mining rights being obtained from the Duke of Norfolk to mine below Handsworth Common. William Dunn Gainsford is listed as owner between 1877 until his death in 1926. Sunk in 1844 by the Staveley Iron Company, North Staveley Colliery at Aston came under the SCC umbrella in the latter part of the 19th century. The colliery was situated to the north of, and set back from the later Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway line between Woodhouse and Kiveton. The last colliery to be opened by the Sheffield Coal Company was Brookhouse Colliery which drew its first coal in 1929. Situated between Swallownest and Beighton it was adjacent to the main line of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway about a mile east of Woodhouse Junction. The site also housed coke ovens supplying metallurgical coke to the iron and steel industry. The Site of the former Brookhouse Colliery is now part of the Rother Valley Country Park and Gulliver's Valley theme park. The site now falls in Rotherham Borough Councils area for planning. References Barnett, A.L., "Railways of the South Yorkshire Coalfield from 1880", R.C.T.S., 1984. Papers of the Sheffield Coal Company Various issues of company newspapers. Coal companies of England Companies established in 1805 Energy companies established in 1805 Defunct companies based in Sheffield Mining in South Yorkshire 1805 establishments in England