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.
The colliery opened in the 1870s in the grounds of the now-demolished Fryston Hall and the village was built in the 1880s to house some of the miners.
After the pit's closure in 1985, the colliery buildings were demolished.
At its peak, the pit employed around 1,300 miners. 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.
Coordinates: 53°44′19″N 1°18′48″W / 53.738722°N 1.313343°W
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