Crigglestone
Crigglestone is a village and civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England.It is recorded as "Crigeston" (along with neighbouring "Orberie") in the Domesday Book.[1] On 29 July 1941, an explosion occurred at the Crigglestone Colliery, killing 21 men.[2] Since the 1970s, the site of the colliery has become an industrial estate on the western side, giving way to residential housing on the eastern side and a public amenity (Betty Eastwood Park) to the south.Crigglestone West was on the line between Sheffield and Leeds via Wakefield, Crigglestone East on the closed and lifted line between Thornhill and Royston Junction.