Orgreave, South Yorkshire

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Orgreave, South Yorkshire is a former mining village in northern England, historically associated with coal mining and the 1984–85 miners’ strike.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Orgreave civil parish 1
Orgreave, South Yorkshire canonical 1

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former mining village ⓘ
village ⓘ
associatedWith 1984–85 miners’ strike ⓘ
Orgreave Coking Plant ⓘ
Orgreave Colliery ⓘ
coal mining industry ⓘ
ceremonialCounty South Yorkshire ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
eventDateContext 1984 ⓘ
1985 ⓘ
eventSiteOf Battle of Orgreave ⓘ
governedBy Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council ⓘ
historicalEconomicBase coal industry ⓘ
historicallyIn West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
historicalUse coal mining ⓘ
industrialPast coal extraction ⓘ
coke production ⓘ
landUseChange from industrial to mixed-use development ⓘ
locatedIn Northern England ⓘ
Orgreave civil parish ⓘ
locatedNear M1 motorway ⓘ
River Rother ⓘ
Rotherham ⓘ
Sheffield ⓘ
nearbySettlement Catcliffe ⓘ
Hands­worth, Sheffield ⓘ
Treeton ⓘ
notableFor controversy over policing during miners’ strike ⓘ
violent clashes between police and miners in 1984 ⓘ
partOf England ⓘ
Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham ⓘ
South Yorkshire ⓘ
policeForceJurisdiction South Yorkshire Police ⓘ
politicalConstituency Rother Valley (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
postalArea Sheffield postcode area ⓘ
redevelopmentType business park ⓘ
residential development ⓘ
region Yorkshire and the Humber ⓘ
subjectOf public inquiries and campaigns for investigation ⓘ
timeZone Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST British Summer Time ⓘ
transportNearby Woodhouse railway station ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Battle of Orgreave → locationOfFirstPerformance → Orgreave, South Yorkshire ⓘ
Orgreave, South Yorkshire → locatedIn → Orgreave civil parish ⓘ
linked to: Orgreave, South Yorkshire