There were mining activities in the area for centuries before the two main shafts, which formed Baddesley
Colliery, were sunk in 1850. Although called Baddesley Colliery it was actually just over the border in
Baxterley. From then on until 1989 when the pit closed most Baddesley men worked in some capacity at the mine. The worst disaster at the mine occurred on 2 May 1882. There was a fire followed by an explosion and 23 men lost their lives in attempting to rescue nine night shift workers trapped by the fire. A
memorial to all the men who worked in the mines, in the form of a pit head winding wheel was erected on the common on the site of the old Maypole pit. Since the closure of the mine the village is now mainly residential. ==Landmarks==