List of collieries in Derbyshire

There were 68 collieries in the Derbyshire coalfield when the British coal industry was nationalised in 1947. By 1994 they were all closed.Colin Jackson, The Complete A-Z of Colliery Names, Pre-1947 Owners, Areas & Dates, Volume 2, published by the National Coal Mining Museum for England, 2002

The last six to close, following the miners' strikes of 1984, were Arkwright, Cadley Hill, Creswell, Shirebrook, Bolsover and finally Markham in 1994. Bolsover, Markham and Shirebrook had been three of the county's largest coal mines. Colliery NameTownYear of openingYear of closureNotesPhotoAlfretonAlfreton18951968ArkwrightArkwright Town18991988Avenue ShaftWingerworth19501950BentinckKirkby-in-Ashfield18951988 mergedCombined with Annesley (Nottinghamshire)Blackwell A WinningAlfreton18611969Blackwell B WinningAlfreton18801964BolsoverBolsover18901993Bond's MainTemple Normanton18961949BretbyNewhall18751962Brittain PitRipley19181946BrookhillPinxton19081968 mergedCombined with BentinckButterley DriftDenby19451947Cadley HillSwadlincote18691988Church GresleyChurch Gresley18551967 mergedCombined with Cadley HillCoppiceShipley18741966Coppice No.2Shipley19001966Coppice No.3Shipley19301966Cotes ParkAlfreton18541963CreswellCreswell18951991DenbyDenby18541968Denby HallDenby18751967 mergedCombined with DenbyField ShaftShipley19471950Ford'sDenby19501950GlapwellGlapwell18851974Granville No.1Swadlincote18501967 mergedCombined with Rawdon (Leicestershire)Granville No.2Swadlincote18541967 mergedCombined with Rawdon (Leicestershire)GrassmoorTemple Normanton18541950 mergedCombined with WilliamthorpeHigh MoorKillamarsh19571989HolmewoodHolmewood18741968IrelandStaveley18751986LangtonAlfreton18421967 mergedCombined with KirkbyLangwithLangwith18761978MannersIlkeston18741949MapperleyStanley Common18701965MarkhamStaveley18811994In 1938 79 miners were killed in the Markham Colliery disaster.Markham No.1Staveley18811967 mergedCombined with MarkhamMarkham No.2Staveley18871967 mergedCombined with MarkhamMarkham No.4Staveley19301967 mergedCombined with MarkhamMortonMorton18661965NethersealNetherseal18701947New LangleyHeanor18591960 mergedCombined with OrmondeOrmondeLoscoe19051970OxcroftClowne19001974Park HouseClay Cross18801962PilsleyPilsley18671957PinxtonPinxton19381950PleasleyPleasley18711984Plymouth No.2Pinxton19401950RamcroftHeath19151966Renishaw ParkEckington18591989Reservoir PitOverseal18751948RipleyRipley18461949 mergedCombined with Denby HallShirebrookShirebrook18961993ShirlandShirland18641965SouthgateClowne18771929South NormantonSouth Normanton18951951Stanhope BretbyNewhall19601966StanleyStanley18951961SwadlincoteSwadlincote18541965SwanwickAlfreton18541968Thorntree DriftNewhall19301947WestthorpeKillamarsh19231984WhitwellWhitwell18901986WilliamthorpeTemple Normanton18541970Wingfield ManorOakerthorpe19081963 mergedCombined with SwanwickWoodside No.1Shipley18751966Woodside No.2Shipley19001960Woodside No.3Shipley19201961 mergedCombined with CoppiceWoolley MoorStretton19551955 In 1880 there were 235 coal mines recorded in Derbyshire.

See also

List of coal mines in the United Kingdom

References