Headstocks and powerhouse at the site of the former clipstone. Agree that manton and shireoaks where in ncb south yorks. Information, photographs and plans for shireoaks colliery coal mine on the mine exploration web site uk. Nottinghamshire county council hopes to build a wind turbine at shireoaks triangle business park, near worksop. Steetley colliery history military and politics books. Samuel t stewart has written several books on local social and industrial history, listed on this web page, which mainly focus on coleorton. Oct 20, 2018 the restoration of the mansfield to shireoaks section gives a good reason for several modern pictures alongside dirty locomotives and battered coal trucks. Chesterfield canal history for centuries the traders of chesterfield, east derbyshire and south yorkshire had carried their goods coal, lead and stone by road to bawtry so it could be transferred onto the river idle where boats could continue the journey to hull and elsewhere. To come back to the colliery page after viewing a video, click on the x in the lower right side of the video screen.
The duke of newcastle owned mineral rights in much of north nottinghamshire and the original shaft was sunk in 1861. The c 16ha site is long and narrow with the hall, stables, and ponds to the northeast, the canal and cascade forming a central spine, and the grand basin with its surrounding woodland to the south. This time the fatalities would eventually number 361 and the pits name would be burnt into the history books as the colliery where the greatest loss of life occurred in a english coal mine. All books purchased which need to be posted will be subject to an additional charge for post and packaging at cost. Wind power could replace energy from coal at an ecofriendly business park on the site of an old colliery. Bentley colliery was a coal mine in bentley, near doncaster in south yorkshire, england, that operated between 1906 and 1993. Each colliery is depicted by a stylised symbol of pithead winding gear with the dates of the opening and closure of the colliery spelled out. George bell, 54, fitter and num branch secretary, shireoaks colliery. Art uk is the online home for every public collection in the uk. A comprehensive history of mining in the derbyshire, nottinghamshire and leicestershire coalfields page 7.
Newolland is a country in the east of the isle of great britain. National coal board, records of collieries deposited in the. The colliery was opened and operated in the 1870s by the shireoaks colliery company, and this book charts its origins and development from those early days, all the way up to the mines eventual closure in 1983. The other collieries were shireoaks, steetley originally manor pits, darfoulds, clowne southgate and harry crofts near kiveton.
Shireoaks colliery coal mine information and photos. Last seam to be accessed was the parkgate seam, below the tupton, low main. Nottinghamshires yorkshire miners coal, colliery and. Rossington signalbox pictured in 1978 a year before closure, courtesy of peter churchman. Staveley coal and iron co ltd ireland markham staveley warsop.
Photographs of shireoaks colliery coal mine on the mine exploration web site uk. An analysis of the physical and economic factors that. A short history of shireoaks colliery, the people who worked there and its transition after closure, nottinghamshire living history archive millenium award schemenottinghamshire county council, 2002. The company owning collieries at shireoaks, steetley manor pits darfoulds, harry crofts colliery near to kiverton and whitwell. Shireoaks colliery co ltd anston shireoaks steetley southgate whitwell 11. The company owning collieries at shireoaks, steetley manor pits darfoulds, harry crofts colliery near to kiverton and whitwell colliery. The box was closed on the 9th of september 1979 and control transferred to doncaster psb via cctv. This job involved service work and the construction and maintenance of mine roadways. The clipstone colliery dates from the early c20 when a new excavation was begun by the bolsover colliery company to exploit the top hard coal seam in the vicinity of clipstone village in nottinghamshire. The original pit shaft was sunk around 1860 the plate says 1854 when the duke of newcastle owned the mineral rights, making it a contemporary of kiveton colliery.
The ancestry link to the coal mining history resource centre reveals that charles inman was killed in a mining accident at shireoaks colliery. It was established in 2011 to replace the kingdom of east britain when the people wished to have their own national identity apart from being a british successor state. Jun 15, 2014 samuel and matthew stocks were my great great uncles who were born in shireoaks. Nov 22, 2015 the ancestry link to the coal mining history resource centre reveals that charles inman was killed in a mining accident at shireoaks colliery. Shireoaks, an ecclesiastical parish, with a village, in notts and the w. Bilsthorpe pleasley riddings silverhill teversal 12. The house and the water gardens have been separately owned since the 1970s. Samuel became the publican at the station hotel in shireoaks in the latter part of his life in the 1920s, 1930s until his death in 1945. A reclamation scheme of works was then carried out by the council, funded by english. In 1945 the hall, by now somewhat dilapidated, was sold to a local farmer. Nottinghamshire living history archive millennium award scheme, 2001, 112 p. Preface location maps steetley colliery 18731983 a history gallery housing and community memories of the pit.
This resulted in the closure of the surface works at steetley, and all coal. Interesting pavement art in worksop collieries of bassetlaw. It is comprised of what used to be, prior to doomsday, the ceremonial counties of lincolnshire, west norfolk, north cambridgeshire, northern nottinghamshire, east. Shireoaks colliery provided the catalyst from which the town slowly but surely to take on the character of a heavy industrial town with an ever increasing population. This is not intended to be an exhaustive history of the company, but an indication of the changes of ownership and the links between companies and directors in those companies. Concertinas at shireoaks in 1893 concertina history. The pumping engine old sarah from the colliery was later installed at newmarket and was in use there until 1917 when the engine was dismantled and sent to the science museum in london.
Warsop vale local history society, 1 leeming close, market warsop, mansfield, notts. If that man left that pit depending upon circumstances that number could be issued to another person signing on for a job. This resulted in the closure of the surface works at steetley, and all coal was brought up through the shireoaks shafts. Residents are being invited to a presentation at shireoaks village hall on 21 september. Discover artworks, explore venues and meet artists. A short history of shireoaks colliery, the people who worked there and its transition after closure. It has a post, money order, and telegraph offic shireoaks, nottinghamshire genealogy heraldry and history. National coal board, records of collieries deposited in. Location, area, boundaries, landform, setting shireoaks hall stands at the southwest edge of the village of shireoaks, 3. Sep, 2004 wind power could replace energy from coal at an ecofriendly business park on the site of an old colliery. Memorial cap atop the shaft of the closed shireoaks colliery, and commemorative plate.
A former colliery could change from coal to wind production. The duke sold shireoaks to a new company, the shireoaks colliery company in about 1867. Shireoaks, nottinghamshire genealogy heraldry and history. As a boy, he used to live near the canal and must be one of the few people alive who has seen a cuckoo boat full of coal going from shireoaks colliery basin the current shireoaks marina to shireoaks colliery wharf opposite the present priory centre in worksop. Shireoaks colliery closed in 1990 and was sold to the county council in 1997 by british coal. Shafts of light next week is the 20th anniversary of south yorkshire miners going on strike heralding the start of one of the most bitter industrial disputes in living memory.
Information, history photographs current and archive and documents for shireoaks colliery coal mine. Shireoaks basin opened soon afterwards, and coal was shipped to stockwith until 1949. The nottinghamshire heritage gateway themes the coal. Each man signing on for a job would be issued with a number such as this. Admin, first time ive ever posted on one of these forum thingies, so ignore the poor grammer, some additions to your notts pits. Whitwell colliery was sunk by the shireoaks colliery company in 18901891 initially to the top hard coal and then deepened in 1923. In 1854 the latter duke discovered a valuable coal seam beneath the land and eventually sold much of it to the shireoaks colliery company and in 1863 built a church for the growing colliery village. The shireoaks colliery company was formally registered in december 1864 and, in due course, had mining interests throughout the area, including those at whitwell, clowne and steetley, where it began sinking a shaft in may 1873. Shireoaks, no doubt, derived its name from a group of oak trees which stood at the junction of the three counties of derby, nottingham, and york.
Headstocks and powerhouse at the site of the former. This is not intended to be an exhaustive history of the company, but an indication of the. On 4 th june 1910 he set off for work in his occupation as dataler. Shireoaks colliery coal mine information and photos aditnow. The site of the mine has been converted into a woodland. Click on a title to look inside that book if available. See more ideas about coal mining, norman cornish and easington colliery. Photographs of shireoaks colliery coal mine on the mine exploration web site. The shaft was begun as far back as 1854, and only closed in 1990, directly employing more than 1,000 workers at its peak. Samuel became the publican at the station hotel in shireoaks in the latter part of.
The check you have with shireoaks colliery co no 62 would relate to a person working at shireoaks mine. The shireoaks colliery company was formally registered in. This box was situated on the lines between woodend jn and shireoaks west jn and controlled trains in and out of shireoaks colliery on behalf of the midland railway co. All the images below are links to anthracite related videos on you tube. In 1865 the output of this colliery was 16, 800 tons, most of the coal was transported from the river calder at bottomboat until the rail link was added in 1865. Samuel and matthew stocks were my great great uncles who were born in shireoaks. Shireoaks is a former pit village and civil parish in nottinghamshire, located between worksop and thorpe salvin on the border with south yorkshire. In common with many other mines, it suffered a disaster in 1931 when 45 miners were killed after a gas explosion. It was closed on 25 may 1991 and was capped in august 1992. The population of the civil parish was 1,432 at the 2011 census. However, some include a significant amount of historical information about the neighbouring villages of griffydam, peggs green and swannington.
Not only did the closure of the pits smash communities, it left us with an. Southgate or clowne colliery of the southgate colliery company was started in 1877, the company being formed in 1875. Southern rhodesia is a selfgoverning british colony, ruled by a prosperous white minority of europeans, mainly of british origin. Coverage in both the books is excellent and to the usual middleton press standardsthe details visible of the colliery equipment etc. Feb 24, 2004 shafts of light next week is the 20th anniversary of south yorkshire miners going on strike heralding the start of one of the most bitter industrial disputes in living memory. Colliery site july 1991 photographs of shireoaks colliery photo ref 97547. Photos of shireoaks colliery coal mine mine exploration. Both were coalminers, matthew working at kiveton colliery and samuel at shireoaks colliery. Deep hard became the next seam to be worked to the south, east and west of the colliery. The sinking of the pit shaft was interrupted by the first world war, and the development of the colliery site did not resume until. In that year miss bowden cut the first sod inaugurating the construction of southgate colliery. Whites dominate the political and economic life of the country. Shireoaks colliery was a coal mine situated on the edge of the village of shireoaks, near worksop in north nottinghamshire, close by the yorkshire border.
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