The winding engine in our 1900s colliery is the sole survivor of a type once common in the northern coalfield, making it one of the most important objects at the museum. Still and silent in the village of clipstone in nottinghamshire, england since they. A drift was put down at nailstone to enable the output of bagworth colliery to be brought out at nailstone. The sinking of the pit shaft was interrupted by the first world war, and the development of the colliery site did not resume until. There are a number of sensitive viewpoints, including dwellings and recreational footpaths, in close proximity to the site. The new village of clipstone, was built on the site of clipstone army camp in 1926 by the bolsover mining company. The name of tilmanstone has historically been famous for its colliery, although it is located in the village of eythorne, operated from 1906 to 1986 as one of the four main pits of the kent coalfield. Nailstone colliery redevelopment scheme call in inquiry 2007 01. Coal mining a general history timeline by ernest t. Here are the minutes to the last meeting of the nailstone community group held at the bulls head, nailstone on.
Clipstone colliery was a coal mine situated near the village of the same name on the edge of an area of nottinghamshire known as the dukeries because of the number of stately homes in the area. It ceased production in 1981 and now serves as an example of one of the best preserved victorian collieries in europe. Clipstone colliery coal mine information and photos. Nailstone, a village, a township, and a parish in leicestershire. The lady victoria colliery, home of the national mining museum scotland, was opened in 1895 as scotlands first superpit. Buy point of ayr colliery by mostyn history preservation society isbn. Wsw of bagworth station on the leicester and burton branch of the m. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to nailstone within the selected text.
It was built as a model village with the latest housing and facilities to provide accommodation and recreation for the mines workers. Unfortunately no date is given but all of this class were gone by 1938. Nook colliery was a complex eventually of five shafts and no. Total national output was 2,612,000 tons 1705 most shafts were 7 to 8 feet in diameter and up to 360 feet in depth. Lner n6 gcr a class 062t no 6414 stands outside tuxford shed. Nailstone community group the place to find out whats. Colliery definition of colliery by the free dictionary. The hoyland silkstone colliery was situated at platts common in hoyland, close to the manchester, sheffield and lincolnshire railway line near birdwell. A series of local history books about seaham by fred cooper bsc acma cgma covering a range of topics that have never before been.
Its history began long before me, and there are bound to be many interesting and amusing stories about life in and around pilley and of course today the site is occupied by an industrial park, oddly referred to as wentworth industrial park. The colliery was owned by the bolsover colliery company and passed to the national coal board in 1947. The village stands on abranch of the river anker, 3 miles n n e of marketbosworth, and 3 w s w of bagworth r. All books purchased which need to be posted will be subject to an additional charge for post and packaging at cost. History of nailstone in north west leicestershire map and. You are welcome to use this album for uploading archive or historical photographs of clipstone colliery. Photos, maps, personal memories and local books of hebburn colliery. Nailstone, leicestershire genealogy heraldry and history. It was named after the silkstone coal seam it was sunk to exploit, being built on the site of the former hoyland and elsecar colliery. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Whitwell colliery whitwell local history group homepage. Clipstone colliery headstocks clipstone, england atlas. Wharncliffe silkstone colliery pilley pit tankersley. Photos, maps, personal memories and local books of blackhall colliery.
The village stands on a branch of the river anker, 3 miles nne of market bosworth, and 2. Nook colliery 18661965 northern mine research society. Historic photographs of clipstone colliery coal mine. Discover the story of coal mining at the 1900s colliery.
Nov 12, 20 this is only a very brief account of a short period in the entire life of wharncliffe silkstone colliery. 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 city council of lake macquarie acknowledge the aboriginal people known today as the awabakal, as the traditional custodians of the land, respecting aboriginal elders past, present and future. Nailstone colliery redevelopment scheme callin inquiry. Nailstone colliery b585 junction improvements as you may. New houses, whitehaven an letter dictated by mrs meehan in 1992 about living in the new houses at whitehaven which were demolished in the 1940s i was born in a house in the middle row of these houses 79 years ago, so i hope you will excuse me if the punctuation and spelling are a. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time i comment. Nailstone, a village and a township in marketbosworth district, and a parish partly also in ashbydelazouch district, leicester. In 1980 the branch line from nailstone colliery was replaced by a conveyor belt which transported the coal to a rapid loader to the north of the site of bagworth and ellistown station.
Coal mining a general history timeline durham in time. Wardley colliery pictures brought to you by the felling heritage group john hodgsons poetry john hodgson biography chapter 1 chapter 2 chapter 3 chapter 4 chapter chapter 14 william hall, mayor ravensworth now gateshead streets 1846. Sinking of the first shafts commenced in 1853, and winding of coal from the pits as a separate unit ended in 1966. Taking its name from the title of its largest mineral. Anyway happy to help with any info, but book now out of print. Samuel t stewart has written several books on local social and industrial history, listed on this web page, which mainly focus on coleorton. The supermarket chain which has its headquarters 20 miles away, just over the leicestershire border in atherstone said it would be a high spec, high quality, semi. Gray mountain by john grisham, fall of giants by ken follett, faith, hope, and ivy june by phyllis reynolds naylor, how gre. The colliery line started at ibstock colliery junction on the l. Production ceased at the colliery in 1958 and all the surface buildings with the exception of the firehole and chimney were quickly demolished. The nailstone local history group was formed by a group of local villagers about. The wharncliffe silkstone colliery, sometimes referred to as pilley colliery as it was established in the village, was a large and longlived concern.
The clipstone colliery headstocks, europes tallest coal mining headstocks at over 200 feet, stand abandoned. Fretwell 1700 two thirds of the national coal output was produced on the banks of the rivers tyne and wear. It became national coal board policy in this area to sink drifts for bringing coal to the surface and to abandon the use of shafts for this purpose. Headstocks and powerhouse at the site of the former clipstone. History for the villages of ibstock, ellistown and battram, heather, nailstone, odstone and swepstone. Francis frith the uks leading publisher of local photographs since 1860. The ceremony was performed exactly 36 years after the 5th duke of newcastle had lifted the first sod for the site of shireoaks colliery. Miners were given commemorative plates and is a display of the leicestershire coalfield plates at the coalville community hospital. Rare photos not appropriate for history books youtube. The colliery closed in 1991 when economic reserves were exhausted and the rapid loader was demolished. Visit the wooden heapstead building, next to the winding engine house, where men, ponies and tubs were lowered into the mine and coal was brought up to be weighed and screened.