Corporate Bolsover; Coalite Group plc; 1917-2004; coking company DS/UK/1676 Coalite Group plc 1917-2004 coking company Bolsover

Buttermilk Lane, Bolsover (1937-2004)

Thomas Parker who invented Coalite, a brand of low-temperature coke used as a smokeless fuel, in 1904. Two years after his death, a production unit was opened near Barnsley, South Yorkshire, with two new plants in Doncaster and East Greenwich, London in the 1920s. The company's main manufacturing plant for much of its existence was opened at Bolsover in 1937, the head office moving from London to Bolsover in 1956. By 1988, Coalite Group plc consisted of 15 separate companies/divisions including Charringtons Fuels Ltd, Dundee Perth & London Shipping Co. Ltd and The Falklands Islands Co. Ltd. Yes Information obtained from 'Coalite' article on Wikipedia, 6 August 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalite. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 A7003503 11/11/2015 DERBYSHIRE\a7005277 06/08/2025 52ea9610-256e-4c73-abd7-1af635bb2190