Corporate DS/UK/3449 Hollingwood, Staveley; Hartington Colliery; 1858-1927; coal mine Hartington Colliery Staveley Coal and Iron Company Limited coal mine 1858-1927 Hollingwood, Staveley New Hollingwood: New Hartington

The original sinking on the site in 1878 by the Staveley Coal and Iron Company was made to provide ventilation and pumping for nearby Ireland Colliery, with a small pumping station being built for this purpose. It was initially known as New Hollingwood Colliery, but changed its name to New Hartington or Hartington Colliery in 1880, when it was decided (after exploration was made for coal) to change the site's purpose to one of coal production. It produced its first coal in 1881, mined from the Deep Soft coal seam. Between then and 1921, when the shafts were deepened to reach the Blackshale coal seam, around 10,500 tons was produced a week. Housing was provided for colliery workers in the hamlet of Hartington. Coal was eventually first prod The site finally closed in 1930, reverting to its previous purpose as ventilation for Ireland Colliery. 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 Derbyshire Record Office Collections Manual Section 7 v5.1 (May 2020) ‘Hartington & Ireland Collieries’, http://www.oldminer.co.uk/hartington---ireland.html Bell, D., Memories of the Derbyshire Coalfields (Newbury: Countryside Books, 2006) Bridgewater, A. N., The Local Collieries Griffins, A. R., Mining in the East Midlands, 1550-1947 (London: Frank Cass & Company Limited, 2005) Wain, K., The Coal Mining Industry of Sheffield and North Derbyshire (Amberley, 2014) Yes DERBYSHIRE\a7005277 19/06/2020 DERBYSHIRE\71010800 28/01/2022 53046172-e992-4717-95a7-63a69de63d3e