Corporate DS/UK/3455 Langwith; Langwith Colliery; 1876-1978; coal mine Langwith Colliery Sheepbridge Coal and Iron Co. coal mine 1876-1978 Langwith Langwith 1873: Land first leased 1876: First sunk 1947: Nationalisation Aug 1978: closed

The land for the site that would become Langwith Colliery was leased from the Earl of Bathurst in 1873. Sinking began in 1876 and coal was finally reached by 1880. During its lifetime it worked five coal seams. The original pit village had 152 houses, a sports and recreation ground and a welfare institute, which came in 1901. Land was leased in 1884 from the Duke of Portland to provide allotments for the village. By 1912 there was also a Co-Operative Store and cinema on colliery owned land. The site first had electricity in 1920 and by 1947 was generating enough power to serve parts of the connected village. The facilities at the colliery included pithead baths, pumping station and railway sidings. Langwith was the last of the mines formally owned by the Sheepbride Coal and Iron Co. to still be in production. It finally closed in August 1978. 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) National Coal Board North Derbyshire Area, Langwith Colliery, 1876-1978 (1978) Page, J., Langwith: A Mining Village in Transition, 1973-1976 (1976) Yes DERBYSHIRE\a7005277 19/06/2020 DERBYSHIRE\71072486 10/02/2022 f8cb4630-534e-43ad-858d-ad2dda7f0c4a