Corporate Mapperley; Mapperley Colliery; 1872-1965; coal mine DS/UK/3457 Mapperley Colliery Mapperley Colliery Company 1872-1965 coal mine Mapperley Mapperley

The Glendon Iron Company of Leicester acquired the mineral rights at Mapperley under lands belonging to the Drury Lowe family and started to sink a new colliery to the west of Mapperley in 1870. Mapperley Colliery was officially opened in 1872. The colliery was acquired from the Glendon Iron Company by the Mapperley Colliery Company in 1884. The colliery worked the Deep Soft, Deep Hard, Piper, Low Main and Kilburn seams. Mapperley Colliery were transferred in 1947 into the control of the National Coal Board during the nationalisation of the coal industry. It was place in the East Midlands Division Area No. 5. The colliery was closed in March 1965. Yes 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) DERBYSHIRE\a7005277 19/06/2020 DERBYSHIRE\a7005277 23/09/2026 5b29b271-e152-40d2-b467-48222889763b