Corporate DS/UK/3527 Warsop Vale, Nottinghamshire; Warsop Main Colliery; 1889-1989; coal mine Warsop Main Colliery Staveley Coal and Iron Company Ltd National Coal Board coal mine 1889-1989 Warsop Vale, Nottinghamshire 1889: First sunk 1947: Nationalisation 1953-1960: Reorganisation of the site 1989: Closed

The colliery was first sunk in 1889 by the Staveley Coal and Iron Company. It first started producing coal in 1893. It worked the High Hazel, Clowne, Top Hard and Deep Soft coal seams. By 1935 it was seen as one of the most proficient mines in the country. At this time 2,500 men and boys were employed and was it was producing 21,000 tons of coal. The colliery was transferred into the control of the National Coal Board as a result of the nationalisation of the coal industry. In 1953, a reorganisation scheme was planned for both surface and underground workings. This redevelopment was finished in 1960. The colliery was closed in 1989, when it was reported to have been losing around £200,000 a week. 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) Amos, D. and Braber, N., Bradwell’s Images of Coal Mining in the East Midlands (Sheffield: Bradwell Books, 2017) Bell, D., Memories of the Derbyshire Coalfields (Newbury: Countryside Books, 2006) Bridgewater, A. N., The Local Collieries Topping, A., Reliving the closure of Warsop Main Colliery - 30 years on, Chad, 23rd Aug 2019, https://www.chad.co.uk/news/people/reliving-closure-warsop-main-colliery-30-years-946132 Warsop Vale Local History Society, Warsop Main Colliery, http://www.warsopvale.org/history2.htm Yes DERBYSHIRE\71026502 21/09/2020 DERBYSHIRE\71010800 28/01/2022 e9b481d4-8043-4ee4-9dc5-edb921c93856