Corporate Church Gresley; Church Gresley Colliery; 1829-1967; coal mine DS/UK/3665 Church Gresley Colliery Moira Colliery Company Limited (1895-1947) National Coal Board (1947-1960) Gresley Colliery 1829-1967 coal mine Church Gresley Church Gresley

Two shafts were sunk at at Church Gresley were sunk in 1892 by George Gregory of Repton. In 1833 the pit was purchased by Peter Fearnhead, who sold it in 1835 to the Marquis of Hastings and the Moira Colliery Company in 1835. It was, by and large, a productive pit for the Moira Company, although subject to pits and troughs.. On the death of Lord Donington in July 1895, a new limited liability company known as the Moira Colliery Company Limited was formed on 1 Oct 1895, taking over the collieries of Church Gresley in Derbyshire and Rawdon, Reservoir and Marquis in Leicestershire. This led a period of modernisation for the Church Gresley Colliery, being almost totally re-constructed, which meant that it was able to become an effective colliery again. Church Gresley Colliery came under the control of the National Coal Board In 1947 following the nationalisation of the coal industry. It was closed in 1967. Yes 'The Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfield, 1200-1900' by Colin Owen, 1984 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\71026502 10/02/2021 DERBYSHIRE\a7005277 23/09/2026 bbaf2b65-ef3b-49c4-983e-797535a2abae