Corporate DS/UK/3722 Somercotes; Upper Birchwood Colliery; Butterley Company; 1842-1926; coal mine Upper Birchwood Colliery Butterley Company coal mine 1842-1926 Somercotes Old Birchwood

There were several pits called Upper Birchwood and the early history of them is complicated and unclear. It would seem that the Butterley Company operated a colliery there from at least 1842. The Butterley Company continued to work the colliery into the 20th century. In 1923 it was known as Old Birchwood Colliery. It ceased to be worked by the Butterley Company 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) https://www.somercoteshistory.co.uk/mining.asp http://www.dmm.org.uk/company/b1012.htm Yes DERBYSHIRE\71026502 22/04/2021 DERBYSHIRE\71072486 10/02/2022 b88698ed-61fe-4e37-9bad-a44f49a19fd9