Corporate DS/UK/3760 Pilsley; Pilsley Colliery; 1866-1957; coal mine Pilsley Colliery Pilsley Colliery Company Ltd coal mine 1866-1957 Pilsley 1866: First sunk 1947: Nationalisation 1957: Closed

A shaft was first sunk in 1866 by the Pilsley Colliery Company. Further shafts were sunk between 1873 and 1875. These worked the Blackshale, Tupton and Deep Hard coal seams. With the nationalisation of the coal industry in 1947, the colliery came under the control of the National Coal Board, being part of the East Midlands Division Area No. 1. The pit was finally closed in 1957. 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) ‘Pilsley Colliery’, https://www.oldminer.co.uk/pilsley.html Yes DERBYSHIRE\71077833 11/06/2021 DERBYSHIRE\71010800 28/01/2022 3b6111eb-7718-4a21-99b8-7b5a6efd3b45