Corporate DS/UK/3792 Eckington; Holbrook Colliery; 1877-1944; coal mine Holbrook Colliery J & G Wells Limited coal mine 1877-1944 Eckington 1877: Began producing coal 1893: Buildings damaged by strikers 1944: Production stopped and was used as a ventilation shaft for Westthorpe Colliery

Opened in the early 1870s with 3 shafts and began producing coal in 1877. By the 1880s, the pit reportedly employed around 500 miners and was producing an acre of coal a week. It was served by the Midland Railway. The onsite coking ovens were served by a branch line of the Great Central Railway, as well as an internal railway system. In the national strike of 1893, the buildings were damaged as hundreds of strikers threw missiles and besieged non-union men in the engine house. It was linked to Westthorpe Colliery and after production stopped here in 1944, it became a ventilation shaft for Westthorpe Colliery DS/UK/3470 In 1944, Holbrook Colliery ceased production. It was instead used as ventilation for nearby Westthorpe Colliery 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) ‘Eckington’, http://www.oldminer.co.uk/eckington.html Bridgewater, A. N., North Derbyshire Collieries (2009) https://www.aditnow.co.uk/documents/Doe-Lea-Coal-Mine/North20Derbyshire20Collieries20Small20Update.pdf Yes DERBYSHIRE\71026502 22/07/2021 DERBYSHIRE\71026502 23/02/2022 ce95cffc-c179-469a-b4dc-76b64fccd81f