Corporate DS/UK/3805 Ripley; Ripley Colliery; 1854-1948; coal mine Ripley Colliery Butterley Company (1854-1947) National Coal Board (1947-1948) coal mine 1854-1948 Ripley

The first sinking for Ripley Collery took place in 1854.I t worked the Deep Hard, Deep Soft, Piper, Low Main, Threequarters and Silkstone coal seams. The colliery passed into the control of the National Coal Board following the nationalisation of the coal industry in 1947. The NCB soon closed it a year later, but any workings still useable merged with Denby Hall Colliery in 1949. 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) Yes DERBYSHIRE\71026502 23/07/2021 DERBYSHIRE\71072486 10/02/2022 4942d971-e988-44f0-823d-54e03f12914f