Corporate DS/UK/3949 Swanwick; Swanwick Colliery; 1866-1968; coal mine Swanwick Colliery Palmer-Morewood family National Coal Board coal mine 1866-1968 Swanwick

Swanwick Colliery was established by the Palmer-Morewood family in 1866. The Deep Hard , Deep Soft, Low Main, Silkstone, Top Hard and Cannel seams were being worked in 1939, by the New Pit, the Old PiIt and Lily Street Pit (Cannel). It remained in the control of the Palmer-Morewood family until 1947, when it passed to the National Coal Board following the nationalisation of the coal industry. It was put into the East Midland Division Area No. 4. The colliery was closed in 1968. 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) The Colliery Year Boo and Coal Trades Directory, 1936 www.healeyhero.co.uk website Yes DERBYSHIRE\71026502 15/10/2021 DERBYSHIRE\71010800 28/01/2022 fc35c15b-222a-4beb-abd9-f3846285d254