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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D4493
Title	F R Durance, colliery manager at Manners Colliery Company, Ilkeston
Date	1874-1951
Description	Include minute books 1880-1906; copy mining agreements 1874-1887; mining diaries of Frederick A Durance, colliery manager, 1909-1951
Extent	10 boxes, 1 roll
Level	Fonds
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Archive Creator	F R Durance, colliery manager at Manners Colliery Company, Ilkeston
Administrative History	The Manners Colliery Co Ltd was set up in the 19th century and operated the Manners Collieries at Ilkeston and the Lodge Collieries at Newthorpe, Nottinghamshire. Frederick A Durance was manager of the Manners Colliery Co Ltd from 1909 and seems to have stayed until 1951, after coal nationalization. He studied as a mining engineer and started work at Butterley Company collieries before working for Manners.
Custodial History	Acquired by Derbyshire Record Office in 1996
Organisation Sub-Type	Coal mining companies
Term	Business