| Entry Type | Corporate |
| Corporate Name | Hartington Colliery |
| Parent Body | Staveley Coal and Iron Company Limited |
| Also Known As | New Hollingwood: New Hartington |
| Place | Hollingwood, Staveley |
| Epithet | coal mine |
| Dates | 1858-1927 |
| History | The original sinking on the site in 1878 by the Staveley Coal and Iron Company was made to provide ventilation and pumping for nearby Ireland Colliery, with a small pumping station being built for this purpose. It was initially known as New Hollingwood Colliery, but changed its name to New Hartington or Hartington Colliery in 1880, when it was decided (after exploration was made for coal) to change the site's purpose to one of coal production. It produced its first coal in 1881, mined from the Deep Soft coal seam. Between then and 1921, when the shafts were deepened to reach the Blackshale coal seam, around 10,500 tons was produced a week. Housing was provided for colliery workers in the hamlet of Hartington. Coal was eventually first prod
The site finally closed in 1930, reverting to its previous purpose as ventilation for Ireland Colliery. |
| Source | ‘Hartington & Ireland Collieries’, http://www.oldminer.co.uk/hartington---ireland.html
Bell, D., Memories of the Derbyshire Coalfields (Newbury: Countryside Books, 2006)
Bridgewater, A. N., The Local Collieries
Griffins, A. R., Mining in the East Midlands, 1550-1947 (London: Frank Cass & Company Limited, 2005)
Wain, K., The Coal Mining Industry of Sheffield and North Derbyshire (Amberley, 2014) |
| Authorised Form of Name | Hollingwood, Staveley; Hartington Colliery; 1858-1927; coal mine |
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