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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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