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Entry Type	Corporate
Corporate Name	Langwith Colliery
Parent Body	Sheepbridge Coal and Iron Co.
Place	Langwith
Place	Langwith
Epithet	coal mine
Dates	1876-1978
History	The land for the site that would become Langwith Colliery was leased from the Earl of Bathurst in 1873. Sinking began in 1876 and coal was finally reached by 1880. During its lifetime it worked five coal seams. The original pit village had 152 houses, a sports and recreation ground and a welfare institute, which came in 1901. Land was leased in 1884 from the Duke of Portland to provide allotments for the village. By 1912 there was also a Co-Operative Store and cinema on colliery owned land. The site first had electricity in 1920 and by 1947 was generating enough power to serve parts of the connected village. The facilities at the colliery included pithead baths, pumping station and railway sidings. Langwith was the last of the mines formally owned by the Sheepbride Coal and Iron Co. to still be in production. It finally closed in August 1978.
Key Events	1873: Land first leased 1876: First sunk 1947: Nationalisation Aug 1978: closed
Source	National Coal Board North Derbyshire Area, Langwith Colliery, 1876-1978 (1978) Page, J., Langwith: A Mining Village in Transition, 1973-1976 (1976)
Authorised Form of Name	Langwith; Langwith Colliery; 1876-1978; coal mine

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