| Entry Type | Corporate |
| Corporate Name | Cadley Hill Colliery |
| Parent Body | Messrs. Hall and Boardman Ltd |
| Halls Collieries Ltd |
| National Coal Board, later British Coal |
| Place | Church Gresley |
| Epithet | coal mine |
| Dates | 1860-1988 |
| History | 3 shafts were originally sunk by Messrs Hall and Boardman Ltd in 1860 to work 88 acres covered by the lease. The coal in these shafts was exhausted by 1917 and the shafts were deepened by 1922. The coal seams worked were the Eureka, Main, Kilburn and Stockings coal seams. The site underwent a redevelopment in 1942, including 4 surface drifts, which were in use until 1962, pithead baths, canteen and first aid room were also added. The coal produced was mainly used in coal fiired power stations. Its highest recorded manpower was 900 men.
The colliery was transferred to the National Coal Board as a result of the nationalisation of the coal industry in 1947. A merger with Church Gresley Colliery took place in 1967. The Cadley Hill part closed in 1968, meaning only 1 original shft was left in use.The rest of the merged colliery officially closed in 1988, being the penultimate colliery in the South Derbyshire coalfield to close.
Known managers: Alfred Eley, TP Hewitt, SE Thomas, George J German, PCC Phillips, FM Joyce, William Wallace (twice), Eric P Lawrence, John G Tebbs , Jock R Gibson, FK Joyce, Ralph Rawlinson, John Chris Boyle, Mick E Skelding, Tom W Fleming, Keith M McCarthy, |
| Key Events | 1860: original shafts sunk |
| Source | ‘Cadley Hill, South Derbyshire Pit To Close After 128 Years’, http://www.healeyhero.co.uk/rescue/individual/Bob_Bradley/Bk-6/B6-1988-P5.html
Amos, D. and Braber, N., Bradwell’s Images of Coal Mining in the East Midlands (Sheffield: Bradwell Books, 2017)
Bell, D., Memories of the Derbyshire Coalfields (Newbury: Countryside Books, 2006) |
| Authorised Form of Name | Church Gresley; Cadley Hill Colliery; 1860-1988; coal mine |
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