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Entry Type	Corporate
Corporate Name	Netherseal Colliery
Parent Body	Coton Park Colliery Company (1866-1869)
	West Moira Colliery Company Limited (1869-1871)
	Netherseal Colliery Company Limited (1871-1942)
	Moira Colliery Company Limited (1942-1947)
	National Coal Board (1947-1948)
Also Known As	Coton Park Company
Place	Netherseal
Epithet	coal mine
Dates	1867-1948
History	After successful trial bores by the owner of Coton Park Estate, its underlying coal was advertised for purchase or lease. It came to the attention of Charles Binns, who together with George Hague and Edward Ellis formed the Coton Park Colliery Company in November 1866 to pioneer the development of mining in the area, with leases being made with several landowners in 1867 for minerals under land containing over 1150 acres Two shafts were sunk in 1867-1869. The name of the colliery was changed in 1871 to Netherseal Colliery following the opening of a different Coton Park Colliery nearby. It worked the Kilburn, Eureka, Stockings and Woodfield coal seams. The highest recorded manpower was 825 in 1922. The underground haulage system used onsite was worked by using compressed air. It was the first of its kind to be used in the South Derbyshire area. It was also served by a railway branch line on the surface. The Colliery was brought by Moira Colliery Company Ltd in 1942. However, Moira only worked the site for 4 years because of flooding issues and impending nationalisation, which meant that control of it was transferred to the National Coal Board in Jan 1947. Flooding soon Ied to its closure in Dec 1947, with production finally ceasing in 1948. Known managers: Robert Howe, Ernest Hague, Thomas Wilkinson, George Jonathan Binns, C. Dickinson, Francis Stanier, H Bailey, Eric P Lawrence, Jock R Gibson.
Key Events	1867: First sunk as Coton Park Colliery 1871: The name was changed to Netherseal Colliery. 1942: Taken over by Moira Colliery Co Ltd 1947: Nationalisation; Closed 1948: Production finally ceased
Source	‘Netherseal Colliery Closed After 79 Years, Flooded’, http://www.healeyhero.co.uk/rescue/individual/Bob_Bradley/Bk-4/B4-1948.html Derbyshire Life, Netherseal and Overseal – Derbyshire’s National Forest villages, 6 July 2016, https://www.derbyshirelife.co.uk/out-about/places/netherseal-and-overseal-derbyshire-s-national-forest-villages-1-4594258 Netherseal Village, A Modern History of Netherseal Village http://netherseal.btck.co.uk/Amodernhistoryofthevillage 'The Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfield, 1299-1900' by Colin Owen, 1984
Authorised Form of Name	Netherseal; Netherseal Colliery; 1867-1948; coal mine

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