| Entry Type | Corporate |
| Corporate Name | Shirebrook Colliery Limited |
| Place | Shirebrook |
| Epithet | colliery company |
| Dates | 1894-1947 |
| History | The company was established in 1894 with Arnold Lupton as Managing Director. It was given its Certificate of Incorporation as Shirebrook Colliery Limited a year later. Lupton left the company following a 17 week wage dispute in 1898. The anger of miners, who were striking because of poor working conditions and low wages, was made worse when miners from Glasgow and Wales were brought in to replace the striking miners. Eventually they were sent home. The company only ever owned Shirebrook Colliery
In 1947 Shirebrook Colliery was transferred to the control of the National Coal Board as a result of the nationalisation of teh coal industry. |
| Key Events | 1894: Company established
1895: Became limited company
1947: Nationalisation |
| Source | ‘Shirebrook’, http://www.oldminer.co.uk/shirebrook.html
‘Sinking Accident at Shirebrook’, http://www.healeyhero.co.uk/rescue/individual/Bob_Bradley/Bk-2/Bk2-1897-P1.html
Amos, D. and Braber, N., Bradwell’s Images of Coal Mining in the East Midlands (Sheffield: Bradwell Books, 2017)
Certificate of Incorporation for of Shirebrook Colliery Limited, N10/B/1
King’s Speech (Motion for an Address), February 1906, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1906/feb/20/kings-speech-motion-for-an-address#S4V0152P0_19060220_HOC_186
Letter from Arnold Lupton resigning as manager of Shirebrook Colliery in July 1899
Lupton, A., Voluntary Service versus Compulsory Service (September 1915)
Mining Heritage in the East Midlands, Shirebrook Colliery: 25th anniversary of closure, http://www.miningheritage.co.uk/shirebrook-colliery-25th-anniversary-of-closure/
National Coal Board, A Profile of Shirebrook Colliery (1982)
Shirebrook Colliery History, Feb 1951
Shirebrook Town Council, Local History https://www.shirebrooktowncouncil.gov.uk/local-history.html
Workmen’s Compensation Bill, December 1906, Third Reading, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1906/dec/13/workmens-compensation-bill#S4V0167P0_19061213_HOC_309 |
| Authorised Form of Name | Shirebrook; Shirebrook Colliery Limited; 1894-1947; colliery company |
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