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Entry Type
Corporate
Corporate Name
Upper Birchwood Colliery
Subordinate
Butterley Company
Also Known As
Old Birchwood
Place
Somercotes
Epithet
coal mine
Dates
1842-1926
History
There were several pits called Upper Birchwood and the early history of them is complicated and unclear. It would seem that the Butterley Company operated a colliery there from at least 1842. The Butterley Company continued to work the colliery into the 20th century. In 1923 it was known as Old Birchwood Colliery. It ceased to be worked by the Butterley Company
Source
https://www.somercoteshistory.co.uk/mining.asp
http://www.dmm.org.uk/company/b1012.htm
Authorised Form of Name
Somercotes; Upper Birchwood Colliery; Butterley Company; 1842-1926; coal mine
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