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Entry TypeCorporate
Corporate NamePilsley Colliery
Parent BodyPilsley Colliery Company Ltd
PlacePilsley
Epithetcoal mine
Dates1866-1957
HistoryA shaft was first sunk in 1866 by the Pilsley Colliery Company. Further shafts were sunk between 1873 and 1875. These worked the Blackshale, Tupton and Deep Hard coal seams. With the nationalisation of the coal industry in 1947, the colliery came under the control of the National Coal Board, being part of the East Midlands Division Area No. 1. The pit was finally closed in 1957.
Key Events1866: First sunk
1947: Nationalisation
1957: Closed
Source‘Pilsley Colliery’, https://www.oldminer.co.uk/pilsley.html
Authorised Form of NamePilsley; Pilsley Colliery; 1866-1957; coal mine

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