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Entry Type	Corporate
Corporate Name	Swanwick Colliery
Parent Body	Palmer-Morewood family
Parent Body	National Coal Board
Place	Swanwick
Epithet	coal mine
Dates	1866-1968
History	Swanwick Colliery was established by the Palmer-Morewood family in 1866. The Deep Hard , Deep Soft, Low Main, Silkstone, Top Hard and Cannel seams were being worked in 1939, by the New Pit, the Old PiIt and Lily Street Pit (Cannel). It remained in the control of the Palmer-Morewood family until 1947, when it passed to the National Coal Board following the nationalisation of the coal industry. It was put into the East Midland Division Area No. 4. The colliery was closed in 1968.
Source	The Colliery Year Boo and Coal Trades Directory, 1936 www.healeyhero.co.uk website
Authorised Form of Name	Swanwick; Swanwick Colliery; 1866-1968; coal mine

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