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Entry Type	Corporate
Corporate Name	Measham Colliery
Place	Measham, now Leicestershire
Epithet	coal mine
Dates	1894-1986
History	In 1894 W. Tate established Measham Collieries Limited. It began by working the Main Coal seam in a pit 78 feet in depth. The colliery's range was expanded by the use of the previously abandoned Abney's Pits, which extended into Woodfield, Eureka and other seams below the Main Seam. Although some of the seams were soon exhausted and the compnay faced challenges from the Moira Colliery Company for loss of royalties, the colliery became moderately successful. Its offices were at Measham Hall, bought from Lancelot Abney. The colliery passed into the control of the National Coal Board after the nationalisation of the coal industry in 1947. The colliey was closed in 1986, when it was merged with Donsithorpe Colliery.
Key Events	1894: establishment of Measham Collieries Limited
Source	"The Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfield, 1200-1900" by Colin Owen, 1984
Authorised Form of Name	Measham, now Leicestershire; Measham Colliery; 1894-1986; coal mine

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