| Entry Type | Corporate |
| Corporate Name | Holbrook Colliery |
| Parent Body | J & G Wells Limited |
| Place | Eckington |
| Epithet | coal mine |
| Dates | 1877-1944 |
| History | Opened in the early 1870s with 3 shafts and began producing coal in 1877. By the 1880s, the pit reportedly employed around 500 miners and was producing an acre of coal a week.
It was served by the Midland Railway. The onsite coking ovens were served by a branch line of the Great Central Railway, as well as an internal railway system.
In the national strike of 1893, the buildings were damaged as hundreds of strikers threw missiles and besieged non-union men in the engine house.
It was linked to Westthorpe Colliery and after production stopped here in 1944, it became a ventilation shaft for Westthorpe Colliery |
| Relationships | In 1944, Holbrook Colliery ceased production. It was instead used as ventilation for nearby Westthorpe Colliery |
| Key Events | 1877: Began producing coal
1893: Buildings damaged by strikers
1944: Production stopped and was used as a ventilation shaft for Westthorpe Colliery |
| Source | ‘Eckington’, http://www.oldminer.co.uk/eckington.html
Bridgewater, A. N., North Derbyshire Collieries (2009) https://www.aditnow.co.uk/documents/Doe-Lea-Coal-Mine/North20Derbyshire20Collieries20Small20Update.pdf |
| Authorised Form of Name | Eckington; Holbrook Colliery; 1877-1944; coal mine |
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