| Administrative 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 company 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.
Measham colliery passed into the control of the National Coal Board after the nationalisation of the coal industry in 1947. The colliery was closed in 1986, after it was merged with Donisthorpe Colliery. |