| Administrative History | The Butterley Company undertook borehole tests to find coal resources in several parts of North Nottinghamshire during and just after the First World War. They found the results at Ollerton particularly promising and took the decision to develop a new colliery there. Sinking at Ollerton started in 1923 and was finished in 1926. It worked the Top Hard, Piper, Clowne, High Hazel, Waterloo, Low Main, Three Quarter, Deep Hard and Deep Soft coal seams. A pit village was built to accommodate mine workers and their families. On the nationalisation of the coal industry, Ollerton Colliery passed into the control of the National Coal Board, becoming part of East Midlands Division Area No. 3. It became part of the North Nottinghamshire area in 1967. The site stopped producing coal in 1994, and was officially closed in 1995. |