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Entry Type	Corporate
Corporate Name	Parkhouse Colliery
Parent Body	Clay Cross Company Limited
Parent Body	National Coal Board
Also Known As	Catty Pit; Clay Cross No. 7 Colliery
Place	Danesmoor
Epithet	coal mine
Dates	1867-1962
History	The colliery was first sunk in 1866 by the Clay Cross Co. to work the Blackshale coal seam. The Tupton coal seam was also later worked. It was also known as Clay Cross No. 7 Pit. It originally employed around 320 men. In 1882, a large gas explosion killed 55 men and boys employed at the site. A later inquest blamed 3 simultanous explosions for the loss of life. A branch line of the Erewash Valley Railway served the pit. Control of the colliery was transferred to the National Coal Board following the nationalisation of the coal industry in 1947 The colliery eventually closed in 1962. At the time of closure 420 men were employed.
Key Events	1866: First sunk by Clay Cross Co. 1882: Methane gas explosion killed 55 men and boys 1947: Nationalisation 1962: Closed
Source	‘Parkhouse Colliery, Known As Catty Pit’, http://www.healeyhero.co.uk/rescue/pits/Parkhouse/Parkhouse1.html Bell, D., Memories of the Derbyshire Coalfields (Newbury: Countryside Books, 2006) Bridgewater, A. N., North Derbyshire Collieries, https://www.aditnow.co.uk/documents/Doe-Lea-Coal-Mine/North20Derbyshire20Collieries20Small20Update.pdf Chapman, S., The Clay Cross Company, 1837-1987 (Old Woking: Unwin Brothers Ltd, 1987) Clay Cross Today, Parkhouse Colliery, http://www.claycrosstoday.co.uk/Parkhouse-Colliery/
Authorised Form of Name	Danesmoor; Parkhouse Colliery; 1867-1962; coal mine

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