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Entry Type	Corporate
Corporate Name	Swadlincote Colliery
Parent Body	Messrs Hall and Boardman
	Messrs. Hall and Boardman Ltd (1884-1899)
	Halls Collieries Ltd (1899-1947)
	National Coal Board (1947-1965)
Also Known As	Swad Colliery; Swadlincote Old Colliery; Heathcote Colliery.
Place	Swadlincote
Epithet	coal mine
Dates	1852-1965
History	The mine at Swadlincote was sunk to form the Swadlincote Old (or Hearthcote) Colliery in 1852. It worked the Eureka, Kilburn, Yard and Woodfield coal seams. The colliery was transferred to the National Coal Board as a result of the nationalisation of the coal industry in 1947, when it became part of the East Midlands Division Area No. 7. The highest recorded output was 297,030 tons in 1952, with the highest recorded manpower of 599 in 1958.A drift mine opened here in 1962, but wasn't in use for long as the site closed in 1965. The colliery was known locally as Swad Colliery. Known managers: Granville Chambers, Alfred Eley, TP Hewitt, SE Thomas, George J German, PCC. Phillips, Frank M Joyce, Jack E Chapman, William Wallace, John G Tebbs, Jock R Gibson, William Tatham, Alec Hindmarsh
Key Events	1852: mine sunk by Hall and Boardman 1947: nationalised 1962: drift mine opened 1965: closed
Source	‘Swadlincote Colliery Closed After 83 Years’, http://www.healeyhero.co.uk/rescue/individual/Bob_Bradley/Bk-4/B4-1965-P1.html Amos, D. and Braber, N., Bradwell’s Images of Coal Mining in the East Midlands (Sheffield: Bradwell Books, 2017) Bell, D., Memories of the Derbyshire Coalfields (Newbury: Countryside Books, 2006) 'The Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfield, 1200-1900' by Colin Owen, 1984
Authorised Form of Name	Swadlincote; Swadlincote Colliery; 1852-1965; coal mine

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