| 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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