| Entry Type | Corporate |
| Corporate Name | Church Gresley Colliery |
| Parent Body | Moira Colliery Company Limited (1895-1947) |
| National Coal Board (1947-1960) |
| Also Known As | Gresley Colliery |
| Place | Church Gresley |
| Epithet | coal mine |
| Dates | 1829-1967 |
| History | Two shafts were sunk at at Church Gresley were sunk in 1892 by George Gregory of Repton. In 1833 the pit was purchased by Peter Fearnhead, who sold it in 1835 to the Marquis of Hastings and the Moira Colliery Company in 1835. It was, by and large, a productive pit for the Moira Company, although subject to pits and troughs.. On the death of Lord Donington in July 1895, a new limited liability company known as the Moira Colliery Company Limited was formed on 1 Oct 1895, taking over the collieries of Church Gresley in Derbyshire and Rawdon, Reservoir and Marquis in Leicestershire. This led a period of modernisation for the Church Gresley Colliery, being almost totally re-constructed, which meant that it was able to become an effective colliery again.
Church Gresley Colliery came under the control of the National Coal Board In 1947 following the nationalisation of the coal industry. It was closed in 1967. |
| Source | 'The Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfield, 1200-1900' by Colin Owen, 1984 |
| Authorised Form of Name | Church Gresley; Church Gresley Colliery; 1829-1967; coal mine |
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