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Entry Type	Corporate
Corporate Name	Upper Birchwood Colliery
Subordinate	Butterley Company
Also Known As	Old Birchwood
Place	Somercotes
Epithet	coal mine
Dates	1842-1926
History	There were several pits called Upper Birchwood and the early history of them is complicated and unclear. It would seem that the Butterley Company operated a colliery there from at least 1842. The Butterley Company continued to work the colliery into the 20th century. In 1923 it was known as Old Birchwood Colliery. It ceased to be worked by the Butterley Company
Source	https://www.somercoteshistory.co.uk/mining.asp http://www.dmm.org.uk/company/b1012.htm
Authorised Form of Name	Somercotes; Upper Birchwood Colliery; Butterley Company; 1842-1926; coal mine

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