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Entry Type	Corporate
Corporate Name	Pilsley Colliery
Parent Body	Pilsley Colliery Company Ltd
Place	Pilsley
Epithet	coal mine
Dates	1866-1957
History	A shaft was first sunk in 1866 by the Pilsley Colliery Company. Further shafts were sunk between 1873 and 1875. These worked the Blackshale, Tupton and Deep Hard coal seams. With the nationalisation of the coal industry in 1947, the colliery came under the control of the National Coal Board, being part of the East Midlands Division Area No. 1. The pit was finally closed in 1957.
Key Events	1866: First sunk 1947: Nationalisation 1957: Closed
Source	‘Pilsley Colliery’, https://www.oldminer.co.uk/pilsley.html
Authorised Form of Name	Pilsley; Pilsley Colliery; 1866-1957; coal mine

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