| Entry Type | Corporate |
| Corporate Name | Swanwick Colliery |
| Parent Body | Palmer-Morewood family |
| National Coal Board |
| Place | Swanwick |
| Epithet | coal mine |
| Dates | 1866-1968 |
| History | Swanwick Colliery was established by the Palmer-Morewood family in 1866. The Deep Hard , Deep Soft, Low Main, Silkstone, Top Hard and Cannel seams were being worked in 1939, by the New Pit, the Old PiIt and Lily Street Pit (Cannel). It remained in the control of the Palmer-Morewood family until 1947, when it passed to the National Coal Board following the nationalisation of the coal industry. It was put into the East Midland Division Area No. 4. The colliery was closed in 1968. |
| Source | The Colliery Year Boo and Coal Trades Directory, 1936
www.healeyhero.co.uk website |
| Authorised Form of Name | Swanwick; Swanwick Colliery; 1866-1968; coal mine |
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