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Entry Type
Corporate
Corporate Name
Pewit Colliery
Parent Body
Messrs Ward and Chambers (1860)
Hardwick Colliery Company Limited
Also Known As
Peawit Colliery
Place
North Wingfield
Epithet
coal mine
Dates
fl 1860-1898
History
Pewit Colliery was said to have been owned by Messrs Ward and Chambers, when the partnership bought out previous owners in 1860. The mine was later owned by the Hadrwick Colliery Company Limited. The colliery was abandoned on 17 Feb 1898. The main shaft was filled in in November 1950 and capped in June 1961.
Source
http://www.healeyhero.co.uk/
File of Eric Williamson at Derbyshire Record Office under D3772/2/24
Authorised Form of Name
North Wingfield; Pewit Colliery; fl 1860-1898; coal mine
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