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Entry TypeCorporate
Corporate NameNew Langley Colliery
Parent BodyButterley Company
National Coal Board
Also Known AsNew Winnings Colliery
PlaceLangley Mill
Epithetcoal mine
Dates1859-1960
HistoryThe colliery was first sunk in 1859 near Langley Mill. It was originally known as New Winnings, and was classed as being in Loscoe. It was renamed as New Langley after 1891 to differentiate it from Langley/Bailey Brook Colliery. It worked the Deep Hard, Deep Soft, Low Main and Piper coal seams. The highest recorded manpower was 505 in 1953, with the highest output of 244,877 tonnes in 1956.
The site temporarily closed in 1887 because of a low demand of the coal mined here. It reopened in 1891. Official closure came in 1960, but underground workings merged with Ormonde Colliery.
Key Events1859: First sunk
1887: Temporarily closed
1891: Reopened
1947: Nationalisation
1960: Closed
Source‘New Langley Colliery Was Closed 1960 After 70 Years - Merged With Ormonde’, http://www.healeyhero.co.uk/rescue/individual/Bob_Bradley/Bk-4/B4-1960.html
‘Ormonde Colliery (North Derbyshire) 1970 - Closed After 60 Years’, http://www.healeyhero.co.uk/rescue/individual/Bob_Bradley/Bk-5/B5-1970-C.html
Butterley Co. Ltd., Promotional Guide for Colliery Department (early 20th century), in N5/399
Butterley Company through Nine Reigns (1953)
Riden, P., The Butterley Company, 1790-1830 (1973)
Thorpe, F. S., The Heritage of Codnor & Loscoe (1990)
Authorised Form of NameLangley Mill; New Langley Colliery; 1859-1960; coal mine

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