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Collapse D623 - North-East Derbyshire: Coal Mining Plans - 1898-c1950

D623 - North-East Derbyshire: Coal Mining Plans - 1898-c1950

Collapse BP - Maps, including some copies - 20th cent

BP - Maps, including some copies - 20th cent

1 - Heath: Photostat copy of an 1899 plan of Owl Cotes Colliery, Heath, worked by Hardwick Colliery Company, showing workings commenced August 1897, and also old pits and workings. The Top Hard Coal worked on Lord Manvers' estate at Heath, exhausted in August 1897, also indicated. Scale: 2 chain to 1 inch: 37" to 29½". - 20th Cent

2 - Newbold: New Dunston Colliery, Newbold, worked by Mr E D Fawcett, showing the layout of workings, date of extraction of coal, and a section of the seam. Scale: 2 chains to 1 inch. 30" x 19½". - (1913-1917)

3 - Newbold: Brierley Wood Colliery, Newbold, Blackshale Coal, showing the layout of workings, the position of proposed air pits and the location of a fault. Scale: 2 chains to 1 inch. 9" x 9". - 1916

4 - Newbold: Littlemoor Colliery, Newbold, Deep Soft Coal, on Major Orange-Bromehead's estate, worked by Mr Henry Blair of Brimington, showing layout of workings, and dates of extraction of coal (1922-3) and position f air shafts. Section. Scale: 2 chains to 1 inch. 24" x 17½ ". - c. 1927

5 - Newbold: Newbold Moor Colliery, Deep Hard Coal, showing the layout of workings, dates of extraction of coal (1927-8), section of the seam and entrances. Scale: 1 chain to 1 inch. 15½" x 10½". - c. 1927

6 - Sutton cum Duckmanton: Scarsdale Colliery, Sutton-cum-Duckmanton, Top Hard Seam, showing the layout of workings, and dates of extractions of coal (1927-1928) - 1927

7 - Newbold: Wallsend Colliery, Newbold, Silkstone Coal, showing the layout of workings, dates of extraction of coal (1928-1930), a section of the seam and the position of air-shafts. Scale: 2 chains to 1 inch. 20½ x 15½. - c.1927

8 - Sutton cum Duckmanton, Heath: Photostat copy of a 1939 plan of Springwood Colliery, Sutton-cum-Duckmanton and Heath, Top Hard Seam, showing underground and surface levels, the layout of the workings, dates of extraction of coal (1929-1938), the position of air shafts and a section of the seam. Scale:1 chain to 1 inch. 39" x 28½". - 20th cent

9 - Sutton cum Duckmanton, Heath: Photostat copy of a 1939 plan of Springwood Colliery, Sutton-cum-Duckmanton and Heath, Top Hard Seam, showing underground and surface levels, the layout of the workings, dates of extraction of coal (1929-1938), the position of air shafts, a section of the seam and the location of land purchased by LNE Railway Company. Scale: 1 chain to 1 inch. 32" x 25". - 20th cent

10 - Barlow: Photostat copy of a c1945 plan of Leewood Colliery, Barlow, Blackshale Seam, on the Haddon Estate, showing the layout of the workings, dates of extraction of coal (1929-1942), a section of the seam and neighbouring workings abandoned as uneconomic in 1938. Scale: 2 chains to 1 inch. 66" x 29". - 20th cent

11 - Barlow: Photostat copy of the c1945 abandonment plan for Leewood Colliery, Barlow, Blackshale Seam, showing surrounding old workings (Grasscroft Old Shale Workings, Monkwood Old Blackshale Workings, Barlow Lees) the layout of the workings and dates of extraction of coal (1929-1942). Last coal drawn 4 August 1942. Scale: 2 chains to 1 inch. 93" x 29". - 20th cent

12 - Wingerworth Area: Plan of workings (not named) in the Wingerworth-Hasland area to the East of Birdholme Farm, showing the area under lease and proposed extension and the area of coal worked from commencement to June 1939. Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile. 28" x 18". - c. 1945

13 - Sutton Scarsdale: Photostat copy of plan of Sutton Scarsdale Colliery, Top Hard Seam, dating from c1950, showing the layout of workings, airways and the area under licence. Scale: 1 chain to 1 inch. 36" x 23½". - 20th cent

Expand BZ - Ordnance Survey mapping - 1898

BZ - Ordnance Survey mapping - 1898

Strutt family of Belper

Strutt family of Belper

Strutt family of Belper

Strutt family of Belper

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Florence Nightingale

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Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer

Harpur Crewe family of Calke

Harpur Crewe family of Calke

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