In 1854 the latter duke discovered a valuable coal seam beneath the land and eventually sold much of it to the shireoaks colliery company and in 1863 built a church for the growing colliery village. Shirebrook colliery photos and memories public group facebook. George bell, 54, fitter and num branch secretary, shireoaks colliery. His first colliery experience came at the age of 14. The duke of newcastle owned mineral rights in much of north nottinghamshire. Mar 16, 2019 a fatal fall shireoaks colliery my great grandmothers first husband died young, but new records from ancestry have revealed how he died.
Taylor, the river trent navigation 2000, 12, 58 no source cited. The colliery history from whitwell local history group website. It is comprised of what used to be, prior to doomsday, the ceremonial counties of lincolnshire, west norfolk, north cambridgeshire, northern. A short history of shireoaks colliery, the people who worked there and its transition after closure, nottinghamshire living history archive millenium award schemenottinghamshire county council, 2002 bolsover colliery co. A shaft was begun at shireoaks in march 1854, and by february 1859, had reached a coal seam. A schoolteacher who led many pupils to safety during the aberfan disaster has died at the age of 86. Agree that manton and shireoaks where in ncb south yorks.
It was closed on 25 may 1991 and was capped in august 1992. Roe, gary the lure of king coal wages was too good for a 15 year old lad poems and stories. Ray havill was brought up on ilkeston mines rescue station where his father, les, was a full time member of the mines rescue team. Art uk is the online home for every public collection in the uk. In 1945 the hall, by now somewhat dilapidated, was sold to a local farmer. The first railway in nottinghamshire was the mansfield to pinxton tramway, opened on easter tuesday, 1819.
Shirebrook sidings this is the original shirebrook sidings pictured on the 8th of april 1964 by m. On 4 th june 1910 he set off for work in his occupation as dataler. Deep hard became the next seam to be worked to the south, east and west of the colliery. Alan beales database of fatalities in the midlands and yorkshire coal fields. Bbc nottingham history down the mine first impressions. It was established in 2011 to replace the kingdom of east britain when the people wished to have their own national identity apart from being a british successor state. The began acquiring mining interests throughout the area, including whitwell, clowne and steetley, where the sinking of a shaft began in may 1873. Southern rhodesia is a selfgoverning british colony, ruled by a prosperous white minority of europeans, mainly of british origin. Jane betts i am a descendent of john thorpe who fell out of sinkers hoppit at shirland colliery, derbyshire, 1866 rob ellis i am trying to obtain a hard copy of roberts book diane bell who owned token numbered 62 from shireoaks.
A short history of shireoaks colliery, the people who worked there and its transition after closure paperback 1 sep 2001. A short history of shireoaks colliery, the people who worked there and its transition after closure paperback 1 sep 2001 by george bell author, etc. Shireoaks basin opened soon afterwards, and coal was shipped to stockwith until 1949. It is comprised of what used to be, prior to doomsday, the ceremonial counties of lincolnshire, west norfolk, north cambridgeshire, northern nottinghamshire, east. Jun 28, 2007 admin, first time ive ever posted on one of these forum thingies, so ignore the poor grammer, some additions to your notts pits. Kinder to environment the design would be erected at the former stocking yard of shireoaks colliery.
Shireoaks, no doubt, derived its name from a group of oak trees which stood at the junction of the three counties of derby, nottingham, and york. Whitwell colliery was sunk by the shireoaks colliery company in 18901891 initially to the top hard coal and then deepened in 1923. A former colliery could change from coal to wind production. Anson, jack 1921 2001, a story almost untold, charlie dodd lost his arm, and grandad. Shafts of light next week is the 20th anniversary of south yorkshire miners going on strike heralding the start of one of the most bitter industrial disputes in living memory. I went down with my dad the first day and they took you down a bit faster. A drive leads south for 150m to a car park next to the hewett arms, a converted stablecoach house. This box was situated on the lines between woodend jn and shireoaks west jn and controlled trains in and out of shireoaks colliery on behalf of the midland railway co. A reclamation scheme of works was then carried out by the council, funded by english. A silhouette of the turbine shape and a sound recording will aim to show how the eventual structure will look and sound. The company owning collieries at shireoaks, steetley manor pits darfoulds, harry crofts colliery near to kiverton and whitwell colliery. The duke sold shireoaks to a new company, the shireoaks colliery company in about 1867.
The other collieries were shireoaks, steetley originally manor pits, darfoulds, clowne southgate and harry crofts near kiveton. Samuel became the publican at the station hotel in shireoaks in the latter part of his life in the 1920s, 1930s until his death in 1945. Shireoaks colliery closed in 1990 and was sold to the county council in 1997 by british coal. Not only did the closure of the pits smash communities, it left us with an. Buckingham pope, chairman of the denaby and cadeby colliery company, arrived from london at 1, and just before his grace the archbishop of york had motored over from wentworth in company with the hon. Chesterfield canal history for centuries the traders of chesterfield, east derbyshire and south yorkshire had carried their goods coal, lead and stone by road to bawtry so it could be transferred onto the river idle where boats could continue the. Alan hutsby worked at ormonde pit and then at ilkeston miners rescue. Local railway history to 1900 barrow hill roundhouse archives. Members of the warsop vale local history society and other warsop vale veterans provided other contributions included in the book. The check you have with shireoaks colliery co no 62 would relate to a person working at shireoaks mine.
Atkinson left whitwell colliery although retaining his role as agent to the shireoaks colliery company to manage. The nottinghamshire heritage gateway themes the coal. Nov 22, 2015 the ancestry link to the coal mining history resource centre reveals that charles inman was killed in a mining accident at shireoaks colliery. Author see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Wind power could replace energy from coal at an ecofriendly business park on the site of an old colliery.
The first one, richard enos jones, was the longest serving 25 years. If that man left that pit depending upon circumstances that number could be issued to another person signing on for a job. The company owning collieries at shireoaks, steetley manor pits darfoulds, harry crofts colliery near to kiverton and whitwell. Both were coalminers, matthew working at kiveton colliery and samuel at shireoaks colliery. Concertinas at shireoaks in 1893 concertina history. Shireoaks colliery, which lay to the east of the tunnel, and goods were transhipped between 18 hadfield, east midlands, 198 from rccw 19 m. Photographs of shireoaks colliery coal mine on the mine exploration web site uk. Shirebrook colliery photos and memories has 2,397 members. This job involved service work and the construction and maintenance of mine roadways. Shireoaks is a former pit village and civil parish in nottinghamshire, located between worksop and thorpe salvin on the border with south yorkshire. Feb 24, 2004 shafts of light next week is the 20th anniversary of south yorkshire miners going on strike heralding the start of one of the most bitter industrial disputes in living memory. The house and the water gardens have been separately owned since the 1970s.
The ceremony was performed exactly 36 years after the 5th duke of newcastle had lifted the first sod for the site of shireoaks colliery. Nottinghamshire county council hopes to build a wind turbine at shireoaks triangle business park, near worksop. Shireoaks colliery was already producing, having been sunk in 1856, but others followed on the new route steetley and langwith in the 1870s, whitwell, warsop main, creswell and shirebrook in the 1890s and sherwood in 1902. After a seam of coal had been reached at shireoaks in february 1859, the shireoaks colliery company was formed, and was formally registered in december 1864. The shireoaks colliery company was formally registered in december 1864 and, in due course, had mining interests throughout the area, including those at whitwell, clowne and steetley, where it began sinking a shaft in may 1873.
This box was destroyed by fire on the 27th of june 1971 and a small single storey box was built in its place, this was then closed in 1993 which saw control of the area shared between kirkby summit and. Cadeby pit disaster 1912 the story conisbrough and denaby. Discover artworks, explore venues and meet artists. The cutting shows a scene from the past but appears to be from a relatively modern publication. Shireoaks colliery was a coal mine situated on the edge of the village of shireoaks, near worksop in north nottinghamshire, close by the yorkshire border. It was opened on the 9th of june 1904 and was closed on the 25th of september 1966. Whitwell colliery whitwell local history group homepage. Shirebrook colliery photos and memories public group. The chesterfield canal and river ryton both run through the village. Chapter 000 wharves on the lower trent introduction. Each man signing on for a job would be issued with a number such as this. The original pit shaft was sunk around 1860 the plate says 1854 when the duke of newcastle owned the mineral rights, making it a contemporary of kiveton colliery. Sep, 2004 residents are being invited to a presentation at shireoaks village hall on 21 september.
This was four foot, four inch gauge iron railed single line connecting the portland wharf at mansfield with the cromford canal basin at pinxton. Entrances and approaches shireoaks hall is approached from the north off thorpe lane in the village. Definitely no advertising its about our hometown and colliery and the people. Click on a title to look inside that book if available. Although the colliery was situated adjacent to the main line of the manchester, sheffield and lincolnshire railway, an agreement was reached with the railway company. From 1890 to 1936, the same manager was responsible for both whitwell and steetley but in 1936,mr h. The book closes with a full copy of the warsop vale1946 electoral roll. Nottinghamshire living history archive millennium award scheme, 2001, 112 p. In that year miss bowden cut the first sod inaugurating the construction of southgate colliery. Information, history photographs current and archive and documents for shireoaks colliery coal mine. This is not intended to be an exhaustive history of the company, but an indication of the.
Rennie williams was a teacher at pantglas junior school in 1966 when a coal tip slid down the mountainside, engulfing the school and a number of nearby. This resulted in the closure of the surface works at steetley, and all coal. A study guide for doris lessings a sunrise on the veld by gale, cengage learning. The duke of newcastle owned mineral rights in much of north nottinghamshire and the original shaft was sunk in 1861. Roebuck, malcolm i was a safety officer at sherwood colliery. Photographs of shireoaks colliery coal mine on the mine exploration web site. Brian wilson with thanks i am researching my ancestors who all worked in the mines of pinxton in derbyshire. Photos of shireoaks colliery coal mine mine exploration. Oct 20, 2018 the restoration of the mansfield to shireoaks section gives a good reason for several modern pictures alongside dirty locomotives and battered coal trucks. Colliery site july 1991 photographs of shireoaks colliery photo ref 97547. A fatal fall shireoaks colliery my great grandmothers first husband died young, but new records from ancestry have revealed how he. The shireoaks colliery company was formally registered in. Information, photographs and plans for shireoaks colliery coal mine on the mine exploration web site uk.
Whites dominate the political and economic life of the country. Memorial cap atop the shaft of the closed shireoaks colliery, and commemorative plate. Shireoaks colliery coal mine information and photos. Cadeby pit disaster 1912 the story conisbrough and. Brooke, and after leaving a message of sympathy at the colliery offices, which was duly posted up, proceeded. Furleys continue to appear as carriers in kellys dir. Last seam to be accessed was the parkgate seam, below the tupton, low main. Southgate or clowne colliery of the southgate colliery company was started in 1877, the company being formed in 1875. Alan murray rust hatfield colliery albert sheffield shef was on ilkeston mines rescue station from 1937 to 1972. In 1935, appointed agent for the shireoaks colliery co. The headstocks appear at the start of the film of the book, which in 1960 won an oscar for cinematography. This time the fatalities would eventually number 361 and the pits name would be burnt into the history books as the colliery where the greatest loss of life occurred in a english coal mine. Jun 15, 2014 samuel and matthew stocks were my great great uncles who were born in shireoaks.
The population of the civil parish was 1,432 at the 2011 census. Shireoaks colliery co graces guide shireoaks colliery was a coal mine situated on the edge of the village of shireoaks, near worksop in north nottinghamshire, close by the yorkshire border. This is not intended to be an exhaustive history of the company, but an indication of the changes of ownership and the links between companies and directors in those companies. An original cutting from a disbound book or magazine. Shireoaks colliery company continued to expand their. The ancestry link to the coal mining history resource centre reveals that charles inman was killed in a mining accident at shireoaks colliery. The restoration of the mansfield to shireoaks section gives a good reason for several modern pictures alongside dirty locomotives and battered coal trucks. Pound between shireoaks top and middle locks, the chesterfield canal.
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