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| suzard Researcher Quote | Reply | | Collieries in Langley Mill posted on: 2/17/2006 9:49:54 AM I recently found a short article called "Valley of Pits" -the information is a little vague- "Langley Mill in 1700's soon became a valley of Coal Mines Cresswell Pit-near the baptist Church Milnhay Pit-close by the Midland Railway Pit situated close to the Pottery Godkin Farm Pit Aldercar Plumptre Road Pit Aldercar" Does anyomne have further info -and the correct names for the collieries? |
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philfred
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replied on: 2/18/2006 6:21:25 PM The pits mentioned are most likely to be bell pits as opposed to collieries. Bell pits were very shallow and usually worked by a few people. The pit consisted of a narrow shaft into the seam to be worked. The coal was worked until the shaft was in danger of collapsing then it was abandoned. The Top Hard seam came to the surface in the Langley Mill area so would have been easily worked from shallow shafts. These would have been used once removing the overlying soil etc proved too labour intensive. From the society's "A History of Mining in the Heanor Area" the thickness of the Top Hard at Shipley is given as 7ft 2ins. Well worth getting out as it is/was a good steam raising/household coal. The UK mining records are held by the Coal Authority at Mansfield and are available for viewing during office hours. The net address escapes at the moment but should be easily found with a search engine. A charge is made for viewing the records and they go way back in time. regards Phil |
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philfred
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replied on: 2/18/2006 7:36:25 PM Me again, I,ve had a look at Langley Mill using http://www.old-maps.co.uk. There are several old coal pits marked in the area but not named. There does not seem to be any coal pits marked on the 1st edition OS map but there are a few collieries marked. regards Phil |
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suzard
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Collieries in Langley Mill
replied on: 5/10/2007 10:12:25 AM R&H 16 July 1976 "A mere 12 houses stood in Langley Mill in 1783, but 10 years later the Erewash canal was opened and soon there was a valley of pits, with the canal as the focal point. In 1830 a law suit fought by Mr Mundy of the Shipley Colliery Company, upheld an agreement made in the reign of the first Queen Elizabeth, for him to have the coal in the ground from a line from Aldercar to Milnhay Road on the eastwood side. This put many men out of work, but allowed the others to develop the several ways of getting coal used in the valley. In his "A short History of Langley Mill" Mr A.S.Perkins tells how the bell pits of the Milnhay Colliery Company, owned by the Smiths, who later turned to milling, were narrow at the top, but wide underground, reached by a chain from a roller at the top. The first pit to be worked mechanically, was behind where now stands the pottery, the men and coal being hauled up by a horse winding gin. The Cresswell Pit, near the Baptist Chapel, produced the most coal, but others were worked on what later became Turners, on Godkin Farm, Dunstead Hill near Plumptre Road, the Milnhay pits, near the Midland railway lines, and the bridge on Station Road. The pottery pit later turned to steam, probably at the same time as the first steam mill brought about the change from water power. |
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