| Date |
Colliery |
Open or Closed |
Owners |
| 1902 |
Gedling |
sunk |
Digby Colliery Co |
| |
Manton |
sunk |
Wigan Coal & Iron Co |
| |
Nutbrook |
closed |
|
| |
Sherwood |
sunk |
Sherwood Colliery Co |
| 1903 |
Abbey |
closed |
Geo Longdn & Sons |
| |
St John’s |
closed |
Evans, Wingfield & Co |
| |
Stanley |
sunk |
|
| 1904 |
Allpits |
opened |
Wm Hilton |
| |
Alma |
closed |
T Holdsworth |
| |
Old Beighton |
re-opened |
|
| |
Upper Hartshay |
sunk |
Butterley Co |
| 1905 |
Mansfield |
sunk |
Bolsover Colliery Co |
| |
Speedwell (Notts) |
sunk |
|
| |
Williamthorpe |
sunk |
Hardwick Colliery Co |
| 1906 |
Brands |
closed |
Butterley Co |
| |
Old Ormond |
closed |
J Beardsley |
| |
Wingfield Manor |
sunk |
Wingfield Manor Colliery Co |
| 1907 |
Kilburn |
re-opened |
Drury Lowe |
| 1908 |
Ormonde |
sunk |
Butterley Co |
| |
Railway |
closed |
Butterley Co |
| 1909 |
Butterley 5 (High Holborn) |
sunk |
Butterley Co |
| 1910 |
Brookhill |
sunk |
Pinxton Collieries |
| |
Clay Cross 3,4 |
closed |
Clay Cross Co |
| 1911 |
Allpits |
closed |
Wm Hilton |
| |
Eckington |
closed |
J & G Wells |
| 1912 |
Ilkeston |
closed |
Ilkeston Colliery Co |
| |
Plumptre |
closed |
Butterley Co |
| 1913 |
Hartshay |
changed |
to Lower Hartshay, Butterley Co |
| |
Rufford |
sunk |
Bolsover Colliery Co |
| 1914 |
Clipstone |
sinking suspended due to War |
Bolsover Co |
| |
Harworth |
sinking suspended |
Northern Union Co |
| |
Ramcroft |
sunk |
Ramcroft Colliery Co |
| |
Renishaw Park |
closed |
Sitwell, pit flooded and abandoned |
| 1915 |
Low Moor (Kirkby) |
sunk |
Butterley Co |
| |
Welbeck |
sunk |
New Hucknall Colliery Co |
| 1916 |
Portland 2 & 7 |
closed |
Butterley Co |
| |
Ramcroft |
sunk |
Ramcroft Colliery Co |
| 1918 |
Seymour |
closed |
Staveley Coal & Iron Co |
| 1920 |
Old Birchwood |
closed |
Butterley Co |
| |
Pollington |
closed |
J Oakes |
| |
Renishaw Park |
re-opened |
J & G Wells |
| 1921 |
Portland 6 |
closed |
Butterley Co |
| |
Portland 2 (Jerry’s) |
kept open |
kept open for Kirkby Summit ventilation |
| |
Marehay Main (Ford’s) |
closed |
Coursham, closed by Butterley Co |
| |
Waingroves |
closed |
Butterley Co |
| |
Bond’s Main |
closed |
Staveley Coal & Iron Co |
| 1922 |
Clipstone re-started |
sinking |
Bolsover Co |
| |
Pleasley |
deepening S shaft |
Stanton Ironworks Co |
| 1923 |
Bond’s Main |
re-opened |
Clay Cross Co |
| |
Lower Hartshay |
closed |
Butterley Co |
| |
Ollerton sinking |
sinking dev |
Butterley Co |
| 1924 |
Birchwood |
closed |
Butterley Co |
| |
Do Well |
sunk |
Staveley Coal & Iron Co |
| |
Harworth |
re-commenced sinking |
Harworth Colliery Co then Barber Walker |
| |
Lount |
closed |
Leicestershire Colliery & Pipe Co |
| |
Whitwell |
deepening |
Shireoaks Colliery Co |
| 1925 |
Bondland Lane |
sunk, closed after a short time |
Butterley Co |
| |
Cutthorpe |
closed |
Joseph Springthorpe |
| |
Cutthorpe |
closed |
Henry Booker |
| |
Firbeck Main |
sunk |
Firbeck Main Colliery Co |
| |
Newstead No2 (Blidworth) |
start sinking |
Newstead Colliery Co |
| |
Ollerton |
sunk, developing |
Butterley Co |
| 1926 |
Bilsthorpe |
start sinking |
Stanton Ironworks Co |
| |
Clipstone |
developing, working in strike |
Bolsover Co |
| |
Do Well |
closed |
Staveley Coal & Iron Co |
| |
Harry Crofts |
develoing |
Shireoaks Colliery Co |
| |
Newstead No2 (Blidworth) |
developing, working in strike |
Newstead Colliery Co |
| |
Ollerton |
developing, working in strike after one month |
Butterley Co |
| |
Smalley Footrill |
closed |
Henry Woolley |
| 1927 |
Bilsthorpe |
sunk |
Stanton Ironworks Co |
| |
Blidworth |
sunk |
Newstead Colliery Co |
| |
Bolsover 3 |
sunk |
Bolsover Colliery Co |
| |
New London |
merge Digby |
Digby Colliery Co |
| |
Shipley |
closed |
Mundy |
| |
Shipley Field |
closed |
Mundy |
| |
Westthorpe |
developing |
Joseph & George Wells |
| 1928 |
Barlborough 1, 2 |
closed |
Staveley Coal & Iron Co |
| |
Blidworth |
closed, temp |
Newstead Colliery Co |
| |
Pebley |
closed |
Staveley Coal & Iron Co? |
| |
Ramcroft |
closed, flooded |
Ramcroft Colliery Co |
| |
Thoresby |
sunk |
Bolsover Colliery Co |
| |
Trowell Moor |
closed |
Cossall Coal Co |
| 1929 |
Blidworth |
temp closed |
Newstead Colliery Co |
| |
Ibstock |
closed |
EM Green |
| |
Newcastle |
closed |
Babbington Coal Co |
| |
Ramcroft |
temp pumping |
Ramcroft Colliery Co |
| |
Southgate |
closed, inrush, flooded |
Shireoaks Colliery Co |
| 1930 |
Blidworth |
re-opened |
Newstead Colliery Co |
| |
Clay Cross 2 |
closed |
Clay Cross Colliery Co |
| |
Digby |
sunk |
Digby Colliery Co |
| |
Doe Lea drift |
sunk |
Dominic Lavin |
| |
Hartington |
closed |
Butterley Co |
| 1931 |
West Hallam |
closed |
West Hallam Colliery Co |
| 1932 |
Alma 1,2,3 |
closed |
Thomas Holdsworth |
| |
Avenue |
sunk |
Clay Cross Co |
| |
Newthorpe |
closed after 1 year |
Newthorpe Colliery Co |
| |
Ramcroft |
re-opened dev |
Hardwick Colliery Co |
| |
Tibshelf 1,2 |
closed |
Chas Seeley, Babbington Co |
| 1933 |
Loscoe |
sunk |
Butterley Co |
| |
Marehay 2 |
closed |
Butterley Co |
| |
Oakwood Grange |
re-opened |
Grange Colliery Co |
| |
Westthorpe |
opened |
J & G Wells |
| 1934 |
Upper Hartshay |
closed |
Butterley Co |
| 1935 |
Whiteley |
closed |
Butterley Co |
| 1936 |
Avenue |
closed |
Clay Cross Co |
| |
Little Hartshay |
closed |
Butterley Co |
| |
Old Swanwick Lily Street |
closed |
Morewood |
| |
Peacock Drift |
closed |
Edwin Glossop |
| 1937 |
Calverton 1 |
developing |
Satellite shaft sinking for Bestwood |
| |
New London |
merge Digby |
Digby Colliery Co |
| 1938 |
Arkwright drift |
developing |
Staveley Coal & Iron Co |
| |
Bailey Brook |
closed |
Butterley Co |
| 1939 |
Birchwood |
closed |
Butterley Co |
| |
Creswell |
developing, deepening |
Bolsover Colliery Co |
| |
Digby & New London |
merge |
Digby Colliery Co |
| |
Kirkby and Low Moor |
merge |
Butterley Co |
| |
Tibshelf 3,4 |
closed |
Babbington Coal Co |
| 1941 |
Shady Birchwood |
closed |
Butterley Co |
| |
Oxcroft 5 |
closed |
Oxcroft Colliery Co |
| 1942 |
Harper Hill drift |
sunk |
Horace Taylor |
| |
Old Beighton |
closed |
|
| |
Pinxton 6 |
closed |
Pinxton Collieries |
| 1943 |
Giltbrook |
closed |
Giltbrook Colliery Co |
| 1944 |
Bulwell |
closed |
Babbington Coal Co |
| |
Pentrich |
closed |
Haslam |
| 1945 |
Britain |
closed |
Butterley Co |
| |
Oxcroft 1 |
closed |
Oxcroft Colliery Co |
| 1946 |
Brockwell Road |
closed |
|
| |
High Holborn |
closed |
Butterley Co |
| 1947 |
Handley |
closed |
|
| |
Mapperley 1, 2 |
closed |
Mapperley Colliery Co or Checkland & Co |
| |
Netherseal |
closed |
Binns, Jackson & Co |
| |
Reservoir |
closed |
|
| |
Thorntree (Nadins) |
closed |
Nadins |
| |
Trowell Moor |
closed |
Dunn Bros |
| 1948 |
Calverton 2 sinking |
sinking |
NCB |
| |
Ripley and Denby Hall |
merge |
Butterley Co |
| |
Woodside No1 drift |
opened |
NCB |
| 1949 |
Avenue |
closed |
Clay Cross Co |
| |
Bond’s Main |
closed |
Clay Cross Co |
| |
Manners |
closed |
Ilkeston |
| |
Oxcroft drift |
opened |
NCB |
