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Bilsthorpe Colliery

Coordinates: 53°08′43″N 1°01′16″W / 53.1452°N 1.021°W / 53.1452; -1.021
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Bilsthorpe Colliery
Location
Bilsthorpe Colliery is located in Nottinghamshire
Bilsthorpe Colliery
Bilsthorpe Colliery
Location in Nottinghamshire
LocationNottinghamshire,
County councilNottinghamshire
CountryEngland
Coordinates53°08′43″N 1°01′16″W / 53.1452°N 1.021°W / 53.1452; -1.021
Production
ProductsCoal
History
Opened1927
Closed1997[1]
Owner
CompanyRJB Mining, British Coal

Bilsthorpe Colliery was a colliery in north Nottinghamshire. From when work started in 1925 to the pits closure in 1997, 77 people died at the pit.

History

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The pit began in July 1925 with two shafts. The mine was completed in 1928.

On 1 March 1927, fourteen miners were killed. On 26 July 1934, nine miners were killed.

1993 disaster

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On 18 August 1993, a roof collapsed killing 26-year old Bill McCulloch (from Rainworth), 50-year-old Peter Alcock and an under-manager, 31-year-old David Shelton (from Blyth). A team from the Mansfield-based Mines Rescue Service searched for survivors.

A 1994 report was produced by the HM Inspectorate of Mines. The disaster was caused by unsafe roof bolting.

Closure

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It closed in 1997. A memorial was unveiled in October 2011.[2]

The site is now Bilsthorpe Business park. A new energy centre is planned.[3]

Ownership

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On 1 January 1947 it was taken over by the National Coal Board. From 1986 it was run by British Coal.

References

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  1. ^ Last man out of Bilsthorpe BBC
  2. ^ BBC October 2011
  3. ^ "Bilsthorpe Energy Centre". Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
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