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Manton Colliery
Manton Colliery was a coal mine in north Nottinghamshire ( Bassetlaw). The site was also known as Manton Wood Colliery. History The land was owned by Henry Pelham-Clinton, 7th Duke of Newcastle. Shafts were dug through Sherwood Sandstone and Lower Magnesian Limestone. The engine house was built in 1905. The mine was fully operational in around 1907, with three shafts. The first death at the pit occurred on 23 October 1903. Manton, the village, was a new model village built to house the miners. In the 1984 miners' strike, the pit was the scene of some ugly episodes. Closure The pit closed on 11 February 1994. Around 1,500 people worked at the pit when it closed. At the time of closure there were eight pits in Nottinghamshire. Many pits closed from 1993 to 1994, and Manton was the 29th to close in one year. It was the eighth pit in Bassetlaw to close after the 1984 miner's strike. Structure It was sited off the A57 at the B6040 roundabout. The Sheffield-Lincoln Line ran east ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manton, Nottinghamshire
Manton is a former pit village and suburb of south-east Worksop in north Nottinghamshire, England. Manton's main source of employment for 100 years was Manton Colliery sunk by the Wigan Coal and Iron Company in the late 19th century. The model village was constructed soon afterwards to accommodate the families of miners who came from many parts of the country to secure employment. The village had a school and clubhouse. Manton was separate from Worksop but became contiguous to the town when the council estates were built in the 1950s and 1960s. The colliery was on the South Yorkshire coalfield and was part of the striking Yorkshire region of the National Union of Mineworkers, whereas most miners in the Nottinghamshire region worked through the strike. Two miners from Manton Colliery made headlines in 1984 by challenging the strike's legitimacy under the NUM's constitution, and winning a verdict that the strike was illegal. The miners at Manton had overwhelmingly voted against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |