Wingfield Manor Colliery

Location	Oakerthorpe, South Wingfield, near Alfreton, Derbyshire — 53.0953, -1.4186 (approximate)
Commodity	Coal
Type	Coal
Worked	1908–November 1963 (merged with Swanwick)
Maximum depth	Unknown.
Operators	Wingfield Manor Colliery Co. Ltd (1908–1947), National Coal Board (1947–1963)

Overview

A Kilburn-seam colliery at Oakerthorpe, near Alfreton, opened in 1908 by the Wingfield Manor Colliery Company and merged with Swanwick in November 1963.

History

Wingfield Manor Colliery at Oakerthorpe, in South Wingfield parish near Alfreton, opened in 1908. It was worked by the Wingfield Manor Colliery Company of Alfreton, whose directors in 1923 were the Jacksons of Clay Cross Hall and J. Steen of Clay Cross. In 1923 it employed 391 people, 331 of them underground. By 1933 the registered office was at Oakerthorpe, and the manager G. W. Dickinson ran it by electric power on the Kilburn seam, selling gas and household coal. It employed 450 in 1933 and 1940.

At nationalisation in 1947 it passed to the National Coal Board with 446 men and an output of 120,000 tons. Plans of part of the Kilburn workings were deposited as abandoned in January 1950. In November 1963 the colliery was merged with Swanwick, which itself closed in 1968.

Geology

Derbyshire Coal Measures: the Kilburn seam.

Workings

Worked by electric power on the Kilburn seam.

Closure

Merged with Swanwick Colliery in November 1963. The reason is unknown.

What remains

Unknown.

Redevelopment

Unknown.

Related mines

Swanwick Colliery — Merged with Swanwick in November 1963.

Nearby mines

Swanwick Colliery — 1.6 miles (2.5 km) SE
Alfreton Colliery — 1.7 miles (2.8 km) E
Britain Colliery — 2.6 miles (4.2 km) SE
Crich Limestone Quarries — 2.6 miles (4.2 km) W
Blackwell Colliery — 3.2 miles (5.1 km) NE

Straight-line distance, within 9 miles (15 km). Show on the map.

Recorded claims

Individual factual claims, each attached to the source(s) that support it below. Where sources disagree, both are kept.

Opened in 1908 and closed in November 1963. ¹
Employed 446 and raised 120,000 tons in 1947. ¹
Merged with Swanwick Colliery in November 1963. ^2,1
Worked the Kilburn seam by electric power under G. W. Dickinson in 1933. ³
Plans of Kilburn workings were deposited as abandoned in January 1950. ⁴

Photographs & further reading

Wingfield Manor Colliery (Durham Mining Museum) (reference)

Dates, owners, employment and output.

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Sources

(primary) Wingfield Manor Colliery — Durham Mining Museum
(secondary) Swanwick Colliery (North Derbyshire) was closed after 102 years - Bob Bradley, Healey Hero — Healey Hero
(primary) Wingfield Manor Colliery Co., Ltd. — Durham Mining Museum
(primary) Mine plan: Wingfield Manor, Kilburn (abandoned 1950) — British Geological Survey

Record created: 1 October 2026 · Last researched: 2 October 2026