Hardwick Colliery Company

The Derbyshire company, earlier the Wingerworth and Hardwick Colliery Company, that sank Williamthorpe Colliery at Heath Common between 1901 and 1905 under a lease from Mrs Hunloke requiring shafts to the Blackshale seam, and built the village of Holmewood to house its workforce. Its operations passed to the National Coal Board on 1 January 1947.

Mines operated

Mine	Region	Years
Holmewood Colliery	Derbyshire	1900–1947
Lings Colliery	Derbyshire	1840–1896
Ramcroft Colliery	Derbyshire	1939–1947
Williamthorpe Colliery	Derbyshire	1901–1947

Record created: 9 September 2026 · Last researched: 9 September 2026