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Measham Collieries Ltd

Established in 1894 to work the Main Coal at Measham and the seams below it, renaming the pit Measham Main Colliery and linking it by tramway to a wharf on the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal. It held the colliery until nationalisation in 1947.

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Measham Colliery Leicestershire 1894–1947

Record created: 7 September 2026 · Last researched: 7 September 2026

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