Sheepbridge Coal and Iron Company

A Derbyshire ironmaking company that opened the Cottesmore quarries in 1882 and prompted the building of the Ashwell mineral branch two years later.

Mines operated

MineRegionYears
Cottesmore Ironstone Quarry Rutland 1882–1964
Dinnington Colliery South Yorkshire 1900–?
Firbeck Colliery Nottinghamshire 1923–1947
Glapwell Colliery Derbyshire 1882–1946
Langwith Colliery Derbyshire 1876–1947
Norwood Colliery, Killamarsh Derbyshire 1865–1914
Rutland Ironstone Quarries Rutland 1882–1950

Record created: 24 August 2026 · Last researched: 24 August 2026

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