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Sherwood Colliery Company Ltd

The company formed to sink and work Sherwood Colliery at Mansfield Woodhouse from 1901, with Francis Newman Ellis as managing director and later chairman. It also ran the brickyard beside the pit until nationalisation in 1947.

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Sherwood Colliery Nottinghamshire 1901–1947

Record created: 11 September 2026 · Last researched: 11 September 2026

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