Memorial cap atop the shaft of the closed Shireoaks colliery, and commemorative plate. The original pit shaft was sunk around 1860 (the plate says 1854) when the Duke of Newcastle owned the mineral rights, making it a contemporary of Kiveton colliery. The Duke sold Shireoaks to a new company, the 'Shireoaks Colliery Company' in about 1867. It was privatised circa 1947, and closed circa 1991. See the 1948 map for an idea of its location and extent.

1910 photo

Features

• Shiroaks home page
• Shiroaks map 1948
• Chesterfield Canal locks and bridges
• Street scenes
• Railway station and Station pub
• Shiroaks pit
• Shireoaks Hall
• St. Luke the Evangelist church
• Hewett Arms pub (and fishing ponds)

See also

• Railway map 1915

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