Monument record MDR8486 - Kilbourne Colliery (remains of), Kilburn

Type and Period (5)

COLLIERY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
RAILWAY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
WORKSHOP (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
MANAGERS HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
WEIGHBRIDGE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Full Description

'Kilbourne Colliery' is shown on the 1st edition OS 6" map of 1888 and on the 2nd edition 25" map of 1900, with shafts, tips, numerous buildings, and a mineral railway running from the colliery to the Ripley Branch of the main line railway. The colliery is marked as 'disused' on the OS 25" edition of 1914, by which date the tip had extended eastwards beyond the Bottle Brook. (1-3) Iron rails, points and turntable are present on the ground. (4) The remains of Kilburn Colliery include workshops and the manager's house, with a weighbridge building and land-sale office. (5)

Sources/Archives (5)

<1> SDR19195 Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 1888. OS 1st edition, 6", sheet XLV NW.
<2> SDR18790 Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 1896-1900. OS County Series, 2nd edition (1st revision), scale 1:2500 (c. 25" to one mile). Sheet XLV.2, 1900.
<3> SDR20367 Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 1912-1921. OS County Series, 3rd edition (Second Revision), scale 1:2500 (25" to one mile). Sheet XLV.2, 1914.
<4> SDR19197 Verbal communication: 2003. Information and photo from R Sandbach, DCC.
<5> SDR22089 Bibliographic reference: Fowkes, D (ed.). 2011. Derbyshire Industrial Archaeology: A Gazetteer of Sites, Part III, Borough of Amber Valley (second edition). p. 10.

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Grid reference	Centred SK 38434 46197 (867m by 330m)
Civil Parish	DENBY, AMBER VALLEY, DERBYSHIRE
Civil Parish	KILBURN, AMBER VALLEY, DERBYSHIRE