This section explores the history of the colliery itself, its ownership, its development and takes a brief look at various associated personnel.

Pleasley colliery  - circa 1885,  with the Midland railway signal box and station in the background  (Stanton and Stavely copyright)

Sources:

• 1843 Tithe Map and Allocations,  Derbyshire Records Office, Matlock
• Mansfield and North Notts. Advertiser, 1877, 1879
• Stanton Ironworks Co. archives, Derbyshire Records Office
• Stanton and Stavely, A Business History,  S.D. Chapman
• An illustrated history of Mansfield’s railways. Anderson & Culpitt
• The Andrews Pages: Kelley Directory, 1891