Ollerton was nationalised on 1 January 1947, forming part of the East Midlands Division of the National Coal Board (NCB). The NCB set production targets for each colliery - in Ollerton's …

The village of New Ollerton was built by the Butterley Company in the early 1920s to correspond with the sinking of the pit in 1923. The pit was finally finished in 1926, during the 1926 General...

Further expansion developed when Butterley sank Ollerton Colliery (1) between 1923–25. New Ollerton became one of the largest model villages in the Dukeries with approximately 932 …

The history of the building of New Ollerton, a village of 832 houses, can be traced between 1922 and 1932. No more workmen's houses were built until 1941, when a licence was issued by the …

The Ollerton Colliery banner; Ollerton of Yesteryear project. This project was designed to preserve the history of New Ollerton, which developed solely as a result of the sinking of the …

Ollerton, Nottinghamshire: Epithet: coal mine: Dates: 1915-1995: History: Experimental borehole testing in the area took place between 1915 and 1921, when it was decided to tap into a …

Ollerton Colliery This page summarises records created by this Business The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the...

Originally built as a colliery village in the mid-1920s, New Ollerton was once acclaimed in the Spectator magazine as ‘an admirable industrial housing scheme’ – also known as a 'model …