Image ID: 21675

New Hucknall Colliery

Courtesy of Mr J W Purdy (deceased)

New Hucknall Colliery
Huthwaite
England

(The location is not to be confused with the Hucknall closer to Nottingham.) The Following is an interesting account of the area, taken from 'Wright's Directory of Nottinghamshire & Twelve Miles Round', published in 1874. 'The parish contains 1,225 acres, 3 roods and 17 perches of land, and had at the last census 300 houses and 1700 inhabitants. The Duke of Portland is Lord of the Manor and chief landowner. There are many beds of excellent coal, and new shafts are being sunk in all directions'. The ancient hamlet of Hucknall-under-Huthwaite derives its name from several sources. 'Huck-incga-hall' is probably the stone residence of the descendants of Huc. 'Huth' or 'How' is from a Norse word for a hill, and 'thwaite' means a clearing in a forest. It has also been known as Howthwaite, Dirty Hucknall, Hucknall Huthwaite (in use during the late 1800's) and, since 1907 has been officially known as Huthwaite. Apart from the Lord of the Manor, the other principal landowner in Huthwaite in 1873 was the Dowager Lady Carnarvon. The population of Hucknall-under-Huthwaite was 500 in 1800, 929 in 1831, increasing to 1160 inhabitants in 1861. The high increase in population from 1861 onwards was due to the arrival of the mining industry. By 1881, the colliery sunk in 1877 was employing 'upwards of 500 hands' and the population had grown to 2,028. In 1912, the main employment was the 'manufacture of cotton and woollen hose', while the colliery was now employing 1,250 people. The colliery closed in 1982. The hill is the highest natural land in Nottinghamshire

Date: 1976

Organisation Reference: NCCW001009

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