Meden Vale
| Meden Vale | |
| Nottinghamshire | |
|---|---|
 Portland Crescent, Meden Vale | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK581697 |
| Location: | 53°13’19"N, 1°7’34"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Mansfield |
| Postcode: | NG20 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Mansfield |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Mansfield |
Meden Vale is a small former coal mining village in the west of Nottinghamshire, close to the Derbyshire border. It was originally known as Welbeck Colliery Village, but was renamed in the late 1960s. The village sits beside the River Meden immediately downstream of Church Warsop and Market Warsop, which are to the west and south-west respectively.
The village stands on the north side of the little river, off the main A60 Mansfield to Worksop road.
There is a small collection of shops, Post Office, a garage and the Three Lions public house.
History
Welbeck Colliery Village was founded for the eponymous mine, and its economy was based on that mine, the Welbeck Colliery. The colliery started up when two shafts were sunk between 1912 and 1915.
The mine was determined by owner UK Coal for closure in 2007 due to limited reserves, and the last coal was produced 11 May 2010. Most of the working-age employees from the 410 total transferred to other collieries operated by UK Coal, including Daw Mill near Coventry, a daily round-trip of 140 miles for some. When closed, Welbeck it was one of the last remaining deep mine collieries to operate in Britain. At its peak it employed 1,400 men and produced 1.5 million tons of coal yearly.[1][2]
The headstocks were demolished by explosives in April 2011.[3]
On Saturday 31 December 2011, two security guards were badly injured in an explosion confined to a surface electrical substation at the Colliery site on.[4]
Sport
- Rugby: Meriden Vale Rugby
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Meden Vale) |
References
- ↑ Goodbye to Welbeck pit. "Production stops at colliery after nearly 100 years of coal". Chad, local newspaper, 12 May 2010, p.20. Accessed 18 September 2015.
- ↑ "Century of mining ends at Welbeck Colliery". BBC News Online. 11 May 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/nottinghamshire/8674180.stm. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ Gone but not forgottern. Historic headstocks come crashing down. Chad, 6 April 2011, p.4. Accessed 29 January 2021.
- ↑ "Two workers badly hurt in Welbeck Colliery explosion". BBC News Online. 1 January 2012. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-16376386. Retrieved 1 January 2012.