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Block plan for ten officials houses in Ollerton

Butterley Housing Company Ltd1922-08-04

Derbyshire Record Office

Derbyshire Record Office
Matlock, United Kingdom

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 Strike, a nine day strike to try and prevent wage reductions across various transport and heavy industry sectors. The pit remained one of the largest in the area until its closure in 1994.

The village itself was the first built by the Butterley Company specifically for a colliery. Their previous collieries all had existing villages, but were extended to provide more housing for their workers. Henry Eustace Mitton, an agent for the Butterley Company, oversaw a lot of the planning. The actual housing was looked after by the Butterley Housing Company Ltd, a subsidiary company, which specifically dealt with the housing provided for employees of the Butterley Company. This plan shows the street plan for ten officials houses. Some of these houses have since been demolished to make way for an access road to a supermarket.

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  • Title: Block plan for ten officials houses in Ollerton
  • Creator: Butterley Housing Company Ltd
  • Date Created: 1922-08-04
  • Location Created: New Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, England
  • Provenance: National Coal Board (NCB/A/BUT/15/1/15)
  • Subject Keywords: Industry, Coal, Coal mining, Employment, Colliery, House, Housing, Welfare, Building
Derbyshire Record Office

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