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Chatterley Whitfield Colliery is a coal mine located near Tunstall in Staffordshire, England, which operated from the mid-nineteenth century until its closure in 1977. The colliery is notable as one of the earliest deep coal mines in the North Staffordshire coalfield and represents significant industrial heritage from the period of intensive coal extraction that characterised the region. The surviving structures include pit headgear, winding engine houses, and associated mining infrastructure that collectively demonstrate the technological and industrial character of Victorian and twentieth-century coal mining operations. The site has been preserved as an industrial monument and visitor attraction, documenting the physical and engineering achievements of the British coal industry during its period of maximum development and employment.
Chatterley Whitfield Colliery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015947. View the official record →
Chatterley Whitfield Colliery is a coal mine located near Tunstall in Staffordshire, England, which operated from the mid-nineteenth century until its closure in 1977. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015947.
Chatterley Whitfield Colliery is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1015947.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hulton Abbey: a Cistercian monastery adjacent to Leek Road, Abbey Hulton (4.7 km), Moated site 80m south east of Hallwater House (4.7 km), Moated site and pond at Moor Hall Farm (6.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Chatterley Whitfield Colliery's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Chatterley Whitfield Colliery stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.