I was mooching around in the woods by Baddesley yesterday, when I came across a recently fenced mine shaft at approx SP 277 979.

It's not close enough to be part of either Baddesley Colliery, Speedwell Pit or Baddesley Ensor. There were also what appeared to be some sparse stone/brick foundations close to the shaft. Anyone any ideas, so that I know where to post the photos?

Thanks

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Old Maps (1903 at 1:2500) has what appear to be two tramway tunnels a little south of your NGR, anywhere near the shaft/buildings?

Edit: Two square shafts in area of red ellipse on 1888 map.

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Hi Morlock and thanks. Yes, the tramway tunnel is part of Baddesley Colliery, and there are 3 capped shafts on site, but this was further north. I've marked up all the shafts shown on Oldmaps onto Memory map, and this one wasn't any of them, even allowing for any Victorian inaccuracies. It was too far north and east to be part of Baddesley, hence my query.

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A bit more history (if not already found).

http://www.friendsofbaddesleycommon.org.uk/history.asp 

Got a FlashEarth link?

Anything on BGS borehole surveys?

Is that the one with the fence round and coal authority sign on it ???

Is that the one with the fence round and coal authority sign on it ???

Have you tried the Coal Authorty website ?
http://coal.decc.gov.uk/en/coal/cms/publications/data/map/map.aspx 

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Seem to list several shafts in that rough area.

Reference: 427297-002
Type: Shaft
Treatment Indicator: False

Reference: 427297-003
Type: Shaft
Treatment Indicator: True
Treatment Details: was fenced by International Mining Consultants Limited for the Coal Authority in November 1996. It appears to be filled but we have no record of any treatment having been afforded to it

Reference: 427297-004
Type: Shaft
Treatment Indicator: True
Treatment Details: was fenced by International Mining Consultants Limited for the Coal Authority in November 1996. It appears to be filled but we have no record of any treatment having been afforded to it

Reference: 427297-005
Type: Shaft
Treatment Indicator: True
Treatment Details: this shaft may have been fully or partly removed by past opencast coal mining operations

Reference: 427297-012
Type: Shaft
Treatment Indicator: True
Treatment Details: this shaft may have been fully or partly removed by past opencast coal workings

There are some undocumented limestone workings that are not very deep around there, one of them has tricky access to several flooded chambers, maybe its linked with limestone and not coal?

In about 1976 I rode a bike race that used Baddesley as the headqurters. We showered in the pit head baths, after the race I looked around the shaft tops, no-one hindered me, (there were not too many people about, it was a Sunday) I just wandered around looking everywhere, an excellent afternoon.
That contrasted with a race based at a Miners welfare 'club' somewhere near Mansfield a few weeks later, the 'club' was a sort of wooden shack with one chemical toilet for 60 cyclists, and before a race most riders want to visit the bog. Well, it overflowed, more than overflowed, the smell permeated most of Nottinghamshire.

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If It's the one I'm thinking of, just off waste lane. Then it was an early attempt to create a tunnel/adit access into existing mine workings on the other side of the road. It was never completed.