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Manchester Collieries Ltd.

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Chanters	Atherton	J. S. Burrows	308	64
Crumbouke	Atherton	J. S. Burrows	240	61
Fan [a]	Atherton	J. S. Burrows	—	—
Gibfield Arley	Atherton	J. S. Burrows	524	124
Lovers Lane	Atherton	J. S. Burrows	58	16	Discontinued
Victoria [a]	Atherton	J. S. Burrows	217	47	Discontinued
			1,347	312
			1,659

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Chanters	Atherton	J. S. Burrows	322	79
Crumbouke	Atherton	J. S. Burrows	196	78
Fan [a]	Atherton	J. S. Burrows	—	—
Gibfield Arley	Atherton	J. S. Burrows	519	260
Lovers Lane	Atherton	J. S. Burrows	41	11
Victoria [a]	Atherton	J. S. Burrows	138	54
			1,216	482
			1,698

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Chanters [a]	Atherton	L. R. Fletcher	—	—	Sinking
Chanters	Atherton	L. R. Fletcher	175	71
Chanters, No. 2	Atherton	L. R. Fletcher	267	122
Crumbouke	Atherton	L. R. Fletcher	156	67
Fan	Atherton	L. R. Fletcher	—	—
Gibfield Arley	Atherton	L. R. Fletcher	532	184
Victoria [b]	Atherton	L. R. Fletcher	165	72
			1,295	516
			1,811

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Chanters, No. 1	Atherton	L. R. Fletcher	312	151
Chanters, No. 2	Atherton	L. R. Fletcher	222	109
Crumbouke	Atherton	L. R. Fletcher	143	74
Fan	Atherton	L. R. Fletcher	—	—
Gibfield Arley	Atherton	L. R. Fletcher	561	209
Victoria [g]	Atherton	L. R. Fletcher	181	76
			1,419	619
			2,038

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Chanters, No. 1	Atherton	L. R. Fletcher	507	175
Chanters, No. 2	Atherton	L. R. Fletcher	476	156
Fan [a]	Atherton	L. R. Fletcher	—	—
Gibfield Arley	Atherton	L. R. Fletcher	731	216
Victoria [e]	Atherton	L. R. Fletcher	178	109
			1,892	656
			2,548

Company Details

Registered Office:	Atherton Collieries, near Manchester
Class of Coal:	Gas, Household, Manufacturing
Source: 1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian

Company Directors

Chairman:	Fletcher, Philip, Col., The Boyce, Worplesdon Hill, near Woking
Managing Director:	Burrows, Robt. A., Woodlands, Atherton
Directors:	Burrows, M. Kenneth, Garthmere, Atherton
	Burrows, Miles F., J.P., Brook Cottage, Langford, n/r Bristol
	Burrows, Robert A., Woodlands, Atherton
	Fletcher, Basil A., 226, Connaught Road, Brookwood, Surrey
	Fletcher, Clement, The Hindles, Atherton
	Fletcher, Ernest, Hindles Cottage, Atherton
	Fletcher, Philip, Col., J.P., The Boyce, Worplesdon Hill, n/r Woking
Secretary:	Wardley, Frank
Chief Engineer:	Speight, William
Agent:	Fletcher, Clement

Source: 1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Chanters, No. 1	Atherton	C. Newton	506	217
Chanters, No. 2	Atherton	C. Newton	494	208
Gibfield	Arley	F. N. Siddall	716	363
Victoria	Howe Bridge	F. N. Siddall	114	76
			1,830	864
			2,694

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1929-01-25

Official Notice from The London Gazette

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1934-01-26

Official Notice from The London Gazette