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COLEORTON
Multi Topic Books
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James & Charles Marson Nailmakers In Gelsmoor
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Charlie Marson Coleorton Master Nailmaker
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A History Of Three Local Blacksmith Shops
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A History Of Coleorton Brickworks
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Spar Ornament/Bauble Making In The Local Area
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Woolcombing, Yarn Spinning & Framework Knitting In Local Villages
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Vanished Industries By H Butler Johnson
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California Brick Works Pegg's Green
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Education
Public Houses
A History Of The Bell Inn Coleorton
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The Packhorse Inn Preston's Lane, Coleorton
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The Old Engine Inn & The New Engine Inn
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Blacksmith's Arms Beer House Coleorton
Queen's Head Inn - An Old Coleorton Ale House (Research Period 1753-1881)
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Law & Order
Death By Public Hanging Of A Local Man For Horse Stealing
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Transportation For Life - Hitchcock, Branston & Bull - For Crimes Committed
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A Felony And The Kidnapping Of A Nine Week Old Child In 1854
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Miscellaneous
Child Labour In The 19th Century
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The Beaumont Rifle Club At Sarniper
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Coleorton Fishpond & Bridge And The Paddock Colliery
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Post 1845 Hand Drawn Map Of Rotten Row Area
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A Short Story About Local Ice Cream Making In The First Half Of 1900's
Other Industries
Stewart, Marson, Bird and Richard's Family Research
Sport
Mining - Coal, Limestone & Iron Ore
The Development Of Coal Mining In The Local Area
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A Record Of Fatalities In Local Coal Mines 1782 - 1957
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A History Of Coleorton No3 Colliery (Bug & Wink) 1875 - 1933
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Coal Mining In Pegg's Green Early 19th Century To 1859
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The Califat Coal Mine Tragedy October 1863
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Coleorton Fishpond & Bridge And The Paddock Colliery
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Huntingdon Beaumont Coal Mining & Railway Entrepreneur c.1560-1624
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Coleorton No. 1 Colliery At Peggs Green
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The 1842 General Strike & Its Effect On Coal Miners In NW Leicestershire
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In Memory Of 'Known' Coal Miners Who Died In Coleorton & Peggs Green Collieries
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A Drift Shaft From Disused Coleorton No3 Colliery To New Lount Colliery
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William Stenson A Native Coleorton (The Father Of Coalville Town)
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A Synopsis Of The Burslems Influence On Coal Mining In Coleorton & The Manor Of Overton Saucey
New Lount Colliery Drift Mine Shaft And Man Rider Project Opened 1956
New Lount Colliery Pit Head Baths & Canteen
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In Memory Of Coal Miners Who Died Or Who Were Seriously Injured At New Lount Colliery, Newbold
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Messr's Boultbee's Coal Mine In The Area Of Rotten Row
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The Birch Families Of Gelsmoor & Coleorton
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Brothers Thomas & Nathan Lord Killed In Accidents At The Bug & Wink
Transportation
A History Of The Coleorton Railway
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The Charnwood Forest Canal And Its Tramways
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The Local Hawking Of Coal By Packhorses
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Turnpike Roads In North West Leicestershire
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Religion
Development Of Primitive & Wesleyan Methodism In The Local Area
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A History Of St Mary's Church & Graveyard Coleorton
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The First 100 Years Of Swannington/Coleorton Baptists
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A History Of St John's Mortuary Chapel To St John' The Apostle & Evangelist - Coleorton
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An Overview Of The Life Of Rev. Francis Merewether & Family Members
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The Pestells' - From Rectors To Slave Owners
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Rev. Harold Robinson - Rector Of Coleorton Parish 1901-1921
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The Rev William Beresford Beaumont - Rector Of Coleorton For 36 Years
People
John & William Berkin Pioneers Of Montana
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The Sherwin Family 1739 - 1887
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Sir George Beaumont Return To Coleorton & Re-Building Of The Old Manor House
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The Sporting Baronet 11th Baronet Of Stoughton
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Huntingdon Beaumont Coal Mining & Railway Entrepreneur c.1560-1624
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John Kendrick Local Business Man & His Family
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Memories Are Made Of This The Barkby's & Richards
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William Wordsworth Winter Garden At Coleorton Hall
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Robert Chaplin's Architectural Contributions At Coleorton Hall
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​The Kidger's & Richard's Families Of Pegg's Green
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Sir George Howland William Beaumont 9th Baronet Of Stoughton At Coleorton Hall 1828-1882
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Sir George Howland William Beaumont 10th Baronet Of Stoughton 1851-1914
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Synopsis Of The Life Of Sir George Howland Francis Beaumont 12th & Last Baronet Of Stoughton
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William Stenson A Native Coleorton (The Father Of Coalville Town)
Samuel Goacher Of Coleorton - A Pauper
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The Rev William Beresford Beaumont - Rector Of Coleorton For 36 Years
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The Birch Families Of Gelsmoor & Coleorton
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Houses & Gardens
Sir George Beaumont Return To Coleorton & Re-Building Of The Old Manor House
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William Wordsworth Winter Garden At Coleorton Hall
Robert Chaplin's Architectural Contributions At Coleorton Hall
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The Early 19th Century Ice House At Coleorton Hall
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Coade Stone Artefacts And W Cary Sundial At Coleorton Hall
The Leasing Of Coleorton Hall 1891-1925 By The Donisthorpes'
& Abel Smiths'
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The Sunken Gardens And Fish Pool Coleorton Hall
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In Memory Of 15925 Lance Corporal William Bird
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In Memory Of 16638 Private Alfred Clifford
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Griffydam Home Guard With Supplementary Information On Other Local Home Guard Platoons
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Memories Of A Second World War Evacuee Hosted In Coleorton
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