What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Site of :- No:-1 Pit of the Cannock Chase Colliery Company. Known as 'The Marquis'. Opened 1849. Closed 1856. Recorded plaque organisation: Burntwood Chase Heritage Group.
Site of 'The Marquis', a coal pit operated by the Cannock Chase Colliery Company, which was significant for its role in the mid-19th century industrial coal mining operations in Staffordshire; operational from 1849 to 1856.
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