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by John Dinning

1801		Combined population of Chilton and Windlestone 372
1831		Population 369
1832		Chilton Colliery Sinking
1835		Sinking abandoned. Clarence Railway branch line to Great Chilton taken up
1841		Population 404
1851		Population 1130
1861		Population 1200 (unconfirmed)
1872		Chilton shaft reopened and new shaft sunk to Brockwell seam
1873		Chilton production commenced coal being drawn from No. 2 shaft Windlestone sinking of shaft commenced
1877		Windlestone sinking of shaft completed
1881		Population 2937
1884		Chilton original shaft widening completed. Windlestone and Chilton Collieries closed
1891		Population 1712
1901		Population 1590
1902		Chilton Colliery – Henry Stobart obtains a 42 year lease from Lord Eldon, mine reopened
1905		Chilton Colliery – erection of steel headgear No.1 Pit
1906		Windlestone Colliery – reopened
1907		Chilton Colliery – building of coke ovens
1911		Population 6258
1918		Chilton – approximately 300 colliery houses built
1921		Population 7320
1924		Windlestone joined underground to Chilton Pit and surface closed Henry Stobart joins Pease & Partners bringing Chilton and Windlestone Collieries under one ownership Eldon Colliery linked underground to Windlestone to improve ventilation
1930		Eldon Colliery closed and pumping ceased causing Windlestone and Chilton to flood. Shafts sealed
1931		Population 6531
1933		Reopening of Chilton Pit – new owners Dorman Long
1941		Population 6100 (unconfirmed)
1948		Chilton Colliery – coke ovens demolished
1949		Opening of Chilton Pit Head baths. Underground loco roadway made between Dean & Chapter and Leasingthorne
1951		Population 6235
1958		Underground drift Chilton to Leasingthorne commenced
1960		Underground drift to Leasingthorne completed. Chilton coal transported underground via Leasingthorne to Dean & Chapter
1961		Population 6242
1965		Coal Production at Chilton ceased
1991		Population 4160 (unconfirmed)

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