The mining industry transformed Morton from a small agricultural community into a much larger village based around the employment that its colliery offered.
 The colliery was opened by the Clay Cross Company in 1865 and it closed a hundred years later in 1965.
 At its peak, there were 1,033 employees (in 1956) and highest coal output was 390,472 tons (in 1955).
 There were 55 fatalities during the life of the mine.
 The pit-head baths were built in 1936.
 The baths were brick-built, with elements of Art Deco styling, and the pit-head buildings now form part of a small industrial estate.
 Water ingress was always a problem with this mine and the shafts were kept open and pumping of water was continued from the date of mine closure until 1990 to protect neighbouring operational pits from flooding.
The mining industry transformed Morton from a small agricultural community into a much larger village based around the employment that its colliery offered.  The colliery was opened by the Clay Cross Company in 1865 and it closed a hundred years later in 1965.  At its peak, there were 1,033 employees (in 1956) and highest coal output was 390,472 tons (in 1955).  There were 55 fatalities during the life of the mine.  The pit-head baths were built in 1936.  The baths were brick-built, with elements of Art Deco styling, and the pit-head buildings now form part of a small industrial estate.  Water ingress was always a problem with this mine and the shafts were kept open and pumping of water was continued from the date of mine closure until 1990 to protect neighbouring operational pits from flooding.
Morton, Derbyshire