Deeds of the aberpergwm estate in glamorgan, monmouthshire, breconshire, and carmarthenshire, 12581919. The mine is situated 2km west of the village of glyneath. Aberpergwm is the site of a colliery in the vale of neath near glynneath in south wales. Report on the causes of and circumstances attending the explosion which occurred at grassmoor colliery, derbyshire, on the 19th november, 1933. Information about mining history and coal mining records in durham county record office. South african coal mining operations 2 years jindal mining 2 years glencore wonderfontein colliery 1 year and 6 months kangra coal 2 years and 5 months buffalo coal 1 year and 1 month the company currently also employs over 300 skilled and unskilled staff members. The consett iron company opened new coke ovens at westwood in 1872 and made a series of boreholes in the chopwell district, before beginning full scale mining from two shafts at the northern end of the village. Photos, maps, personal memories and local books of hebburn colliery. This village is about a mile north from west boldon, and three miles south of jarrow. Hollywood film could tell story of 1875 lan colliery disaster bbc. Nook colliery was a complex eventually of five shafts and no. Harrison francis bulman, richard augustine studdert redmayne on. Mayor launches new book commemorating mining disaster of 1890.
Wallsend colliery consisted of 7 pits and was active between 1778 and 1935. List of documents relevant to coalfield family history research held at glamorgan archives. In 1630 it is documented that the common council of nottingham undertook to sink a pit in the towns woods the two coppices. Ventilation was by a walker indestructible fan, works no. The black shale seam was mined at a depth of approximately 359 metres. Ness colliery was the first site to open and employed almost 200 people.
By 1911 the two shafts had reached the hillman vein at a depth of over 900 feet, and the no. Washington glebe colliery, usually known as the glebe pit, was established only four years ago, the shafts being sunk through the surface deposits by the freezing process, and is one of two collieries, the other and much older colliery being known as the f. Anthracite coal first discovered in this vicinity by jacob burd, sr. Aberpergwm colliery aberpergwm colliery, workings in the 9ft seam, workings shown yellow are in the 18ft seam which was used for access to the 9ft seam to the west of the fault. The 2nd edition of the os 6inch map lanarkshire 1899, sheet ix shows one mine, barblues colliery pit no. Samuel t stewart has written several books on local social and industrial history, listed on this web page, which mainly focus on coleorton. Short history of the 20th century bowburn colliery further reading. Mayor launches new book commemorating mining disaster of. Aberpergwm colliery aberpergwm colliery, workings in the 9. Aberpergwm estate records, national library of wales. Underground coal mine at aberpergwm to reopen creating 200. To come back to the colliery page after viewing a video, click on the x in the lower right side of the video screen. It closed in the early 1900s, but from 1908 was revived as a. If your ancestor was involved in the management of a colliery you may be able to find him in published colliery directories, e.
Swanwick common first sunk in 1903 to the waterloo seam. For the use of colliery managers and others london, many editions 18921917, the standard british textbook for its. Speedwell is an area to the northeast of st george. Aberbeeg colliery north the aberbeeg colliery company messrs william webb, thomas spittle and james patrick. From guy and mary scheib, transcribed by jake wynn. It developed a reputation as the pit of all nations because of the diversity of foreign miners who worked there. Moore books british mining northern mines research. Ground breaking began at the loomis colliery with the sinking of two shafts on august 16, 1909. Blood, sweat and toil in neston marks the 250th anniversary of the opening of the first coal mine in the town in 1759.
All books purchased which need to be posted will be subject to an additional charge for post and packaging at cost. All the images below are links to anthracite related videos on you tube. Swanwick new first sunk in 1914 and went through all of the seams down to 50 metres below black shale. Buy point of ayr colliery by mostyn history preservation society isbn. Apr 20, 2009 blood, sweat and toil in neston marks the 250th anniversary of the opening of the first coal mine in the town in 1759.
The colliery was originally built as a manriding shaft for the nearby st hildas colliery, but became a full producing mine when the older colliery closed in 1940. The smallest shaft the jubilee pit 10ft diameter was sunk 120 yards to the worsley four foot mine. Otherwise you may have to search the records for a number of collieries. Francis frith the uks leading publisher of local photographs since 1860. Williams opened a mine at this site in the 1860s, he is listed as the owner in the 1869. It is owned by energybuild, a private company now wholly owned by walter energy of the united states as of april 2011. Clock face colliery 18961966 northern mine research society. Aberpergwm is the site of a colliery in the vale of neath near glynneath in south wales the drift mine was reopened in 1996 after being closed by the national coal board in 1985. The fan was 24 feet x 8 feet, and delivered 350,000cfm. Aberpergwm colliery coal mine information and photos. Conservative mp says common sense has prevailed, while campaigners say coal should be consigned to the history books. Speedwell colliery bristol bs15 1986 exbristol miner fred.
A new book about the llanerch colliery explosion of 1890 was launched on monday november 9 at the mayors parlour in pontypool. Uks first deep coal mine in decades given approval in kick in teeth. It was after her grandson jo thorne researched the history of her cottage. Browse the worlds largest ebookstore and start reading today on the web, tablet, phone, or ereader. After the disaster of 1853, it was redeveloped as the new primrose colliery, owned by sir ralph howard, and by 1896 employed 307.
Events which increased or decreased production 18251899 1825. Aberbeeg colliery north was located on the banks of the river ebbw fawr in the cwm valley, not far from the hanbury hotel, close to where the flyover garage is today as seen middle left in the image above. Primrose colliery was developed from the mid1800s, close to the village of rhos. Find out how to search our collections and online indexes to durham. You are welcome to use this album for uploading archive or historical photographs of aberpergwm colliery. The earliest mining that occurred at or near the site of the massive loomis colliery started in the 1850s with the sinking of the dundee shaft, located near the intersection of middle and dundee roads. The village grew with the development of the colliery. Westoe colliery opened in 1909, though boring operations in the neighbourhood of westoe were recorded earlier in 1759 and 1873.
Nook colliery 18661965 northern mine research society. Using his newly developed sashalight, photographer sasha has taken this picture of coal miners in the emergency cage. Boldon colliery is a large village, comprising over 500 miners cottages, as well as several good shops, and there are chapels belonging to the wesleyans, primitives, free church and lay church, and the parish church being a little to the north west. In the 1820s the pits became incorporated as russells colliery. Wombwell main company limited this company was registered on 7th april 1865 with a capital of. Gedling colliery, which was the lifeblood of gedling and many of the surrounding villages, opened in 1899 and was closed in 1991. Clock face colliery 18961966 northern mine research. Now a hollywood production company wants to turn her book the. Longannet colliery history longannet colliery longannet colliery was the last deep mine operating in scotland. Colliery photos john cornwell was a freelance photographer who took many photographs of collieries, mostly in south wales and the english midlands, both underground and on the surface, during the 1970s and early 1980s. This seam was mined until 1968, when swanwick colliery closed. Speedwell colliery bristol bs15 1986 exbristol miner. The llanerch colliery was situated in cwmnantddu above pontnewynydd and the disaster led to the loss of 176 local men and boys.
I am doing some family history and would like to find out some more details of my great grandfathers death at shipley colliery which is listed on your website as. Warsop vale local history society, 1 leeming close, market warsop, mansfield, notts. Bbc liverpool history blood, sweat and toil in neston. Banners of the durham coalfield, norman emery, 1998, sutton publishing ltd. The mine was quickly abandoned and the engine house sat idle for years because of the strong presence of gas in the mine and the lack of. Graces guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in britain. The collierys history aberpergwm first opened in the late 19th century, and at its height during the 1930s employed more than 1,500 people. The aberpergwm colliery was the name given to a number of slant mines and there had been a mine named aberpergwm mentioned in records dating back to 1811. This web publication contains 9,333 pages of information and 225,767 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them. Prior to nationalisation in 1947, westoe colliery was owned by harton coal company and was connected. Aberpergwm colliery aberpergwm colliery, workings in the. Coal mining and durham collieries durham record office. The drift mine was reopened in 1996 after being closed by the national coal board in 1985. Bryan roberts 231kb general interest uploaded march 11 th 2011 by loco driver.
The high main coal seam was nearly six feet thick and the term wallsend coal was at one time widely used reflecting the rich seam and prosperity for the mine owners. Used coal from camerton a brief history of mining in the village from 1780. Sudor coal halfgewonnen colliery 9 years sudor coal weltevrede colliery 7 years and 3 months south african coal mining operations 2 years jindal mining 2 years glencore wonderfontein colliery 1 year and 6 months. However, some include a significant amount of historical information about the neighbouring villages of griffydam, peggs green and swannington. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Nov 10, 2015 a new book about the llanerch colliery explosion of 1890 was launched on monday november 9 at the mayors parlour in pontypool. May 02, 2016 swanwick common first sunk in 1903 to the waterloo seam. Aberpergwm colliery, workings in the 9ft seam, workings shown yellow are in the 18ft seam which was used for access to the 9ft seam to the west of the fault. Photographs of aberpergwm colliery coal mine on the mining history web site uk. Swanwick colliery, swanwick somercotes local history society.
It was situated near kincardine on the north bank of the firth of forth, some 40 miles from glasgow and 35 miles from edinburgh. In 1860 the aberbeeg colliery was established and its sinking began. This transformed chopwell into a thriving mining community. Photos, maps, personal memories and local books of hebburn colliery francis frith the uks leading publisher of local photographs since 1860. The sashalight is a new type of flash which is ignited by an ordinary battery, and so is safe to use in a mine, unlike previous flashes which used highly explosive flash powder. Books and some articles relating to coal mining, especially historical. As well as looking at the mines themselves, it looks at a brief history of the hargreaves family, whose company dominated mining around burnley for 150 years. Castlebridge colliery was part of a larger deep coal mine complex in fife, which is more commonly known as longannet. The anatomy of a coal mine daw mill colliery 1957 20 the complete history of the last coal mine in warwickshire the complete directory of over 5800 collieries colliery names and pre 1947 owners. With underground photographs and numerous other illustrations. Although aberpergwm drifts history probably began when w. It was the last deep coal mine shaft to be sunk in scotland during the national coal board era, but also the first one to be sunk in 20 years at the time. This colliery, to the nw of harthill, consisted of two pits, linked by a siding to the nbr shotts branch. Cymorth chwilio finding aid aberpergwm estate records.
The collierys working area extended to some 1,300 acres. By the author of hapton valley colliery, an historic account of an east lancashire coal mine, this well illustrated monograph reflects the growing interest in coal mining. Wallsend colliery 1778 1935 wallsend colliery consisted of 7 pits and was active between 1778 and 1935. Photos, maps, personal memories and local books of boldon colliery. Disaster history bench in the village of cilybebyll, in memorial for primrose colliery disaster of 1858, which claimed the lives of 14 miners men and boys and 7 horses on october 1858, when the primrose colliery was owned by morgan and lewis, fumes of an engine boiler suffocated 14 men and boys, and 7 horses. Gedling colliery a brief history the story of mining in gedling starts in the 17th century more than 250 years before the sinking of the first shaft at gedling colliery. Canary in the coal mine and millions of other books are available for instant. Historic and archive photos of aberpergwm colliery coal mine. Used coal and conflict a study of industrial relations at collieries.