Lucy thomas of the graig colliery at merthyr, who supplied the thames. Memories of cory workers photos, information exchange and the graig merthyr memorial this page is. Barry yoxall, the num secretary for taff merthyr is at the front with the tie and purple jacket. At abercanaid, i came across the remains of the graig chapel burial ground the east side of graig road, the whole section north of anthony grove. Just south of the village of cwm between aberbeeg and ebbw vale, a brick tower can be seen on the hillside above a stream emanating from a mountainside tunnel. Lewis merthyr colliery, coed cae road, trehafod, rhondda cynon taf, cf37 2np. As numerous as this list over 6,000 it still represents only a small proportion of welsh miners killed at. The first pits were sunk during 1873 and is recorded to have. The name tref herbert appears in records around this time. Talyfanfach was apparently the only one located on the west side of the railway line and whilst shown on the 1876 o.
The list below attempts to show a complete list of levels and collieries opened within the rhondda. The oldest in rhondda is the lewismerthyr band, formerly cymmer colliery band, founded as the cymmer military band in or before 1855. Lewis merthyr colliery lamp check square, brass colliery lamp check or token from ncb graig merthyr colliery, south wales. Graigola merthyr company limited v the swansea corporation. Guided by the excellent glamorganshire and aberdare canals book, i headed north to merthyr and traced the canal route south from chapel row. Taff merthyr colliery alan georges old merthyr tydfil. The flood storage area has been constructed near the site of graig merthyr colliery.
The bute merthyr colliery, in treherbert in the rhondda valley, was the first colliery to produce steam coal in the rhondda valley. Historic photographs of graig merthyr colliery photo ref. Abercannaid is a small village in the welsh county borough of merthyr tydfil, glamorgan, wales, united kingdom with a population of about 5,060. Bute merthyr colliery treherbert 1850 coedcae trehafod 1850 1929. Treherbert the bute merthyr colliery opened here in 1855. While researching my family history, ive heard mentioned an aunty mary ellen who was banished out to the mountains for being a witch. Wales has also had a significant history of mining for slate, gold and various metal ores. The melting pot the heritage and culture of merthyr tydfil. Merthyr tydfil main glamorgangwent archaeological trust. Graig level blaenycwm 1858 penygraig level penygraig 1858. Cwm rhondda, is a former coal mining valley in wales, formerly a local government district, consisting of 16 communities built around the river rhondda. Northeast wales also had its own coalfield and tower colliery closed january. Memories of graig merthyr colliery has 790 members.
Graig merthyr colliery coal mine information and photos. Memories of graig merthyr colliery public group facebook. It was identified as the furthest point north on the. The first pits were sunk during 1873 and is recorded to have been worked by the graigola colliery company by 19. Well, it looks like the history pages are taking much longer to rebuild than at first imagined. A single mum has transformed this former colliery building. John nixon 10 may 1815 3 june 1899 was an english mining engineer and colliery. A level is seen as a horizontal cut into a hill or mountain to access a seam of coal, while a colliery consists of shafts mined into the earth to reach seams of coal underground. Summer gala 2223 june 2019 join us for the 2019 gwili railway annual summer gala, were shifting our attention back 41 years to graig merthyr colliery who were still running steam in 1978 which has a special connection with our own rsh no. Notes towards a history of the englishlanguage book in. Black and white film negative showing the entrance to the drift mine at graig merthyr colliery. Graig merthyr colliery yard in 1977 with a long journey of drams waiting to be run into the mine. But was the birch rock colliery the same pit as graig merthyr. Our 2019 gala falls exactly on the 41st anniversary of.
A vector image of star to represent action to save this item login to save this item. This is not intended to be an exhaustive history of the company, but an indication of the changes of ownership and the links between companies and directors in those companies. Discover the history of coins and how they are made at the royal mint. The colliery photographs of john cornwell national museum wales.
The south wales valleys are honeycombed with shafts and tunnels. Like the seven valley a little further to the north, at ironbridge in shropshire, the upper taff valley contained all of the necessary ingredients for a successful iron industry iron ore, limestone for lining furnaces, mountain streams to provide water power and forests to supply timber for. As the temperance movement faded, the bands found new benefactors in the colliery owners and many took on the names of specific collieries. As numerous as this list over 6,000 it still represents only a small proportion of welsh miners killed at their workplace. Graig merthyr colliery was sited near pontardulais in the amman valley. Mining in wales provided a significant source of income to the economy of wales throughout. For the 2019 gala therefore, were shifting our attention back 41 years to graig merthyr colliery who were still running steam in 1978 which has a special connection with our own rsh no.
It was the second time in a few months that the family had suffered terrible sadness, as mr williams was the father of a little girl who was fatally burned in. When i mentioned it to my son who used to go camping up there as a teenager, he said they once camped in a broken down building on the mountain which was supposed to be the home of a witch, so i am wondering if this was old aunty mary ellen. Clydach merthyr colliery, as it was in 1918 the drift mine stopped producing coal in the early 1960s but was kept open until 1978 to provide ventilation and pumping for the graig merthyr colliery. Marine colliery, graig fawr local history of south wales. Clydach merthyr colliery was situated near clydach in the swansea valley. Historic photographs of graig merthyr colliery photo ref 97978 discuss in forum. List of collieries in the rhondda valleys wikipedia. Entrance to the drift mine at graig merthyr colliery. This post follows the route of the penydarren tramroad from abercynon to merthyr tydfil as shown on the adjacent sketch map which is taken from the railway magazine march 1951 edition. Graig merthyr memorial unveiling pontardulais town band. The history of merthyr is a history written in superlatives. No deaths from the first explosion walker colliery 1765 es 1 december 1761 hartley colliery, northumberland 5.
It was the first town in wales the first real town, at least. South wales coalfield northern mine research society. When the coal industry was nationalised in 1947, there were 250 collieries in wales. Follow in the footsteps of the miners who once worked at the lewis merthyr colliery, right here. The glamorgan family history society have produced a set of microfiche containing monumental inscriptions for the following burial grounds parish church of st. Images of pant cemetery, near merthyr tydfil, by brian wagstaffe.
A trial pit was dug in 1851, and the colliery was closed in 1926. The valley is made up of two valleys, the larger rhondda fawr valley mawr large and the smaller rhondda fach valley bach small. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. The taff trail also runs through the village, adjacent to the path of the disused glamorganshire canal. Apparently the national coal board ncb who had ordered 33 of the batch required the loco at its graig merthyr colliery urgently but as 3844 was more complete than 3846 which was allocated, hunslet simply changed the plates to allow no. In 1917 the owners changed their name to the graigola merthyr co. Robert has made a face book site encompassing cory, brynlliw etc if you guys. Graig merthyr colliery coal mine information and photos aditnow. Check the companys details for free and view the companies house.
Graig merthyr memorial unveiling october 11, 2017 april 12, 2018 admin engagements a busy saturday saw the band put preparations for the wwbba burry port contest on hold, to take part in the unveiling of a permanent memorial, in pontardulais, to those who lost their lives at. Cwmtillery colliery south wales colliery, monmouthshire 23 16 december 1875 swaithe main colliery, yorkshire 143 9 december 1875 llan pentyrch colliery, glamorganshire 16 4 of whom died in the following 2 weeks 4 december 1875 penygraig colliery, glamorganshire 2 24 december 1874 bignall hill colliery, staffordshire 17. Two shafts were sunk here between 1922 and 1924, to a depth of 630 yards. The history of the talyfan mines is far from clear as is illustrated by the following. Graig merthyr colliery, line of drams in the graigola seam note the. Back to map click here for further information about this historic landscape character area click here for a character area map photo. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search.
Tyrone dark was my brotherinlaw and he died in a mining accident 30 years ago so i will be doing this in his memory. The views today are of wooded mountains, with a number of former colliery waste tips still extant and ruins of colliery buildings high on the mountainside opposite, but it is still part of the local communities. The following is a list of mining accidents where there were five or more fatalities. Clarke was employed to sink the first trial shaft in 1851. Merthyr colliery lamp checks for sale in uk view ads. A vector image of a star to represent action to save this item. This sits on a hillside site at godrer graig overlooking the former tareni colliery. Photos of graig merthyr colliery coal mine upload archivehistoric photos. Please ensure you check any spelling when making a personalised order, as these mistakes cannot be rectified and therefore no refund made.
The graigola seam produced high quality coal which had a very low percentage of ash. It commemorates one of the family names of the marquis of bute, whose trustees opened the colliery, built the houses, and named one of the streets after him. The rhondda valleys were, between 1860 and 1939, one of the worlds most important coal mining regions. Its entrance in the neighbouring ebbw valley between newbridge and crumlin. Welsh mining experience rhondda heritage park visitwales. Taff merthyr colliery demolition photograph courtesy of robert amos taff merthyr locomotive taff merthyr south wales miners march past taff merthyr during the closure of taff merthyr. Where blank means five or more, but the exact numbers are unknown to me at present.
North biddick colliery, durham 19 27 february 1767 fatfield, durham 39 16 april 1766 south biddick, durham 27 2 april 1765 walker colliery, newcastle 8 those died entered the mine after it first exploded on april 1st. Our 2019 gala falls exactly on the 41st anniversary of the end of steam at graig merthyr colliery. In the mid 1700s, merthyr tydfil was just a small welsh farming village in the upper taff valley. Dates in brackets indicate the date that the colliery merged with another.
Both the singular term rhondda valley and the plural rhondda valleys. The first commercial coal seam was worked in the dulais valley in 1849 and between 1906 and 1919 typically 1,000 to 1,500 tonnes of coal was mined daily with records showing 495 men employed at graig merthyr colliery in 1908. Newspapers report that mr david williams, a hitcher at the colliery, met with an instantaneous death when he was crushed between two journeys of trams at the graig merthyr colliery. On sunday october 29 1905, a huge fire of unknown origin set off several explosions in the stanford merthyr colliery. The melting pot page 45 the heritage and culture of. He published a number of books on welsh and english collieries. Archive or historic photograph of graig merthyr colliery on the mining history web site uk. Information, history photographs current and archive and documents for graig merthyr colliery coal mine.
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