	Bagillt Colliery	Index	Bagillt Colliery

Bagillt Colliery

Location:	Bagillt, Holywell 13 miles [21 km] WNW of Chester
Map Ref:	(Sheet 117 Chester and Wrexham) SJ213751, 53° 16' 3" N, 3° 10' 48" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Wilson, Maxwell, and Co.
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Jones, John, 09 Jul 1853, Run over by waggons on surface
						Jones, Robert, 19 Jan 1853, Fall of roof
						Jones, T., 03 Mar 1851, Fall of roof
						Leighton, William, 11 Apr 1853, Taken ill in pit, and died soon after reaching home
						Williams, Edward, 30 Dec 1852, aged Boy, Fall of roof

						5 names found

If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.

Those names marked with , have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the web page.

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Bagillt Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Bagillt Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1851 Mines Inspectors Report, by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1852 (Jul-Dec) Mines Inspectors Report, by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, published in 1854
1853 (Jan-Jun) Mines Inspectors Report, by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, published in 1854
1853 (Jul-Dec) Mines Inspectors Report, by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, published in 1854