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Hafodyrynys Colliery

Location:	Pontypool 7½ miles [12 km] NNW of Newport
Map Ref:	(Sheet 171 Cardiff and Newport) ST241986, 51° 40' 50" N, 3° 5' 53" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Crumlin Valley Collieries Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1947 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. (135,000 tons)
Employment:	1923 - 769 (643 below, 126 surface)
	1933 - 936 (820 below, 116 surface)
	1937 - 975 (850 below, 125 surface)
	1940 - 925 (800 below, 125 surface)
	1947 - 975 (850 below, 125 surface)
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!

						Fisher, Frederick, 27 Oct 1925, aged 27, Repairer, Fall of stone. Died 20th

						1 name 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.

Some of the names of mining fatalities on this page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the Coal Mining History Resource Centre (CMHRC) and are marked with . The CMHRC is available here.

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Hafodyrynys Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Hafodyrynys Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1937 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website