	Ifton Colliery	Index	Ifton Colliery

Ifton Colliery

Location:	St. Martin, Oswestry 8 miles [13 km] S of Wrexham
Map Ref:	(Sheet 126 Shrewsbury and Oswestry) SJ322373, 52° 55' 43" N, 3° 0' 31" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	W. Y. Craig and Sons Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1947 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. (225,000 tons)
	1954 - Coal: Household, Steam.
Employment:	1923 - 0 [inc. In Brynkinalt]
	1937 - 0 [inc. In Brynkinalt]
	1940 - 0 [inc. In Brynkinalt]
	1947 - 1,008 (730 below, 278 surface)
	1954 - 1,230 (970 below, 260 surface)
Seams Worked:	1954 - Main, Quaker, Two Yard
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Ifton, Nr. Oswestry: sunk 1876, 1914, depth 480 yds.; 980 men prod. 263,000 tons Quaker. Main. Modernised.

NCB Leaflet: Coal in North Western Area, published 1967

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!

						Edwards, Harold, 02 Jun 1959, aged 49, Collier
						Edwards, William, 03 Nov 1932, aged 37, Collier
						Herbert, F., 13 Sep 1935, aged 30, Miner, killed by a fall of stone [Date of Report]
						Jones, Denzil, 22 Sep 1964, aged 29, Collier
						Martin, Alfred, 06 Feb 1953, aged 55, Collier
						Northall, William, 01 Apr 1954, aged 64, Miner
						Pennel, Thomas Edward, 13 Oct 1960, aged 42, Collier
						Richards, John, 11 Apr 1930, aged 61, Roadman
						Rogers, William Alfred, 21 Apr 1958, aged 22, Miner
						Wilkes, John, 11 Mar 1939, aged 62, Fireman, address: Shelf Bank, Oswestry [More information ...]
						Williams, Edward, 11 Mar 1939, aged 52, Collier, address: 134, Chirk Green, Chirk [More information ...]

						11 names found

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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
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
1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website