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North's Navigation Collieries (1889) Ltd.

Warning: 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. The company may own other properties etc. and there may have been other changes of ownership etc. for which we currently do not have details.


1892

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1892-09-02

Article from The Cambrian — "Awful Colliery Disaster In South Wales"


1894

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Caerau, No. 2 Level	Maesteg	Richard C. Aubrey	135	17
Caerau, South Pit	Maesteg	Richard C. Aubrey	124	38	Not worked since March 1894
Coegnant	Maesteg	Jenkin Jones	680	67
Maesteg Deep	Maesteg	Thomas Twist	140	20
No. 9 Level	Maesteg	Thomas Twist	261	56
Park Slip	Tondu, Bridgend	James Tamblyn	78	38
Tynewydd	Tynewydd, Ogmore Vale	John T. Onions	124	39
Wyndham, Nos. 1 and 2	Nantymoel, Ogmore Vale	D. Sims Rees	627	101

			2,169	376

			2,545


1896

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Caerau, No. 2 Level	Maesteg	J. T. Slathiel	2	1
Caerau, South Pit	Maesteg	J. T. Salathiel	450	83
Coegnant	Maesteg	Jenkin Jones	488	81
Maesteg Deep	Maesteg	Davies Davis	133	23
No. 9 Level	Maesteg	David Davies	299	54
Park Slip	Tondu, Bridgend	Thomas Twist	210	58
Tynewydd	Tynewydd, Ogmore Vale	D. Simms Rees	159	45
Wyndham, Nos. 1 and 2	Nantymoel, Ogmore Vale	John Jones	763	112

			2,504	457

			2,961


1900

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Caerau	Maesteg	Jenkin Jones	954	141
Coegnant	Maesteg	David Davies	798	103
Maesteg Deep	Maesteg	David Evans	287	105
No. 9 Level	Maesteg	D. J. Griffiths	196	38
Park Slip	Tondu Bridgend	David Leyshon	364	92
Tynewydd	Tynewydd, Ogrnore Vale	D. S. Rees	80	44
Wyndham, Nos. 1 and 2	Nantymoel, Ogmore Vale	John Jones	893	115

			3,572	638

			4,210


1905

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Caerau	Caerau, Maesteg	Jenkin Jones	1,301	195
Coegnant, North Pit	Nantyffyllon, Maesteg	David Davies	1,005	188
Coegnant, South Pit	Nantyffyllon, Maesteg	David Davies	370	—
Maesteg Deep	Maesteg	David Evans	419	96
No. 1 Level, Garnwen	Maesteg		—	—	Discontinued March 1903
Number Nine	Maesteg	David Evans	234	32
Wyndham, No. 1 Pit	Maesteg	David Leyshon	609	132
Wyndham, No. 2 Pit	Maesteg	David Leyshon	505	—

			4,443	643

			5,086


1910

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Caerau [a]	Caerau, Maesteg	Jenkin Jones	1,669	204
Caerau [b]	Caerau, Maesteg	Jenkin Jones	152	6
Coegnant, North Pit	Nantyffyllon, Maesteg	David Davies	868	—
Coegnant, South Pit	Nantyffyllon, Maesteg	David Davies	894	164
Maesteg Deep	Maesteg	David Evans	570	101
No. 1 Level, Garnwen	Maesteg		—	—	Discontinued March 1903
Number Nine	Maesteg	David Evans	8	—
St. John's Pits	Cwmdu	J. P. Gibbon	257	134

			4,418	609

			5,027


1923

Company Details

Registered Office:	73, Exchange Buildings, Bute Docks, Cardiff
Annual Output:	1,000,000 tons
Class of Coal:	Coking, Manufacturing, Steam
Other Minerals Worked:	Ironstone
Source: 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

Company Directors

Chairman:	Berry, H. Seymour, Gwaelodygarth, Merthyr Tydfil
Managing Director:	Llewellyn, Leonard W., Sir, K.B.E., Malpas Court, Newport
Directors:	Hailey, C. P., Branscombe Park, Whitchurch
	Llewellyn, David R., Sir, The Court, St. Fagans
	Miles, W. P., Llwyndu Court, Abergavenny
	Mitchelson, Archibald, Sir, Holme Park, Rotherfield, Sussex
	Rhondda, Viscountess, 15, Chelsea Court, London
	Smith, J. Wentworth, 36, Wilbury Road, Hove, Sussex
General Manager:	Rees, Rees, Hollies, Maesteg
Secretary:	Davies, William Egbert, Trewarren, New Road, Porthcawl

Source: 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

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Caerau	Llynvi Valley, Maesteg	David Evans	—	—
Caerau, No. 3	Llynvi Valley, Maesteg	David Evans	—	—
Coegnant	Llynvi Valley, Maesteg	Joshua Davies	—	—
Maesteg Deep	Llynvi Valley, Maesteg	David Davies	—	—
St. John's (GLA)	Llynvi Valley, Maesteg	Martin L. Price	—	—


1933

Company Details

Registered Office:	Aberdare House, Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff, Glam.
Seams Worked:	Six Feet, Seven Feet, Upper and Lower New Seam, Two and Half, Two Feet Nine, Seven Feet Lower
Power Used:	Electric. Voltage: 3,300 A.C., 50 cycles
Annual Output:	1,000,000 tons
Class of Coal:	Coking, Manufacturing, Steam
Other Minerals Worked:	Ironstone
Source: 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

Company Directors

Chairman:	Llewellyn, David R., Sir, The Court, St. Fagans
Directors:	Davies, W. E., 'Cranmore,' Radyr, nr. Cardiff
	Hailey, C. P., Petherton, Llandaff
	Jacob, F. Llewellin, West House, Bridgend
	Llewellyn, W. M., Bwllfa House, Aberdare
	Merrett, H. H., Bryn Hafod, Llandaff
	Miles, W. P., 'Monkstone,' Rumney, nr. Cardiff
	Rhondda, Viscountess, 32, Bloomsbury Street, London
	Smith, J. Wentworth, 11, Palmeira Square, Hove, Sussex
Secretary:	Davies, William Egbert, 'Cranmore,' Radyr, nr. Cardiff

Source: 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

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Caerau	Llynvi Valley, Maesteg	David Evans	1,326	219	temp closed
Caerau, No. 3	Llynvi Valley, Maesteg	David Evans	—	—	temp closed
Coegnant	Llynvi Valley, Maesteg	W. M. Llewellyn	1,544	118
Maesteg Deep	Llynvi Valley, Maesteg	David Davies	136	35
St. John's (GLA)	Llynvi Valley, Maesteg	William Morgan	594	132

			3,600	504

			4,104


1934

Company Notes

24 Aug 1934: North's Navigation Collieries (1889), Ltd. — The accounts for 1933 show that the balance of profit and loss account brought forward is £516,570, and after debiting the account with all charges, and provision having been made for taxation, there is a profit on the year of £63,903, leaving a debit balance to carry forward of £452,667. The report adds "Since the date of these accounts, the directors have had the company's works and properties revalued by an eminent firm of mining engineers. The figures disclose a value considerably in excess of that appearing in the company's accounts. It is anticipated that certain reserves will become free by the end of the current year, and the directors propose writing these back, together with other reserves not now required, to the credit of profit and loss account, so eliminating trading losses to date. The debit balance then remaining, being in respect of capital losses, will be offset by the appreciation in works and properties value as mentioned above. With the elimination of the debit to profit and loss account, any future profits will be available for dividend purposes."

Source: The Colliery Guardian


1940

Company Details

Registered Office:	Aberdare House, Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff, Glam.
Seams Worked:	Six Feet, Seven Feet, Upper and Lower New Seam, Two and Half, Two Feet Nine, Seven Feet Lower
Power Used:	Electric. Voltage: 3,300 A.C., 50 cycles
Annual Output:	1,000,000 tons
Class of Coal:	Coking, Manufacturing, Steam
Source: 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

Company Directors

Chairman:	Llewellyn, David R., Sir, The Court, St. Fagans
Directors:	Davies, W. E., 'Cranmore,' Radyr, nr. Cardiff
	Jacob, F. Llewellin, Tondu House, Tyondu, nr. Bridgend
	Llewellyn, H. M., The Court, St. Fagans
	Llewellyn, W. M., Bwllfa House, Aberdare
	Merrett, H. H., Bryn Hafod, Llandaff
	Smith, J. Wentworth, 11, Palmeira Square, Hove, Sussex
Secretary:	Davies, William Egbert, 'Cranmore,' Radyr, nr. Cardiff

Source: 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

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Caerau	Llynvi Valley	S. Bryant	442	82
Caerau, No. 3	Llynvi Valley	S. Bryant	—	—
Coegnant	Llynvi Valley	W. M. Llewellyn	979	140
St. John's (GLA)	Llynvi Valley	R. E. Petty	1,267	167

			2,688	389

			3,077


1947 - at the time of Nationalisation

Company Details

Registered Office:	Powell Duffryn House, Bute Street, Cardiff, Glam.
Source: 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

Company Directors

Chairman:	Merrett, H. H., Cwrt-yr-Ala, Dinas Powis, Glam.
Directors:	Badham, D., 'Fairbank,' Ystrad Mynoch, Hengoed, Glam.
	Hann, D. A., Cascade House, Pengam, Mon.
	Llewellyn, H. M., The Court, St. Fagans, Glam.
	Merrett, H. H., Cwrt-yr-Ala, Dinas Powis, Glam.
	Vann, F. P., Ysguborwen, Aberdare, Glam.
General Manager:	Watson, G. A., Derllwyn House, Tondu, Aberkenfig, Glam.
Secretary:	Norris, F. T., Shenstone, Llanishen, Cardiff

Source: 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

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Caerau		A. J. Pomeroy	442	82
Coegnant		W. M. Llewellyn	979	140
St. John's (GLA)		R. E. Petty	1,267	167

			2,688	389

			3,077


Sources

The Colliery Guardian
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
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
1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department Where to find this report
1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd Where to find this report
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department Where to find this report
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department Where to find this report
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department Where to find this report

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