At its peak of production in 19, nearly 233,000 men and women were employed in the south wales coalfield, mining 56 million tons of coal. Timeline of uk miners strike of 198485 upi archives. A plentiful crop of cripples made by all this progress. Coalfield web materials provides a unique insight into the social, political and cultural life of the south wales coalfield during the 19th and 20th centuries. This initiative is drawing on archival coal seam data and new information to develop an interactive 3d model of the south wales coalfield, which has a range of applications in the research of new clean coal technologies for the energy sector. Palaeogeothermal profiling across the south wales coalfield. Not hitherto served by any major urban centres, the area now became densely populated, largely as a result of immigration from other areas of wales. The coalfield area the south wales coalfield extends across parts of pembrokeshire, carmarthenshire, swansea, neath port talbot, bridgend, rhondda cynon taf, merthyr tydfil, caerphilly, blaenau gwent and torfaen. Its purpose is to demonstrate the role of oral history and biography in the writing of. Did the people buried at stonehenge come from wales. The first interview conducted as part of the south wales coalfield history. If you want to capture video input, youll also need a webcam. Ground motions regularly affect the built infrastructure in the uk. In 1959 the national coal boards ncb scientific department coal survey produced a folio of maps and diagrams to present a general picture of the variation in structure and properties of all important seams in the south wales coalfield.
The country around newport, monmouthshire sheet 249 of the. To coincide with the 30th anniversary of the miners strike of 1984, two facsimile maps have been printed of the south wales coalfield, reprints of the popular maps which were first sold by the archives in 2000. South wales coalfield northern mine research society. Churchill, sir winston biography at the encyclopedia of earth. Using the south wales coalfield as one of their study areas, the bgs team. Uk geology wales geology and regional geophysics our. The site is based on the holdings of the south wales coalfield collection at university of wales swansea. The role of fluids in the evolution of the south wales. If you are making a recording from a machine based in a teaching room, you should find that the panopto recorder and a microphone are already available. Create maps like this example called new south wales in minutes with smartdraw. Philanthropist david davies, 1st baron davies of llandinam and president of the ocean coal company and his welfare officer captain j. The south wales coalfield was at its peak in 19 and was one of the largest coalfields in the world. May being packaging for locally installed applications.
Tools for audio and video university of south wales. Palaeogeothermal profiling across the south wales coalfield s. Glamorgan historical county, wales, united kingdom. In february 1914, the south wales miners federation swmf, also known simply as. The geology of the south wales coalfield internet archive.
Wales is a country that is part of the united kingdom and the island of great britain. The basic physical geography of south wales had given the region a great advantage over other coalproducing areas. Maps of the south wales coalfield glamorgan archives. To the east of the heartland, the welsh border region with england is largely agricultural and is characterized by. Youll also get map markers, pins, and flag graphics. It remained the largest coalfield in britain until 1925. The south wales coalfield is a large region of south wales that is rich in coal deposits. The river valleys gave transport routes and the steep valleys made it easy to mine down to the coal.
In 1971 the south wales coalfield history project was set up, funded by the social science research council, to locate and collect manuscript and printed material of archival significance. Historic images of the collieries of the south wales coalfield, showing the surface workings, colliery buildings, engines houses and head frames, loading screens and banks. South wales stretches south of the heartland on an immense but largely exhausted coalfield. The south wales coalfield lies in parts of the unitary authorities of carmarthenshire, swansea, neath port talbot, bridgend, rhondda cynon taf, vale of glamorgan, merthyr tydfil, cardiff, caerphilly. South wales coalfield personal collections photographs. Coalfields regeneration trust coalfields coalfields. It is bordered by england to the east, the irish sea to the north and west, and the bristol channel to the south. South wales coalfield when the coal industry was nationalised in 1947, there were 250 collieries in wales. The first mining management training school in wales.
Glamorgan archives is pleased to announce two new publications which have been produced to celebrate our 75th anniversary. Aberpergwm, south wales abertillery, south wales ackton hall, yorkshire bedwas, south wales. The coalfield is preserved in an ew elongate north. Record details geology of the south wales coalfield. Volatile matter dmmf values from 12 coal seams within the carboniferous coal measures of south wales.
Glynn jones, cofounders of the boys clubs of wales were first inspired to build a holiday camp for the sons of miners from the south wales coalfield. It supported a large part, but not all, of the coal industry in wales. From the mid1970s, the welsh economy faced massive restructuring with large numbers of jobs in traditional heavy industry disappearing and being replaced eventually by new ones in light industry and in services. The south wales coalfield collection swcc succeeds through its variety of archival media in giving an insight into the experience of the south wales valleys during a period of industrial turmoil both from. A wales timeline is already available via the glamorgan help pages and i have produced a chronology of british history which is available on my website. Youll then need to use the recording software to make a recording. Ensuring that strategic programs are precisely tailored to the communities they are intended to benefit. Coal mines, collieries, drifts, welsh mining disasters. For much of the russian stretch, it follows the transsiberian highway and, east of the ural mountains, with ah6 of the asian highway network, which continues to busan, south. Within this, south wales was consistently the most dangerous coalfield in.
Photographs and a brief historical account of more than 200 welsh coal mines, plus stories poems and a list of colliery disasters. European route e30 is an aclass european route from the port of cork in the republic of ireland in the west to the russian city of omsk, near the border of kazakhstan in the east. The tredegar company one of the south wales coalfield. From the mid1970s, the welsh economy faced massive. As the 20th century progressed, a serious problem for the south wales coalfield was the relatively low level of technology in its pits, compared to those of other british coalfields. The coalfields regeneration trust is the only organisation dedicated to supporting former mining towns and villages throughout the uk. South wales coalfield current activities our research british. Holds the south wales coalfield collection swcc which was established in 1969 as an attempt to preserve the documentary records of the mining community of south wales. The south wales coalfield collection swcc succeeds through its variety of archival media in giving an insight into the experience of the south wales valleys. This initiative is drawing on archival coal seam data and new information to develop an interactive 3d model of the south wales coalfield, which has a range of applications in the. Geology of the south wales coalfield british geological survey.
The legislative and sociopolitical background to the continuing need for the disposal of colliery dirt in south wales is discussed, plus a brief description of the exemplified mine, the lady windsor colliery sunk in 1884, including a history of the tipping there. To coincide with the 30th anniversary of the miners strike of 1984, two facsimile maps have been printed of the south wales coalfield. A new book will document the rise of one of south wales most prominent coal companies and its subsequent impact on the surrounding areas. The majority of records relate to the south wales miners federation, later the num south wales. The south wales coalfield represents the erosional remnant of a silesian coal basin developed along the northern margin of the variscan orogenic belt. Recent analysis of cremated human remains excavated from stonehenge has shown that some of the individuals buried at the neolithic monument may have spent some of their lives in western britain, or even west wales. The south wales miners federation and the perception and. South wales had unusually fragile seams of coal, and its method of extraction gave little leeway in terms of safety in the 19th century.
The geology of the rocks meant that slippage and collapse. Further facts from the coal commission, compiled by r. This extract is from programme, to hell and back, of the bbc radio wales millennium history series, the people of wales. South wales coalfield collection swansea university. Danger signals became apparent in the mid 1920s when unemployment among coalminers rose from 2% in april 1924 to 12. Tredegar forum new book on the the history of tredegar coal. During the 16th and 17th centuries, an export industry developed, mostly around swansea, pembrokeshire and flintshire.
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