Durham Mining Museum - Tredegar Iron and Coal Co., Ltd. (original) (raw)
Tredegar Iron and Coal Co., Ltd.
Warning: This is not intended to be an exhaustive history of the company, but anindication 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.
Collieries/Mines Owned
| Employees | | | | | | | -------------- | ---------- | --------- | ------- | ------- | | | Name of Mine | Locality | Manager | Under | Above | | | ground | ground | | | | | | Argoed | Tredegar | | — | — | | | Tredegar | Tredegar | | — | — | |
Collieries/Mines Owned
| Employees | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name of Mine | Locality | Manager | Under | Above | |
| ground | ground | ||||
| Bedwellty (No. 1 Level) | Tredegar | W. H. Routledge | — | — | Included in No. 2, Bedwellty |
| Bedwellty (No. 2 Level) | Tredegar | W. H. Routledge | 36 | 8 | |
| Bedwellty Pits | Tredegar | W. H. Routledge | 539 | 86 | |
| Pochin | Tredegar | W. H. Routledge | 611 | 79 | |
| Stanley [MON] | Tredegar | W. H. Routledge | — | — | |
| Tredegar, No. 7 | Tredegar | W. H. Routledge | 123 | 27 | Stopped |
| Ty Trist | Tredegar | W. H. Routledge | 504 | 76 | |
| Whitworth Drift | Tredegar | W. H. Routledge | 277 | 43 | |
| Whitworth Pits | Tredegar | W. H. Routledge | 480 | 61 | |
| 2,570 | 380 | ||||
| 2,950 | |||||
Collieries/Mines Owned
| Employees | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name of Mine | Locality | Manager | Under | Above | |
| ground | ground | ||||
| Bedwellty Levels | Tredegar | W. H. Routledge | 20 | 8 | |
| Bedwellty Pits | Tredegar | W. H. Routledge | 560 | 102 | |
| Pochin | Tredegar | W. H. Routledge | 896 | 133 | |
| Stanley [MON] | Tredegar | W. H. Routledge | — | 4 | |
| Tredegar, No. 7 | Tredegar | W. H. Routledge | — | — | Stopped |
| Ty Trist | Tredegar | W. H. Routledge | 526 | 92 | |
| Whitworth Drift | Tredegar | W. H. Routledge | 224 | 29 | |
| Whitworth Pits | Tredegar | W. H. Routledge | 442 | 56 | |
| 2,668 | 424 | ||||
| 3,092 | |||||
Collieries/Mines Owned
| Employees | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name of Mine | Locality | Manager | Under | Above | |
| ground | ground | ||||
| Bedwellty Levels | Tredegar | R. W. Tolfree | 10 | 2 | Abandoned, Nov. 1900 |
| Bedwellty Pits | Tredegar | R. W. Tolfree | 553 | 114 | |
| McLaren's Merthyr | Abertwssiog | John Powell | 655 | 131 | |
| Mountain Pit | Tredegar | John Evans | — | 7 | |
| Pochin | Tredegar | Thomas Reynolds | 984 | 167 | |
| Stanley [MON] | Tredegar | — | — | ||
| Ty Trist | Tredegar | John Evans | 537 | 132 | |
| Whitworth Drift | Tredegar | John Evans | 107 | 41 | |
| Whitworth Pits | Tredegar | John Evans | 391 | 80 | |
| 3,237 | 674 | ||||
| 3,911 | |||||
Collieries/Mines Owned
| Employees | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------- | ------- | ------- | | | Name of Mine | Locality | Manager | Under | Above | | | ground | ground | | | | | | Bedwellty | Tredegar | R. W. Tolfree | 854 | 104 | | | McLaren Merthyr | Abertysswg | J. Evans | 1,237 | 229 | | | Pochin | Hollybush | T. Reynolds | 1,054 | 162 | | | Troedrhiwgwair | Tredegar | G. G. Golding | 62 | 7 | | | Ty Trist | Tredegar | G. G. Golding | 823 | 99 | | | Whitworth [MON] | Tredegar | David Evans | 420 | 76 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4,450 | 677 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5,127 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Collieries/Mines Owned
| Employees | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------- | ------- | ------- | | | Name of Mine | Locality | Manager | Under | Above | | | ground | ground | | | | | | Bedwellty | Tredegar | R. W. Tolfree | 1,228 | 159 | | | McLaren Merthyr | Abertysswg | J. Evans | 1,545 | 287 | | | Pochin | Hollybush | T. Reynolds | 1,556 | 140 | | | Troedrhiwgwair | Tredegar | G. E. Golding | 73 | 8 | | | Ty Trist | Tredegar | David Evans | 1,050 | 170 | | | Whitworth [MON] | Tredegar | G. E. Golding | 716 | 64 | | | | | | | | | | | | 6,168 | 828 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6,996 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Company Details
| Registered Office: | Tregegar, Mon. |
|---|---|
| Class of Coal: | Coking, 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: | Aberconway, Lord, Rt. Hon., P.C., 43, Belgrave Square, S.W.1 |
|---|---|
| Managing Director: | Tallis, A. S., J.P., Llwyn Celyn, Caerlon, Mon. |
| Directors: | Johnson-Ferguson, E. A., Major, Luckington Court, Chippenham |
| Lawrence, Arthur, J.P., 6, Park Place, Cardiff | |
| McLaren, H. D., The Hon., C.B.E., M.P., 38, South Street, Mayfair, W.1 | |
| Williams, Evan, J.P., Glyndwr, Pontardulais | |
| Wyllie, A. K., Col., C.B., 39, Prince's Gate, S.W.7 | |
| General Manager: | Woolley, W. D. |
| Secretary: | Monkley, H. O. |
| Agent: | Davies, W. Stephen |
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 | | | | | | Bedwellty | Tredegar | Evan Rees | 103 | 44 | | | McLaren Merthyr | Abertysswg | David Kendrick | 1,317 | 243 | | | Pochin | nr. Hollybush | T. Reynolds | 1,928 | 175 | | | Troedrhiwgwair | Tredegar | Evan Rees | 72 | 12 | | | Ty Trist | Tredegar | W. H. Warburton | 1,659 | 304 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5,079 | 778 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5,857 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Company Details
| Registered Office: | 60, Fenchurch Street, London, E.C.3 |
|---|---|
| Seams Worked: | Big Vein, Yard, Rhas Las, Polka, Elled, Three Quarter, Red Ash, Old Coal, and Little Yard |
| Power Used: | Electric. Voltage: 6,600 and 550 A.C., 40 cycles |
| Annual Output: | 1,250,000 tons |
| Class of Coal: | Coking, 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: | Aberconway, Lord, Rt. Hon., P.C., 43, Belgrave Square, S.W.1 |
|---|---|
| Deputy Chairman: | McLaren, H. D., The Hon., C.B.E., M.P., 38, South Street, Mayfair, W.1 |
| Directors: | Johnson-Ferguson, Edward, Sir, Luckington Court, Chippenham |
| McNeil, N. J., Claremont, Lake Road East, Cardiff | |
| Williams, Evan, J.P., Glyndwr, Pontardulais | |
| Woolley, W. D., Rhyd Hall, Tredegar | |
| General Manager: | Woolley, W. D. |
| Manager: | Evans, David |
| Secretary: | Monkley, H. O. |
| Agent: | Golding, G. E. |
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 | | | | | | Bedwellty | Tredegar | A. F. Williams | — | 12 | | | McLaren | Abertysswg | J. R. Tallis | 900 | 140 | | | Pochin | nr. Hollybush | H. Evans | 1,325 | 155 | | | Ty Trist | Tredegar | A. F. Williams | 795 | 98 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3,020 | 405 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3,425 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Company Details
| Registered Office: | 60, Fenchurch Street, London, E.C.3 |
|---|---|
| Power Used: | Electric. Voltage: 6,600 and 550 A.C., 40 and 50 cycles |
| Annual Output: | 1,000,000 tons |
| Class of Coal: | Coking, Steam |
| Other Minerals Worked: | Ironstone |
| 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: | Aberconway, Lord, Rt. Hon., P.C., 38, South Street, Mayfair, W.1 |
|---|---|
| Deputy Chairman: | Woolley, W. D., Rhyd Hall, Tredegar |
| Managing Director: | Mensforth, Holberry, Sir, The Red House, St. John's Road, Hazlemere, Bucks |
| Woolley, W. D., Rhyd Hall, Tredegar | |
| General Manager: | Morgan, Daniel |
| Secretary: | Monkley, H. O. |
| Agent: | Tallis, J. R. |
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 | | | | | | Bedwellty | Tredegar | B. L. Phillips | 110 | 20 | | | McLaren | Abertysswg | K. D. Woolley | 600 | 110 | | | Pochin | nr. Hollybush | A. F. Williams | 1,180 | 162 | | | Ty Trist | Tredegar | B. L. Phillips | 415 | 90 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2,305 | 382 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2,687 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Company Details
| Registered Office: | Tredegar, Monmouthshre |
|---|---|
| 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: | Aberconway, Lord, Rt. Hon., P.C., Bodnant, Tal-y-Cafn, North Wales |
|---|---|
| Deputy Chairman: | Woolley, W. D., Rhyd Hall, Tredegar |
| Managing Director: | Woolley, W. D., Rhyd Hall, Tredegar |
| Directors: | Johnson-Ferguson, Edward, Sir, Col., Springkell, Eaglesfield, Dumfriesshire |
| McLaren, Charles M., Hon., 70, North Gate, Prince Albert Road, London, N.W.8 | |
| Mensforth, Holberry, Sir, The Red House, St. John's Road, Hazlemere, Bucks | |
| General Manager: | Morgan, Daniel |
| Secretary: | Grieve, A., A.C.A. |
| Agent: | Tallis, J. R. |
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 | | | | | | Maclaren | | G. H. Goulding | 592 | 147 | | | Pochin | nr. Hollybush | B. L. Phillips | 739 | 167 | | | Ty Trist | Tredegar | A. F. Williams | 428 | 139 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1,759 | 453 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2,212 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
- Mineral Statistics for 1855 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
- 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