>>Can anyone on the list please help with the
>>locations (nearest town/large village) of the
>>following NCB Collieries?
-only a couple of pieces of info:
Brithdir - Dowlais, Glamorgan (East Wales)
listed in 1949 guide to coalfields, under a R.
Marshallsea, of 8 Elizabeth St, Dowlais.
Mortonmuir (nos 8 & 9) - Lugar, Cumnock, Ayrshire
(Scotland)
NCB Area - Ayr and Dumfries >sub-area Douglas-Cumnock
[Div.1, Area 5] (listed as 'not yet in production in
1948 List of Mines and 1949 guide to the Coalfield.)
Seneley Green - Garswood Rd, Garswood, Wigan
(North-Western area)
[listed in 1938 List of Mines under manager T.
Webster(3,035). Together with Gladden Hey, it is noted
as abandoned 9/1938]
Yew Tree Drift, Easington/Essington, Staffordshire
(alternate spellings in 1948LOM and 1949GtC)
NCB Div.6, Area 2 - Cannock Chase -sub-area 4
1948 - employing 22 men below ground and 6 above.
Chris
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