It is said that the town name Cinderford comes not from cinder heaps from the ironworks there but from Sunder 'far distant', i.e. far distant ford
Ian
On 8 Apr 2014, at 15:19, M J Shaw wrote:
> In the Shrewsbury coalfields there are fields named Cinder Piece and Cinder Meadow, they are on productive coal measures but at a location where there is no hint of mining. The other possible reading of cinder field names is related to sundered, i.e. away from the main holding, could the pits be thus and not mining related.
> Mike Shaw
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>> Thanks very much for all the suggestions, which are greatly appreciated.
>>
>> I can see, on the map I'm working from, a line labelled "Busty cindered to the north of this line", at the point presumably referred to in Dave Williams' message. And there is a boring nearby indicating 18" dolerite, 15" cindered coal and 9" coal in the Busty seam. These are about a mile north of the Hett Dyke, which runs roughly WSW to ENE.
>>
>> The "Cinder Pit" I first enquired about is roughly a mile south of this dyke.
>>
>> I'm severely hampered by my own ignorance, I'm afraid... But I don't really understand why cindered coal would have been mined. I thought before that this "cindered" coal indicated a problem, not an asset.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> ==
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>>
>> On 8 Apr 2014, at 13:09, David Williams wrote:
>>
>>> A quick look in Smith and Francis 'Geology of the Country between Durham and
>>> West Hartlepool' provides much information on the cindering of coal seams by
>>> intrusive dykes and sills.
>>>
>>> In particular it states on page 48 - '1.25 miles N.E. of Bowburn Upcast Pit
>>> the coal (Busty Seam), the coal is 33 ins. Thick, but 100 yards farther to
>>> the N.N.E. 15 ins. of cindered coal lies on 9 ins of uncindered coal and the
>>> seam is overlain by 18ins of 'whin' (dolerite)'.
>>>
>>> The section on dykes and sills, including their cindering of coal seams, can
>>> be found on pages 187-191.
>>>
>>> Cheers, Dave Williams
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: mining-history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>>> Mike Syer
>>> Sent: 07 April 2014 17:37
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>>> Subject: Cinder pits
>>>
>>> Please can some one advise me why a coal mine shaft might have been
>>> called "Cinder Pit"?
>>>
>>> There was one at Quarrington [i.e. Bowburn], in Durham. But I see
>>> from web-search that there were others called this, elsewhere in the
>>> country.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Mike
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