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Rose Heyworth Colliery Site 1874.
The area of land Capt. Lawrence Heyworth purchased from the Nantyglo Company in 1873 to sink the Rose Heyworth Colliery. The image above shows Ty-Arthur Farm (top center), the tram road running down through (coloured orange) with the River Ebbw in blue. The Old Blaina Road is far left.
The Rose Heyworth Colliery was built on the areas of land numbered 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013 and 1014. Sinking started in 1874.
The South Wales Colliery Company was set up in 1864. The founders of the company are listed below.
THE SOUTH WALES COLLIERY COMPANY.
The Directors of the Company were –
Mr S. P. Vereker (South Staffordshire Railway Co);
Mr W. Challis Esq; Thomas Greatrex (Newport);
Mr W. B. Greenfield Esq (Pernambuco Railway Co);
Mr Lawrence Heyworth Esq (Yew Tree, Liverpool);
The Chairman – Mr Crawshay Bailey Esq, MP;
Vice Chairman – Mr R. W. Kennard, Messrs Kennard & Co;
Bankers – The Consolidated Bank (Fenchurch St);
Messrs Crawshay Bailey & Co (Newport);
Solicitors – Mr George Rooper Esq (Lincolns Inn Fields);
Brokers – Messrs Joshua Hutchinson & Sons;
Auditors – Mr Edward Cheshire Esq (Bank Of Egypt);
Mr Cornelius Walford Esq (Enfield);
Secretary – Mr James J. Wallis Esq;
Offices – No 16 Cannon Street London;
Points of Interest – The South Wales Colliery Company is a totally different set up from the London and South Wales Colliery Company who had interests in the Risca Coalfield. The London and South Wales Colliery Company later became The United National Collieries Ltd.