The Gray Colliery – List of Fatalities. This list of deaths at the Gray Colliery, Abertillery covers most of those reported in National and Local Newspapers and Ancestry files. This page is fluid and will be updated as more information is received. Entries with an asterisk* after the date signify that the name and date was taken from Ancestry and …

Penybont Tillery Colliery – List of Fatalities. This list of deaths at the Cwmtillery Colliery, Abertillery covers most of those reported in National and Local Newspapers and Ancestry files. This page is fluid and will be updated as more information is received. Entries with an asterisk* after the date signify that the name and date was taken from Ancestry and …

Mr T. H. Prichard – Abertillery Chemist Stoneware Bottle. Mr T. H. Prichard opened his first chemist shop Medical Hall, Cwm Street, later called Somerset Street in Abertillery in 1892. He later opened branches at Ely, Cwmfelinfach, Merthyr, Blaina, Nantyglo and Church Street, Abertillery. This bottle is made of stoneware with a cork stopper top. Size 11″ x 5″ inches.  …

Mr T. H. Prichard Chemist – Abertillery. A T. H. Prichard chemist medicine bottle from one of the two Prichard chemist shops in Abertillery.  Made from glass. Size 6 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ x 1 1/12″ inches.

Rose Heyworth Colliery. The History. The Rose Heyworth Colliery was sunk in 1874 under the directorship of Mr Lawrence Heyworth managing director of the South Wales Colliery Company.  The company already owned Cwmtillery Colliery (The South Wales Colliery) and the first coal raised at Rose Heyworth Colliery was in 1876-1877, though may well have been later as it is not …

Mrs Rosina (Rose) Heyworth – The Lady Behind the Name. The Rose Heyworth Colliery was sunk in 1874 under the directorship of Mr Lawrence Heyworth managing director of the South Wales Colliery Company.  The company already owned Cwmtillery (the South Wales Colliery) and the first coal raised at Rose Heyworth was in about 1876-77, though may well have been later …

Prichard’s Chemist Abertillery – Medicine Bottle. The bottle used to hold Prichard’s Tillery Oils, Abertillery. Bottle is made of glass. The size is 5″ x 2″ x 1″. Circa 1900. The following is a Link to – Mr T. H. Prichard.

Cwmtillery Colliery 1842-1982. The sinking of Tyr Nicholas Colliery, named after the Tyr Nicholas Farm on land owned by Mr Daniel Rogers and Mr Daniel Samuel began in 1840 and was completed by September 1842. The shaft was one hundred and thirty yards deep by seven feet in diameter, it was sunk to the Elled coal seam.  The Celebration Dinner. …

Cwmtillery Colliery – List of Fatalities. This list of deaths at the Cwmtillery Colliery, Abertillery covers most of those reported in National and Local Newspapers and Ancestry files. This page is fluid and will be updated as more information is received. Entries with an asterisk* after the date signify that the name and date was taken from Ancestry and cannot …

Pit Pony Hames. This is a pit pony harness hames, a shoulder yoke. Placed over the shoulders and resting on the front of the chest of a horse or pony and strapped with a harness to pull loads. Made from iron with a wooden core with iron attachments. Size 30″ inches in length. Dated unknown, though seems to be early …