History of the Gwent Collieries

Sycpant Rhiw Parc – Rhiw Park Levels. These are two of the oldest coal levels in the Abertillery area. The image shows the Rhiw Park waste tip in the center of the image and the town buildings and houses built around it. The Sycpant. The Sycphant Coal Level was more than probably owned by Mr Francis Adams. Mr Adams was …

West Blaina Red Ash Level. This coal level was situated on the side of the Arael Mountain above West Side Blaina, close to the Llanerch-y-Pant Farm. Mr R. C. Banks. The West Blaina Red Ash Level was opened in 1887 by Mr R. C. Banks. The tramway incline came from the level entrance down the mountain passing close to Alma …

Coed Cae Tillery Coal Levels. These coal levels were situated on the western side of Mynydd James mountain on the eastern side of the valley overlooking Rose Heyworth Colliery, they are some of the oldest coal workings in the area. They were numbered 1 and 2. Mr Matthew Habakkuk. Opened in the 1850’s by Mr Matthew Habakkuk, on land leased …

Coed Cae Tillery Coal Levels. The image shows the Coed Cae Tillery Levels and waste tip (top of the photograph). The tramway from the levels came down the “Ginney” and on down to the main tram line and coke ovens close to where the Rose Heyworth Millennium School is today.   Points of interest – The image shows the Rose …

Gilfach Green Farm. Gilfach Green Level was originally part of the Gilfach Green Farm, now called Blaentillery Farm, which in the mid 19th century was said to have been the Hunting Lodge of Crawshay Bailey. At this time the original farm was higher up in the valley and called Blaen-Tilerau. When the Bailey family moved from the Hunting Lodge the …

The Tillery Valley Coal Levels. In this small area of Abertillery there were quite a few coal levels – Pullingers, Tillery, Olwen, Greenmeadow and the Coronation, later renamed the Wellington Coal Level. The Tillery Levels were worked in connection with the Penybont Tillery Colliery and was owned by Messrs T. P. & D. Price. The large waste tips can be …

The Tillery Valley Coal Levels. In this small area of Abertillery there were quite a few coal levels – Pullingers, Tillery, Olwen, Greenmeadow and The Coronation later renamed the Wellington Coal Level. The waste tips can be seen on the image. The Coronation Level. The Coronation Level later the Wellington Level was owned by Mr Francis Adams. This colliery is …

The Tillery Valley Coal Levels. In this small area in Abertillery there were quite a few coal levels – Pullingers, Tillery, Olwen, Greenmeadow and The Coronation later renamed the Wellington Coal Level. The Tillery Levels were in connection with the Penybont Tillery Colliery and was owned by Messrs T. P. & D. Price. The map is a much later map …

East Blaina Coal Co – Bargoed Coal Company. In December 1924 Messrs J. C. Jenkins & Co of Sirhowy Villa, Tredegar, applied for permission to mine 304 acres of coal in the Red Ash coal seam at East Blaina, their application was heard by the Railway and Canal Commission, consisting of Mr Justice Sankey; Mr Tindal Atkinson K.C. and Sir …

Llanerch Padern Level. This coal level was officially named Llanerch Padarn though locally known as the Red Ash Level as of the Red Ash coal seam it mined, it was part of the Cwmtillery Red Ash Levels. The level mined coal from beneath the northern part of the Mynydd James mountain in the Cwmtillery valley. Mr John Russell Esq. There …