Rose Heyworth Colliery

The Rose Heyworth Cwmtillery Cable Belts – East West and the Drift. The map shows the two cable belts running through the Mynydd James Mountain from Cwmtillery to Rose Heyworth and vice versa. The East West Cable Belt and The Drift Cable Belt. The East West Cable Belt. The East West Cable Belt was about 1,245 yards in length and …

Rose Heyworth Colliery – Haulage Engines. Details of all the haulage engines in use and situated undergound at Rose Heyworth Colliery

Colliery Doctors – Cwmtillery & Rose Heyworth Collieries. Dr Edmund Thomas Hale. The earliest medical doctor I can find documented as being resident at Cwmtillery is in 1866 when there was a report of a Mr Edmund Thomas Hale, a surgeon to the Abertillery Collieries. In 1864 the South Wales Colliery Co purchased the collieries from Mr John Russell, so …

The Clyn Mawr Cottages Blaenau Gwent Rows 1880. An 1880 map of the Clyn Mawr Cottages designed by Mr Lawrence Heyworth of the South Wales Colliery Company.   Points of interest – The map features (top to bottom) Ty-Dan-y-Wal House. The Rising Sun Inn. The Cock n Chick School (built at the same time as the Clyn Mawr Cottages on …

Clyn-Mawr Cottages – Blaenau Gwent Rows. In 1873 Capt. Lawrence Heyworth, the chairman of the South Wales Colliery Company purchased land from the Nantyglo & Blaina Coal Company. The land was situated close to the Glo-Byllau Farm on Old Blaina Road between Blaina and Abertillery. His intention was to open a colliery which he could have control and a vested …

Marwood Parish Church Devon. On Tuesday 17th of February 1903, Capt. Lawrence Heyworth passed away at Pulestre Court, Bournmouth. Soon after, his wife Mrs Rosina Heyworth retired to their estate at Marwood in Devon. The Dedication. In 1910 Mrs Heyworth had a stained-glass window installed at the Marwood Parish Church in dedication to her late husband. This is a transcript …

Rose Heyworth Colliery Tender for the Sinking of the Shaft 1874. Soon after the sidings and out-buildings were laid out, tenders for the sinking of the colliery were invited and issued on Saturday 14th of March 1874 (as seen in the clipping from the Western Mail left). I have no details as to who sunk the colliery though Mr Joseph …

Rose Heyworth Colliery Tender for Sidings and Out-Buildings 1874. After the negotiations and land purchase, Mr Lawrence Heyworth started on his plan to open the colliery with the backing of the South Wales Colliery Company. After the land was cleared of trees and prepared the laying and construction of the sidings and out-buildings were put out to tender in January …

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 …