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Name Source Location comments Opened Owner Men /Abandoned Adair RR On Lliw marsh. Another name for y Plywf Alltwen JHR/RL/ Alltwen, Cefnstylle Before 1809/c Ysbyty Copper Works, G21 SS 576 963 1888 Llangennech Coal Co (1827) see G 21 Ballarat WmG/ RR Beaufort JHR/RL/ LLwynmawr, Cefnstylle 1867, 3 men Before 1867/ P Richards & Son G21 SS 568 965 suffocated 1879 1867 Glasbrook& Co. BeiliGlas RR Berthlwyd JHR/RL/ Berthlwyd, Before 1719. 1913 David Williams, 130, G21 SS 561 960 Working 1913 , manager M 400 in Williams. See G21 1920 Bishwell WmG/ East of Cefngorwydd Farm 1867, 1 man Before 1754/1887 Padley Bros JHR/RL/ SS 593 952 died See G21 G21 Box WmG Broadoak RR River side in Bryn RR Brynmawr JHR/RL/ North of Bishwell& Road 1874/1876 Brynmawr Coal Co. G21/ & LNWR railway map SS 595 950 CaeDafydd JHR West of Gower Road 1886/1899 Evans, Loughor SS598 959 CaeLettys JHR Mansel Street, Gowerton Thomas Bros, Loughor CaeShenkyn RR Caedaffyd RL Caergynydd JHR Waunarlwydd Stanley Bros Cape WmG/ SS 604 972 or SS 589 964 1899/1924 Cape Colliery Co. to 1920 sp Ty Gwyn RR/G21 Glasbrook Bros to 1924 CefnBychan RL/G21 SS 542 952 CefnGolau RL/G21 SS 570 959 Cefngoleu JHR Cefnstylle /1884 Pearse Bros from Dunraven No.1 SS 577 955 Estate PMM Page | 1 30/10/2016

Cefngoleu JHR SS 570 960 1905/1922 CefnGoleu Colliery Co.(G21) No.2 Aeron Thomas(JHR) Cefngorwydd JHR/RR North of CefngorwyddFawr Padley Bros No 1 Cefngorwydd JHR East of CefngorwyddFawr No 2 Coalbrook RR Cwm y Glo RL/G21 SS 590 941 /1930 Cwmbach RL SS 628 952 Cwmbaci RR Cyntaf RL Danygraig RR Dan y Lan RL/G21 SS 557 958 Before 1878/ before 1896 Duffryn Gower RL Dunvant WmG/ SS 596 937 Before 1873/1905 S Padley to 1873 RL/G21 Reopened to serve Philip Richard to 1905 Penlan Brickworks 1908 DunvantPenla RL/G21 SS 595 937 1906 Working 1913 Dunvant-Penlan Colliery Co. 75 n manager J Knowle Elba No.1 JHR North of Gower 1905, 7 men Before 1881, A. Ll. Pearse Bros, later 120 Road/Penclawdd railway died, many Working 1913 (?) Wright Butler (Elba Works) SS577 964 injuries Tramway to Elba 1888-1902, Baldwins 1902- Steelworks 1905. 1913 Elba Colliery Co (1910) Ltd., manager A Harding Elba No.2 JHR South of Gower Road to Wright Butler & Co Cefnstylle Elms/Old WmG/ Reopened Caergynydd RR 1920 Garngoch WmG/ Garngoch Common, Glasbrook Bros No.1, No.2, JHR/RR No.3 Gellieithrim JHR/ East of Cefngorwydd Farm Before 1878/before Padley Bros G21/RL Ss 588 952 1896 Tramway to Bishwell Colliery PMM Page | 2 30/10/2016

Gellihir G21/RL SS 569 934 Glanmorlais RL/G21 Glyled JHR Dunvant Padley Bros GorsLlewyina WmG Gorwydd WmG/ South of GWR line Gower Road Before 1827/ 1891 Llangennech Coal Co. Coal JHR/RL/ to SS 597 960 Padley Bros from 1850 to G21 1860. Alfred Sterry 1860 to 1876. Gowerton RL/G21 SS 588 958 1918/1920 Gwaith y WmG Bottom of Westfield, other side Bwced of GWR Jubilee RR Loughor KillanFach G21 SS 586 938 Tramway to Before 1774/1892 Dunraven Estate. Killan& Sp Bryn y Glo LNWR Three Crosses Colliery Co and Dunvant 1873 to 1884, then Western KillanPenclaw station Coal Co to 1892. dd KillanFawr WmG/ Dunvant SS 585942 or SS 586 Tramway to From 1899 WW Homes & Co. Manager 403 Sp Bryn y Glo RL/G21 941 LNWR Working 1913, E Evans and Dunvant closed 1925 KillanPenlan Station. 1924, men drowned Klondyke WmG/ Near Mill Farm RR Llwynmawr JHR/ Llwynmawr, Cefnstylle Abandoned 1897/1903 John’s Felinfoel G21 SS 583 966 because of water Maes y JHR/ Penclawdd 1880/1883 Gregor Bros Gwaelod No. 1 G21 SS 560 960 Maes y G21 SS 561 959 (approx.) drift 1903/after 1908 Maesygwaelod Colliery Co. Gwaelod No. 2 Baldwins after 1908

Mansel RL Mountain WmG Gorseinon Mynyddbach WmG/ Y Glo RR New Gorwydd WmG/ North of GWR line Gower Road 1902 /1914 or 19 Alfred Sterry. 1913, New 90

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JHR/ to Cockett Gorwydd Colliery Co. G21 SS 597 962 manager A John Penlan WmG/ See G21 p43 Penlan Colliery Co. 150 G21 Manager A Fleming Pwll Bach WmG/ Roseland Road RR Pwll Saint WmG/ RR Pwll y Cwcw JHR/ Top of present day Park Road, Before 1857 /1880 G21 Gowerton Ss588 958 Pwll y Cwm RR Cockett Pwll y Plwyf JHR/ Gower Road to Penclawdd To 250 foot Before 1815/1831 Llangennech Coal Co 1827- Parish Pit G21 SS 574 966 Tramway to 31 quay on Loughor River (?) Redhead WmG Redwood WmG Rock WmG/ In field between Rock House RR back gate and GorsFawr Brook Talyfrawe WmG /RR Tan y Heol WmG/ Between Brithwen Road Before 1873/before Thos. Harvey JHR/RL/ &GorsFawr Brook 1896 G21 SS598 958 Tygwyn JHR Present day Church Street, Teschon,later Alfred Sterry Gowerton Voylart RL/G21 SS 593 935 Flooded Before 1846/1877 1877 Reopened 1910/1918 Waunarlwydd WmG/ Old Pit RR Worcester WmG/ SS 628958 RR YstradIsaf WmG/ RR

Sources:

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RR Mrs Ruby Rowland, born 1918 in Waunarlwydd. Unpublished and oral history

WmG William George, born ??inWaunarlwydd. Unpublished work “Yesterday’s Waunarlwydd”

JHR J Hywel Rees of Gowerton. Talking about Gowerton, 1992 Gowerton Council

G21 Gower 21, Journal of the Gower Society 2001, Coal Mines in the , EM Bridges and PR Reynolds

RL Ray Lawrence: The Collieries of the and Swansea Valley General Area, 2008, Ray Lawrence Oakdale

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