ALDER LLANTWIT COLLIERY
Bettws, Bridgend
This small level was owned by J. & C.P. Butler of Tondu and employed four men between 1924 and 1930.
BETTWS COLLIERY
Bettws, Bridgend
This small level worked the Little Betws seam between 1892 and 1896. Although out of their normal territory it may have been owned by Evans and Bevan of Neath. In 1938 a Bettws at Llangonwydd was owned by the Bettws Colliery Company and employed 9 men working the Four-Feet seam.
1/6/1864, William Crook, aged 49 years, and a collier, was killed by a roof fall in a Bettws owned by the Bettws Company of Bridgend.
BETTWS CHURCH COLLIERY
Bettws, Bridgend (SS 890 869)
This level also worked the Little Bettws seam. It worked around 1873.
BETTWS MAIN COLLIERY
Bettws, Bridgend
This small level was owned by W.L. Williams of Newport and employed 10 men in 1905 ‘opening.’ It closed in 1906.
BETTWS NAVIGATION COLLIERY
Bettws, Bridgend (SS 890 869)
This mine is shown under the list of collieries not associated with the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners Association in 1917 when it was being worked by J.T. David who formed the Bettws Navigation Coal Co. Ltd.
In 1919 it employed 27 men and was managed by J. Beamand. The name was changed in 1920 to the Bettws Navigation Colliery (1920) Limited probably in an attempt to raise more capital. It was opened in 1915 and failed to find a workable seam of coal and closed in May 1922. At that time it employed 41 men working underground and 25 men at the surface of the mine.
CEFN GELLI COLLIERY
Bettws, Bridgend
This small slant worked an unnamed seam and closed in 1898.
CELFYD IFAN COLLIERY
Bettws, Bridgend
This small mine worked the Bettws Four-Feet seam until 1895.
CELTIC LOWER COLLIERY
Bettws, Bridgend
This mine consisted of three drifts into the No.1 Rhondda seam opening around 1919. It was owned by Celtic Collieries Limited and employed David Rees as manager and employed 55 men in 1923, 62 men in 1927 and 62 men in 1932. It was shown on the listings for 1928 as being abandoned in February of that year but must have been re-opened by 1929.
- Some Statistics: manpower:
- 1923: 55.
- 1924: 95.
- 1927: 62.
- 1928: none.
- 1929: 62.
- 1932: 62.
CRAWSHAY’S COLLIERY
Bettws, Bridgend
This small level worked the Bettws Rider seam around 1893. It was owned by Richard Crawshay
GLYNMOCH COLLIERY
Bettws, Bridgend.
This was a small slant that abandoned the Red Vein prior to April 1883. It was owned by David Lloyd in 1882 and employed 9 men in 1901.
GWERNLLWYN COLLIERY
Bettws, Bridgend
This was a small level that abandoned the Bettws Four-Feet seam in 1909 with the Gwernllwyn, Butler’s level abandoning the same seam in October 1927.
This small mine was owned by John Walters in 1903/5 when it employed 14 and 2 men respectively. In 1909/11 it was owned by the Bettws Colliery Company. In 1907 it employed 8 men and in 1909 it was managed by Daniel Martell and employed 124 men while in 1911 it was managed by J. Houghton and employed 25 men.
It was owned by the Bettws Colliery Company in 1909 when it employed 14 men and it was owned by T.J. Davies in 1910 who employed two men opening up.
TOR-Y-FRON COLLIERY
Bettws, Bridgend
This small mine worked the No.1 Rhondda seam until it was abandoned in December 1906. It employed six men in 1905.
WASHBOURNE COLLIERY
Bettws, Bridgend
This small level abandoned the No.1 Rhondda seam in January 1926.
This information has been provided by Ray Lawrence, from books he has written, which contain much more information, including many photographs, maps and plans. Please contact him at welshminingbooks@gmail.com for availability.
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