Rhondda Collieries

Thanks to Gwyn Harries of Leslie Terrace, Porth who supplied the following list of former collieries in the upper Rhondda Fawr... 

Abergorki - 1850 to 1920.

Blaenclydach - 1900 to 1947.

Bodringallt - 1864 to 1947. (used as air pit)

Bute - 1855 to 1930's.

Cambrian - 1873 to September 1966.

Dare - 1874 to 1955.

Eastern - 1877 to 1958.

Fernhill - 1871 to July 1978.

Gelli - 1878 to January 1962.

Glen Rhondda - 1911 to September 1966.

Scotch / Glamorgan - 1861 to 1930's.

Lady Margaret - 1853 to 1909. (abandoned)

Maindy - 1864 to 1948.

Nebo - closed 1953.

Park - 1864 to February 1966.

Pentre - 1867 to ? 406 men in 1913

Sherwood - worked 1913 -  500 men

Tydraw - 1865 to 15th January 1954.

Tylacoch - worked until 1895.

Tynewydd - 1865 to 1901.

Tynybedw - opened 1878  - pits 1854 - colliery closed before 1947.

Ynysfeio - 1854 to 1861. (levels)

Gwyn Harries, October 2003