Catalogue description Abandoned Mine Plans

This record is held by North East Wales Archives (NEWA), Hawarden (formerly Flintshire Record Office)

Details of AB
Reference: AB
Title: Abandoned Mine Plans
Description:

Plans of abandoned mines in Flintshire and Denbighshire, 1826-1985, including negatives of plans. There is no material covering coal and oil shale mines.
Date: 1826-1985
Arrangement:

Arranged into the following: plans, by mine, cross-referenced to a special edition of the Ordnance Survey 6-inch maps, 1914 edition; and index, which provides a list of plans relating to each map sheet.
Held by: North East Wales Archives (NEWA), Hawarden (formerly Flintshire Record Office), not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Ministry of Fuel and Power, 1942-1957

Ministry of Power, 1957-1969

Department of Industry, 1974-1983

Department of Trade and Industry, 1970-1974

Department of Energy, 1974-1992
Physical description: 186 items
Subjects:
  • Denbighshire, Wales
  • Flintshire, Wales
  • Mining
Administrative / biographical background:

Before 1991, the Mining Department of the Ministry of Power (and its succesor, the Department of Energy) held all the plans of abandoned mine workings for Flintshire and Denbighshire, except for coal and oil shale mines, held by British Coal. The mines were most active during the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries. The Denbighshire mines produced fireclay, slate, granite, iron, lead and zinc ores and silica, while the Flintshire mines mostly produced limestone, lead and zinc ores.
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