• The Denbighshire Coalfield in the historic county of Denbighshire in north-east Wales is one of the smaller British coalfields. It extends from near Caergwrle...
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    The North Wales Coalfield comprises the Flintshire Coalfield in the north and the Denbighshire Coalfield in the south. It extends from Point of Ayr in...
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    near the border with Cheshire in England. Historically in the county of Denbighshire, and later the county of Clwyd in 1974, it has been the principal settlement...
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    The South Wales Coalfield was not the only coal mining area of the country. There was a sizeable industry in Flintshire and Denbighshire in northeast Wales...
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  • Sanquhar Coalfield Scremerston Coalfield Anglesey Coalfield North Wales Coalfield Denbighshire Coalfield Flintshire Coalfield Pembrokeshire Coalfield South...
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    Moreton Hall and Preesgweene were, geologically, an extension of the Denbighshire coalfield. Coal production ceased in the area with the closure of the last...
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    Rhostyllen in Wrexham, Wales. The mine accessed seams found in the Denbighshire Coalfield. The Wrexham area in the 19th Century was highly industrialised...
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    Work was completed in 1911. The mine was one of the deepest in the Denbighshire Coalfield: the Dennis shaft reached depths of about 2,264 ft (690 m) and the...
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    Neath Anglesey Coalfield North Wales Coalfield Denbighshire Coalfield Flintshire Coalfield Pembrokeshire Coalfield South Wales Coalfield Mid and West Wales...
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    closure in December 1986 was the last working coal mine in the Denbighshire coalfield, situated to the east of Wrexham Road. Like other villages in the...
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    50 yd (46 m) apart. It was one of the deepest coal mines in the Denbighshire coalfield, the Dennis shaft reaching a depth of about 2,264 ft (690 m) and...
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    usually considered to form a part of the North Wales Coalfield which lies in Flintshire and Denbighshire in north-east Wales although both measures were formed...
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    southwards of Caergwrle as the Denbighshire Coalfield. Together the two coalfields are known as the North Wales Coalfield. Several coal seams are named...
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    world. Bersham Colliery, the last working coal mine in the former Denbighshire Coalfield, was not actually in the village of Bersham but situated nearby...
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    was abolished, and the new principal areas of Conwy County Borough, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham County Borough were created; under this reorganisation...
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  • designations. December – Bersham Colliery, the last deep mine in the Denbighshire Coalfield, is closed. date unknown – A planning application is turned down...
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    with Cheshire to the east, Wrexham County Borough to the south, and Denbighshire to the west. Connah's Quay is the largest town, while Flintshire County...
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    contiguous Flintshire and Denbighshire Coalfields were of importance to the economy of northeast Wales. A rather smaller coalfield was worked in Pembrokeshire...
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    in the east, and the rather smaller North Wales Coalfield underlies parts of Flintshire and Denbighshire. Vast quantities of coal were mined in Wales during...
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  • Shrewsbury coalfields, together with the southernmost extension of the Denbighshire Coalfield around Oswestry. At Clee Hill, the Oreton Limestone is succeeded...
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    Castell Dinas Brân (category Castles in Denbighshire)
    which occupies a prominent hilltop site above the town of Llangollen in Denbighshire, Wales. The presently visible stone castle was probably built in the...
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    Shropshire to the east and south-east respectively, Powys to the south-west, Denbighshire to the west and Flintshire to the north-west. The city of Wrexham is...
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    from an agricultural society into an industrial one; the South Wales Coalfield's exploitation caused a rapid expansion of Wales's population. Two-thirds...
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    has some of the best agricultural land. Exploitation of the South Wales Coalfield during the Industrial Revolution resulted in the development of an urban...
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    Ruabon is within the historic county of Denbighshire and, between 1889 and 1974, was administered by Denbighshire County Council. From 1974 until 1996,...
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    Ywydd Uchaf farmhouse 1508 1962 Llangynhafal, near Llandyrnog Denbighshire Denbighshire Grade II Y Garreg Fawr farmhouse 1544 1984 Waunfawr Caernarfonshire...
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    to the Point of Ayr, and parts of the Dee Estuary (the Denbighshire and Flintshire coalfields). During the Permian and Triassic periods, Wales was about...
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    urban north and west of Wales, principally Gwynedd, inland Conwy and Denbighshire, northern and south-western Powys, the Isle of Anglesey, Carmarthenshire...
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    Thomas Penson the younger, (c. 1790 – 1859) was the county surveyor of Denbighshire and Montgomeryshire, and an innovative architect and designer of a number...
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    destroyed the local industry. However, development of the South Wales Coalfield opened a growing market for woollen products from water-powered mills...
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