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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Wrexham (redirect from Wrexham, Denbighshire)
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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Neath Anglesey Coalfield North Wales Coalfield Denbighshire Coalfield Flintshire Coalfield Pembrokeshire Coalfield South Wales Coalfield Mid and West Wales...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Ywydd Uchaf farmhouse 1508 1962 Llangynhafal, near Llandyrnog Denbighshire Denbighshire Grade II Y Garreg Fawr farmhouse 1544 1984 Waunfawr Caernarfonshire...
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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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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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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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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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