Pembrokeshire Coalfield (Hook Colliery) Papers,

Correspondence and papers, 1907-1957, relating mainly to the proposed re-opening during the 1950s of the Pembrokeshire anthracite coalfield and the Hook Colliery, Pembrokeshire, including a report, surveys and notes, 1932-1957; correspondence, 1951-1957; and miscellaneous charts and maps, 1907-1945.

Hook Colliery, Llangwm, Pembrokshire, was opened in 1850, and operated until 1947. An attempt was made in the 1950s to re-open it as a private mine by Hook Colliery Co., under T. W. Harcourt Roberts., geologist and mining engineer, and General Manager and Managing Director of Hook Colliery, Pembrokeshire.

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Dylans Bookstore; Swansea; Purchase; 1985

Hook Colliery, Llangwm, Pembrokshire, was opened in 1850, and operated until 1947. An attempt was made in the 1950s to re-open it as a private mine by Hook Colliery Co., under T. W. Harcourt Roberts., geologist and mining engineer, and General Manager and Managing Director of Hook Colliery, Pembrokeshire.

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A hard copy of the catalogue is available in Minor Lists and Summaries, 1986, p. 55, at the National Library of Wales.

May 2003.

Compiled by Richard Burman for the ANW project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: NLW, Minor Lists and Summaries, 1986; Edwards, George, The Coal Industry in Pembrokeshire (Shrewsbury, 1983);

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The papers were assembled by T. W. Harcourt Roberts.

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Further records of the Hook Colliery are Pembrokeshire Record Office, D/EE/7/250-291, and D/RTM/HPO/289-296.

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