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Between the 12th and 15th centuries, the de Darlaston family were the landowners, When the de Darlaston family died out, the manor was taken over by the Hayes family and was known as Great Croft. Darlaston's location on the South Staffordshire coalfield led to the early development of coal mining and associated industrial activities.
A coal mine named Darlaston Green, at Darlaston, was included in an 1889 list of abandoned mines. [1] An 1872 publication listed the Darlaston Green works, owned by the Darlaston Steel and Iron Co. Ltd, as having firstly 38 puddling furnaces and eight rolling mills, and secondly three furnaces built and in blast. [2]
A coalfield is an area of certain uniform characteristics where coal is mined. The criteria for determining the approximate boundary of a coalfield are geographical and cultural, in addition to geological. A coalfield often groups the seams of coal, railroad companies, cultural groups, and watersheds and other geographical considerations.
Geology of Wales and South West England; map South Wales is an area with many features of outstanding interest to geologists , who have for long used the area for University field trips. This varied and accessible region has provided a written record of geological interest that dates to the 12th century, when Giraldus Cambrensis noted pyritous ...
The history of industry in the Black Country is connected directly to its underlying geology. Much of the region lies upon an exposed coalfield forming the southern part of the South Staffordshire Coalfield [54] where mining has taken place since the Middle Ages. [55] There are, in fact several coal seams, some of which were given names by the ...
Map of the Georges Creek region, 1907 A series of small mining towns were founded along the Georges Creek Valley in the nineteenth century when coal was discovered in the region. This led mining companies in the valley to develop railroads for transporting the coal.
Map of British coalfields. The South Wales Coalfield (Welsh: Maes glo De Cymru) extends across Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Bridgend, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Merthyr Tydfil, Caerphilly, Blaenau Gwent and Torfaen. [1] It is rich in coal deposits, especially in the South Wales Valleys.
A series of seams referred to as P12, P15/16, P17, P25, P27, P31 (Derby), P33, P34 and P39/40 are recorded above the Upper Kilburn seam in the southern part of the South Derbyshire Coalfield. In the Leicestershire area, the following are recognised; [3] Middle Coal Measures Excelsior; Minge; Five Foot (or Five Feet) Splent; Threequarters; New ...