| Title | Papers relating to the Pembrokeshire coalfield, from the papers of a former mining lecturer at Carmarthenshire College of Technology and Art, Llanelli.
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Précis of information and report, with maps & statistics, on the Nolton/Newgale Coalfield written and compiled by Thomas Wilfred Harcourt Roberts of Little Milford and intended as a contribution towards the formulation of schemes for post-war coal production. The papers include manuscript notes and various versions of typewritten chapters, some with manuscript amendments. The chapters include 'Historical', 'Geological', 'Old Workings', 'Tectonics and Faulting', 'Miscellaneous Information' and the report itself. The notes include copies of articles by earlier geologist such as Sir Henry T de la Beche in 1854. [3 bundles]
1946
Letters of reference for post of Air Raid Precautions Officer in the Borough of Paddington for Thomas Wilfred Harcourt-Roberts of Little Milford House, [Freystrop]. [2 items]
October 1939
Copy letter from A Hunt of 52 Bedford Gardens, Kensington, W8, to Lord Kylsant concerning a visit to Hook Colliery and other parts of the Pembrokeshire coalfield, with a detailed description of Hook Jetty and other transport facilities in the area. [Typescript]
2 May 1930
"Observations of T W Harcourt Roberts of Little Milford re Hook Colliery" [2 copies; typescript]]
June 1934-September 1935
Confidential report entitled "Projected developments in the West Pembrokeshire Coalfield" concerning the formation of The Hook Colliery Company Ltd. [Typescript]
n.d. [20th century]
Report entitled "The St Brides Bay Anthracite Coalfield". With a note written by T W Harcourt Roberts that "this unsigned report came into my possession in 1929". [Typescript]
25 October 1913
Report on the West Pembrokeshire Coalfield by T.C.C. and an additional note by H.H.T.
n.d. [20th century]
Notebook listing objections and comments on the proposals for the Pembrokeshire Coalfield
n.d. [c. 1946]
Award of the Independent Chairman for the South Wales District under the Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act 1912, with notes by Mr Charles Kemble. Published by the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners' Association. Includes different rates for mines east and west of the Cleddau in Pembrokeshire.
July 1912
Papers relating to the construction of a colliery railway for Hook Anthracite Colliery Company Limited.
1929
"Proposal for the settlement of the coal strike" by T W Harcourt Roberts of Hook Anthracite Colliery Company Limited
n.d. [1920s]
Balance sheet for Hook Anthracite Colliery Company Limited
1930
Correspondence between T W Harcourt Roberts of the Hook Anthracite Colliery Company Limited and Lord Kylsant, Duke of Montrose, Major Lloyd George, Lord Hyndley, Rt Hon D R Grenfell M.P., Lord Portal, Sir Hugh J P Thomas, John Roberts & Stewart, mining engineers, of Swansea and others. With other papers. [1 bundle]
1922-1940 |