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Title: Miners in Wednesfield 1840-1900
Post by: corb66 on Monday 05 August 13 17:56 BST (UK)
Hi, both my gg grandad and g grandad were miners in Wednesfield, Wolverhampton. If possible I would like to find out more about where they worked, if these collieries would have any records surviving and if so where I could access them. I am talking between 1840-1900.

Many thanks

Andrea
Title: Re: Miners in Wednesfield 1840-1900
Post by: KGarrad on Monday 05 August 13 18:12 BST (UK)
Wednesfield mines were part of the South Staffordshire Coalfield, and a list of mines can be found here: http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/mhn/1896-B3.htm

Ashmore Park
Beacon
Neachills
New Cross

I would expect that any surviving records would be at Staffordshire Archives?
Title: Re: Miners in Wednesfield 1840-1900
Post by: corb66 on Monday 05 August 13 18:27 BST (UK)
Thank you for the quick reply, I can see now where the Prestwood road may have got its name from.Although interesting it does only give information for 1896. Do you think Wolverhampton archives would have  any records, I suppose what I am looking for is a list of names of the men that would have worked in these mines and possibly their employment records. Does this information even exist, would it have been recorded?

Andrea
Title: Re: Miners in Wednesfield 1840-1900
Post by: sallyyorks on Monday 05 August 13 19:31 BST (UK)
Might be some info on The Coal Mining  History Resource Centre site .
www.cmhrc.co.uk/
Title: Re: Miners in Wednesfield 1840-1900
Post by: KGarrad on Monday 05 August 13 19:55 BST (UK)
Quote from: corb66 on Monday 05 August 13 18:27 BST (UK)
Do you think Wolverhampton archives would have  any records, I suppose what I am looking for is a list of names of the men that would have worked in these mines and possibly their employment records. Does this information even exist, would it have been recorded?

Andrea

Well, I have never found any information re my grandfather, who worked in the Bristol coalfields and South Wales!
All these mines were privately owned, and mostly small. I suspect that they didn't keep much in the way of records!

Wolverhampton RO might be a good place to ask, though.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cmhrc/list80.htm#SOUTH%20STAFFORDSHIRE gives a list of mines from 1880.

Additional Wednesfield mines:
Ashmore Park
Dean's Old
Perry Hall
Title: Re: Miners in Wednesfield 1840-1900
Post by: Manchester Rambler on Monday 05 August 13 20:14 BST (UK)
There are a few mining links under "Trades & Occupations" on the Staffordshire Resources board which may possibly be of interest:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=507446.0