";s:4:"text";s:4735:" Depending on your needs, Coal Mining Theme - Higher Resolution data can be provided by the Coal Authority as a specific report or, on request, under licence from us. NRS Reference CH3/477/6. Caused, it is thought, by unauthorised shot firing the explosion is said to be Scotland's second worst coal mining disaster. Sharp had the authority. WALES. DEVONSHIRE: Coal Mines. The coal was wrought by means of a mine entering from the banks of the River Avon. Coal Mines. NORTH WALES, Flintshire, Denbighshire, Anglesey. Hawkers with donkey carts delivered the coal to residents of Hamilton in loads of from ten to twelve cwt. Coal has played a major part in the development and demise of Quarter. Coal mining continues as an important economic activity today. Extraction of baptisms for Blantyre United Presbyterian Church 1847 - 1855. For property conveyancing purposes, the Coal Authority draws your attention to the CON29M Coal and Brine Mining Search Report recommended by the Law Society of England and Wales, which contains additional property/site … A Great Fall of Roof - the Hamilton Mine Disaster. From these mines on the Avon braes the coal was transported by a railway to a point half a mile distant from Hamilton. The history of coal mining goes back thousands of years. It was located near to the towns of Motherwell , Bellshill and Hamilton in Lanarkshire , being occupied from the mid-1880s until it was demolished in 1965. SOMERSET Nettlebridge District, Radstock District, Paulton District, Twerton District, Bedminster Coal Field, Nailsea Coal Field. It became important in the Industrial Revolution of the 19th and 20th centuries, when it was primarily used to power steam engines, heat buildings and generate electricity. Show all posts. This record set contains 36 entries (in PDF format), and has not, as far as we are aware, been published before. Coal has played a major part in the development and demise of Quarter. The following websites contain on-line versions of Groome’s Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland and Samuel Lewis Topographical Dictionary of Scotland.