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Point of Ayr Colliery Company

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The Point of Ayr Colliery Company was formed in 1883, and were the third company to attempt to extract coal from the North Wales Coalfield using a pit head at Point of Ayr, in Flintshire, Wales. [1]

11 relations: Baron Mostyn, Coal, Flintshire, Headframe, Mostyn Colliery, North Wales Coalfield, Point of Ayr, Prestatyn Coal Company, United Kingdom, Wales, Western Mostyn Colliery Company.

Baron Mostyn

Baron Mostyn, of Mostyn in the County of Flint, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

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Coal

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams.

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Flintshire

Flintshire (Sir y Fflint) is a principal area of Wales, known as a county.

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Headframe

A headframe (also known as a gallows frame, winding tower, hoist frame,Ernst, Dr.-Ing. Richard (1989). Wörterbuch der Industriellen Technik (5th ed.). Wiesbaden: Oscar Brandstetter, 1989. pit frame, shafthead frame, headgear, headstock or poppethead) is the structural frame above an underground mine shaft.

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Mostyn Colliery

Mostyn Colliery was a coal mine in Flintshire, North Wales, that was owned in the later part of its operating life by the influential Mostyn family.

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North Wales Coalfield

The North Wales Coalfield comprises the Flintshire Coalfield in the north and the Denbighshire Coalfield in the south.

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Point of Ayr

Point of Ayr (Y Parlwr Du) is the northernmost point of mainland Wales.

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Prestatyn Coal Company

The Prestatyn Coal Company was formed in 1865, by Lord Mostyn, owner of Mostyn Colliery, to investigate the possibility of a colliery at Point of Ayr, in Flintshire, Wales.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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Western Mostyn Colliery Company

The Western Mostyn Colliery Company was formed in 1873 with the purpose of investigating the potential of a coal mine at Point of Ayr, in Flintshire, Wales.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_of_Ayr_Colliery_Company

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