Brynkinalt Estates belonged to Lord Trevor. His seat was Brynkinalt Hall
(and you can also hire it for recpetions - see
http://www.conferences-uk.org.uk/Conference_Venues_Wales_North_Wales.asp?...)
There was also a Brynkinalt Colliery, which was a linked pit with Ifton in
St Martins across the border in Shropshire. I have also seen the older,
Welsh spelling of Bryncynallt.
Citation: ''The Oswestry Coalfield was very active and it is actually an
extension of the Denbighshire Coalfield. The most famous pit was Ifton
Colliery at St Martins, which was a very large colliery for Shropshire,
being connected underground to the old Brynkinallt and Black Park
Collieries. It was originally sunk as the Ifton Rhyn Colliery in the 19th
century and eventually reached a depth of 1245ft. Ifton was the largest
colliery in Shropshire and at its peak it employed over 1,300 men. It closed
in 1968 due to a loss of markets and underground fire problems. There were a
number of other collieries to the west of St Martins, including Quinta,
Preesgweene (see Figure 10) and Moreton Hall Collieries. Older and smaller
collieries existed to the west of Oswestry and their pit mounds can still be
seen.'' This information is from web address
http://shropshiremines.org.uk/bmd/nshropcf.htm
I also seem to recall - and you would have to check - that there Brynkinalt
figured in a miner's protest/strike around the period that you refer to,
possibly in the upheavals of 1910 and 1911. I think that flying pickets were
sent from somewhere else. maybe south Wales, to try to shut down Brynkinalt,
and that there was a stand-off with police, and maybe local miners too. Try
a web search with the terms Brynkinalt, colliery, coal, miners, strike,
police, Chirk. Sorry to be so vague.
My great, great grandfather, James Evans, was a sawyer/woodcarver at Pont y
Blew on the Brynkinalt estate from at least 1881 until the early 1900s.
Other documents that may be of interest are listed at...
http://www.sirddinbych.gov.uk/EC/Place&Su.nsf/92969635b5949d1e80256a5...
Best regards
Rob Stokes
----- Original Message -----
From: "Graham Allard" <grahamallard(a)tiscali.co.uk>
To: <WLS-DENBIGHSHIRE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 10:22 PM
Subject: [DEN] Brykinalt
Good Evening,
Having been helped out with the census sheet 1901, I am now looking for
any information at all, or photographs about Brykinalt, Chirk. My
GGrandfather was the butler there and his family all resided in Brykinalt
Lodge. I know that from here the two daughters wed at the local parish
church St Mary's,and my grandfather I believe went to war from here with
the cyclist Corps, then later when a Sgt was commissioned as 2Lt into the
RWF. 1900 - 1914 is the timeline really that I am interested in mainly.
Anything at all would be most appreciated.
Thank You
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