THE OGMORE VALLEY

LOCAL HISTORY & HERITAGE SOCIETY

Tel: 01656 842 258

EMAIL: ovlhs@ovlhs.co.uk

Stories

Architecture

Pont Y Frithwaun

Most of the people who live in the Ogmore Valley will not be aware of the existence of a bridge bearing this name let alone

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Coal Mining

Mary Shaft

Like the Catherine Pit and the Anne Pit, The Mary Pit was named after one of Sir William Lewis’s daughters. It was sunk only to

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Coal Mining

Catherine Shaft

The Catherine shaft, named after one of Sir William Thomas’s three daughters was sunk in 1909 by the Lewis Merthyr Consolidated Collieries Ltd. Sir William

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Coal Mining

Anne Shaft

The Anne shaft, named after one of Sir William Thomas’s three daughters was sunk in 1909 by the Lewis Merthyr Consolidated Collieries Ltd. Sir William

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