Senghenydd (Community)

The former miners' settlement of Senghenydd

Senghenydd is a village in the Welsh county borough of Caerphilly . Together with the southern Abertridwr it forms the community But Valley. But Valley had 6,696 inhabitants in 2001.

location

The village is north of Abertridwr at the northern end of the Aber Valley about 6 km northwest of Caerphilly . The village is located in the deep valley of the Nant Cwm-parc brook , which, together with other brooks, forms the Aber River 1 km south at Abertridwr .

history

At the end of the 19th century, several mining settlements emerged due to the coal mining in the region , one of which in the northern Aber Valley was named after the old Welsh Cantref Senghenydd . In 1901, 81 miners died in a mine gas explosion in the Universal colliery . On October 14, 1913, the most serious mining accident in the history of British coal mining occurred in the same mine, killing 440 people. At 8:10 a.m. in the morning, a serious explosion occurred underground , causing severe damage and fires in the eastern half of the mine. At this point the 950-man day shift had just started work. The rescue work and the search for people buried lasted three weeks, and 18 miners were rescued two weeks after the accident. During the investigation of the accident, safety deficiencies were discovered which had already led to the accident of 1901 and which violated the legal provisions that were now in force.

The colliery closed in 1928, causing 2,500 employees to lose their jobs. A monument unveiled in 1981, a bronze statue of a man rescuing a miner, commemorates the victims of the 1913 disaster and the other mining victims.

literature

• Michael Lieven: Senghennydd. The universal pit village, 1890-1930 . Gomer, Llandysul 1994, ISBN 1-85902-043-7

Individual evidence

1. ^ Office for national statistics: Area Aber Valley (Ward). Retrieved March 18, 2014 . 
2. ^ National Museum Wales: Senghenydd 1913. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on March 18, 2014 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
3. ↑ Aber Valley: 1913 pit disaster. Retrieved March 18, 2014 . 

Coordinates: 51 ° 36 ′  N , 3 ° 17 ′  W