The Employment Commission report of 1842 on
Children in Mines and Factories
This extract was contributed by Steve Keates
- Some of the evidence is given by adults
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The listing for a child will give their age.
- Where given, colliery employment numbers are included.
- In some cases these are only an abstract.
DINAS COLLIERY, parish of Yshadgvodog (sic) [Ystradyfodwg].
Glamorganshire.
Walter Coffin, Esq. Proprietor.
Water and steam power
Males employed:-
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Adults; 301
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Under 18 years; 32
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Under 13 years; 81
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David Morgan, aged 13, collier.
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Thomas Slaththethral, aged11, collier.
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Philip Davies, aged 10, haulier.
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Philip Jones, aged 13, coal-cutter.
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John Roland, aged 12, coal-cutter.
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James Rogers, aged 13, coal-cutter.
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William Thomas, aged 14, coal-cutter.
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William Morgan, aged 10, door-keeper
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William Isaac, aged 11 years, air-door keeper.
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Llewellyn Powell, aged 14, collier.
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Mathew Lewis, aged 11, collier.
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David Watkins, aged 15, collier.
CWNRHONDDA COLLIERY, parish of Llantrissant, Glamorganshire.
Messrs. D. W. Davies and Co. Occupiers.
Male persons employed:-
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Adults; 35
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Under 18; 7
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Under 13; 5
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William David, Forman
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David Davies, aged 13, haulier.
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William Maggs, aged 11, haulier.
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Edwin John, aged 12, collier.
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William Richards, aged 12, coal-cutter.
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John Richards (father of William), collier.
IRW (sic) [EIRW] COLLIERY, parish of Llantwert (sic)
[Llanwonno],Glamorganshire.
William Crawshay, Esq., Proprietor.
Males employed:-
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Forman, Henry Thomas from Treforest.
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Arnold Butler, Colliery Smith
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William Evans, aged 10, air-boy.
FOREST FACH COLLIERY, parish of Llantwitfardre, Galmorganshire..
Mr John Edmunds Proprietor, Newbridge.
Males employed :-
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Adults; 22
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Between 13 and 18 years of age
No children listed here but evidence is given by
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William Williams agent,
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William Macfarlane, schoolmaster.
GELLIGAER COLLIERY, parish of Gelligear, Glamorganshire.
Messrs Powell and Co., Occupiers.
Number of persons employed:-
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Adults; 127
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Under 18 years of age; 13
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Under 13 years of age; 10
Winding-engine of 12-horse power for pumping water; coal brought from workings
to level by horses, 16 in number; boys employed as horse-drivers, and air-door
keepers, and filling coal; main-roads six feet high, present working-seam
five feet thick.
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William Jenkins, clerk and under agent to Gelligear Colliery.
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William Rees, aged 15, coal-cutter.
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Rees Stephens, aged 15 haulier.
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James Tudor, aged 9, air-door boy
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Thomas Jones, schoolmaster, Gelligear.
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Mrs Hannah Jenkins [mother of David, a boy in the pit aged nine]
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The Rev. Thomas Stacey, rector, parish of Gelligear.
GILFACH FARGOED COLLIERY, parish of Gelligear, Glamorganshire.
Joshua Fletcher Hanson, Esq. Proprietor; David Davies, Contractor.
Number of persons employed :-
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Adults; 50
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Under 18 years of age; 7
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Under 13 years of age; 12
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Jabez Williams, aged 15, hitcher.
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Ellis Loydd, aged 7 collier.
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Morgan Kenneth, aged 8, collier.
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Edward William, aged 11, collier,
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William Davies, aged 12, collier.
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Joseph Neath and John Neath twin brothers aged 11, assisting their father,
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Eleazor Phlips, aged 17, collier.
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Michael Maccarthy, aged 16, haulier.
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Daniel Edwards, aged 16, haulier.
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William Richards, aged 9 collier.
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Edward Rowland, aged 16, collier.
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Edmund Williams, Esq., magistrate of Maes-y-Ryddo, in the parish of Bedwelty.
Monmouthshire.
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Evan Edwards Esq., M.D., Caerphilly.
I am amazed at the huge quantity of names in this report and I am only sorry
to pass on such a limited number.
Steve Keates Oct 2000
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