LAC/95
T. Bryn Richards Collection
c1830-1980
1 box and 1.5 plan-chest drawer
Swansea University Archives
This collection consists of the mining plans and professional and personal papers of the Richard family, a notable family of mining engineers, surveyors and architects working in the South Wales Coalfield region especially in the Swansea area during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. T. Bryn Richards (b 1895) was a mining engineer but also worked in local government and had antiquarian, archaeological and architectural interests. He was greatly interested in the ancient buildings and industrial archaeology of the Swansea region. The archive includes material relating to the work and interests of both T. Bryn Richard and his father Thomas Richard (b 1853) as well as other members of the family.
Colliery plans c1830-1953; colliery papers 1850-1956; miscellaneous plans and drawings 1914-1952; personal and miscellaneous papers 1870-1980 including material relating to local architecture and history and a typescript autobiography of T. Bryn Richard 1980.
Richard;T. Bryn;
Richard;Thomas;
Coal mines and mining--Wales--Design and construction
Autobiography
Surveyors--Wales, South
Architects--Wales, South
Family archives
Architectural drawings
Mining engineers--Wales, South
Accessible to all researchers by appointment. Please note that some collections contain sensitive information and access may be restricted.
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LAC/95/A
Colliery Plans
c1830-1953
33 items
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LAC/95/A/1
Tracing of map of Morriston / Pengwern Llangyfelach area showing old colliery workings
c1830
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Section of strata at Penrhiwceiber Colliery, sunk by John Glasbrook, Cory, Yeo and Company, 1872 (David Mansell Glasbrook)
1878
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Section of strata proved in the neighbourhood of Swansea (James Richard, junior)
1881
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Section of strata bored through at Bryngwyn, Loughor, 1826 (I Morgan)
1885
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Section of strata proved at Garn Goch and Mynydd Newydd Collieries, with reprint copy (Thomas Richard, junior)
1886
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Section: Landore minerals
1881
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Section: No 1 Pit, Main Colliery (Thomas Richard)
1896
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Section: Cwm Pit, Landor (Thomas Richard)
1896
1 item
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Section of strata sunk and bored through by Messrs Glasbrook Brothers at Cadoxton-juxta-Neath
1897
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Section: Glyncorrwg District (Thomas Richard)
1896
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Section of strata at Daoxton Pit, Neath (Thomas Richard)
1897
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Section of strata as proved at Pentre (Thomas Richard)
1899
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Plan of Gwmgelli Colliery workings; enclosed tracings of earlier plans of Cwm and Clynon levels and of the sites of the Pentre and Cwm pits
1902
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Section of strata in No.2 Pit, Penrhiwceiber Navigation Colliery, Mountain Ash (Thomas Richard)
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Longitudinal section through Penlan showing the Cadley, Penyfilia, Cwm, Calland's Drewe's and Landore Engine pits (Thomas Richard)
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Section of strata at Garn Goch Colliery
no date
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Section: New East District, Garn Goch No.1 Colliery
1917
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Plan of part of Caenewydd District, Garn Goch No.1 Colliery (T B Richard)
1920
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Plan of part of Caenewydd Main Heading, Garn Goch No.1 Colliery (T B Richard)
1920
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Section showing depths of coal seams and main faults lying between Loughor and Penllergaer with tracings and notes (T B Richard)
1953
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Plan of abandonment of Pentre and Calland Pits, Landore with resultant ceasing of pumping at Calland's Pit; also showing levels of pits affected (?T B Richard)
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Longitudinal section of line of full-dip through Mountain Pit; with tracing (T B Richard)
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Plan of outcrop of coal seams at Gowerton; with tracings and drawings (T B Richard)
no date
6 items
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Colliery Papers
1850-1956
16 envelopes
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Letter from Gildroy Steward, mining engineer, to William Evans, reporting on proposed extensions to unnamed colliery workings, 'through Hughes' Vein'
31 Dec 1850
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Letters of professional business (with miscellaneous notes and mining calculations) to Thomas Richard mining surveyor from G Byng Morris, William Lewis, John Glasbrook and others
1857-1903
29 items
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Copies of letters of professional business sent by Thomas Richard
1879-1903
7 items
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Pocket book of (?Thomas Richard) containing engineering notes and calculations
1885-1903
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Typescript extracts from the diary of Thomas Richard re Gwalia Colliery
1902-1904
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Copy affidavit of Thomas Richard of Pentre Treherne, Swansea, surveyor re mineral workings or William Evans near Cwmbwrla Bridge. Note by William Evans accusing Thomas Richard of giving incorrect evidence.
1873
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Draft lease to Thomas Richard and John Richard of coal veins at Caenewydd Colliery
1903
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Reports from 'W.T.G.' re the risk of subsidence to proposed housing development in Loughor / Gowerton area
19 Jul 1919
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Reports by T B Richard as in LAC/95/B/8
1948
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Correspondence with the Mines Department re inspection of plans of abandoned mines
1926-1927
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Miscellaneous engineering reports:
Proposed colliery at Caenewydd Farm, Loughor
Broadoak Colliery, Loughor
Workings under the Manselton estate
'Subsidence in mining areas' - typescript paper by T B Richard
no date
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Miscellaneous notes, calculation and diagrams, including:
Gwalia Colliery shaft details
Mynydd Newydd seams
Depths of seams in Swansea neighbourhood
Diagram of beam winding engine at Pentre Colliery
Diagram of beam winding engine with double cylinder engine at Mynydd Newydd Pit
Gorwydd New Pit strata
Notes from 'Grandfathers field book'
no date
1 item
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List of mining plans in the possession of T B Richard left by his father Thomas Richard
1956
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S Carey Jones 'The Northward Alteration of the Coal-seams in the Swansea District' (offprint from Trans I.M.E., 1956-57)
1956
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Photograph of T B Richard bringing up pit horses to the surface at Garn Goch No.1 Colliery, during the 1921 strike
1921
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Watercoloured drawing by Thomas Richard of Copper Pit and the Plasmarl area
1882
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Miscellaneous Plans and Drawings
1914-1952
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Drawing (?for competition or examination) of the Stephen Humble's Patent King's Detaching Hook
1914
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Drawing (?for competition or examination) of the Hailwood Combustion Tube Lamp
1915
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Drawing of a cross-section through the Seven Tunnel
no date
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Site plan of housing estate at Loughor (T B Richard)
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Site plans and section (with correspondence) re alleged damage by subsidence to Penllergaer housing estate
1952
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Architectural plans of proposed alterations to house in Gorseinon (T B Richard)
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Architectural plans of proposed bungalow in Treboeth
no date
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Personal and Miscellaneous Papers
1870-1980
9 envelopes
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LAC/95/D/1
Typescript autobiography by T B Richard, 'My earliest recollections and afterwards'
1980
1 item
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LAC/95/D/2
Portfolio of commemorative pamphlets and papers relating to Old and New Siloh Chapels, Landore, including:
'Adroddiad Jubili Dyled Siloh', 1900
'Agoriad yr organ newydd', 1927
'Siloh Newydd, Glandwr, 1878-1978', 1978
Translations into English of John Williams, 'Y Parch William Humpreys', 1909, and of Samuel Williams, 'Hanes Eglwys Seilo', 1928
Historical notes on Welsh nonconformity
1940-1978
1 envelope
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LAC/95/D/3
Portfolio of commemorative pamphlets and papers relating to Tabernacle United Reform Church, Mumbles, including:
Copy assignemnt of newly-erected chapel to trustees, 1870
Charity Commission Order regulating the William Hammerton Charity (shared between Tabernacle and Paralete Chapels), 1901
Statement of the chapel principles and rules
Architectural plan of proposed alterations (T B Richard), 1948
Corrrespondence and plans re chapel site and right of way, 1954
T Bryn Richard, 'The Origin and History of the Tabernacle Congregational Church, Mumbles' (typescript with illustration proofs), 1978
1870-1954
1 envelope
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LAC/95/D/4
Portfolio of photographs and drawings relating to Pontardulais Bridge including:
Photographs of medieval bridges
Drawings of old bridge and of bridge at Castell Du, near Pontardulais (T B Richard)
Press cuttings
1935-1946
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Portfolio of papers and photographs relating to the old church of St Teilo, Pontardulais, including:
Building specifications and correspondence re restoration work, 1949
Application for building license to Ministry of Works, 1949
Ground plans of present and earlier church buildings
Photographs of roof interior
Photographs of exterior drawings (T B Richard)
Press cuttings
1945-1949
1 envelope
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LAC/95/D/6
Portfolio of papers and drawings relating to the Llangyfelach Church, including:
Historicla and architectural note by T B Richard
Drawings and press cuttings
Ground plan of unidentified church
1953-1957
1 envelope
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LAC/95/D/7
Portfolio of papers and drawings relating to the Borough of Loughr and Llwchwr Urban District Council, including:
Historical notes, with illustrations, on the borough, the borough's arms and on later municipal development (T B Richard)
Chronological notes
c1960
1 envelope
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LAC/95/D/8
Portfolio of papers and drawings with miscellaneous historical notes relating to various subjects including
Penclawdd Canal
Cockett Tunnel
Cae Bryn Colliery, Killay
Morris family of Clasemont
Price family of Penllergaer
Mining developments in Pontardulais
Caledonian Canal
c1950
1 envelope
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File of miscellaneous pen and ink drawings of local collieries and colliery plant: Pentre Pit, Cwm Pit, Mynydd Newydd etc
c1950
1 envelope
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