Good books, links to other websites, acknowledgements and thanks.
Books and magazines
GENERAL
Brecknock & Abergavenny and Monmouthshire Canals, Towpath Guide No 2, R Alan Stevens, Goose and Son.
Collieries of South Wales, Vols 1 - 4, John Cornwall, Landmark Publishing.
Cruising along the Mon& Brec Canal, James Eyles, Starling Press.
Industrial Locomotives of Gwent,Geoffrey Hill & Gordon Green, Industrial Railway Society (IRS Gwent).
Small Mines of South Wales, A J Booth, Industrial Railway Society.
South Wales Collieries, Vols 1-5, David Owen, Tempus Publishing.
Tramroads of the Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal, Gordon Rattenbury, Railway and Canal Historical Society (Rattenbury).
Early Limestone Railways, John van Laun, The Newcomen Society.
The Brecon Forest Tramroads, Stephen Hughes, Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales.
The Miners and Coal Levels of Gwent, Colin Spencer, The History Press
EASTERN VALLEYS
Cwmbran Vol 1, Dr Gareth John & Graham Lawrence, Old Bakehouse Publications.
Eastern Valley, Chris Barber, Blorenge Books.
Exploring Blaenavon Industrial Landscape, Chris Barber, Blorenge Books.
In Those Days (Cwmbran), John McKenna & Frank King, Community Projects Centre.
Monmouthshire Eastern Valleys, Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Middleton Press.
Pontypool to Mountain Ash, Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Middleton Press.
The surviving engines of Glyn Pits in Pontypool, Gwyn Tilley, Landmark Publishing.
WESTERN VALLEYS
Industrial Archaeology in Blaenau Gwent, Dr John van Laun, Blaenau Gwent Borough Council.
Pontypool to Mountain Ash, Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Middleton Press.
SIRHOWY VALLEY
A historical tour around Mynyddislwyn Mountain, Len Burland, Old Bakehouse Publications.
Industrial Archaeology in Blaenau Gwent, Dr John van Laun, Blaenau Gwent Borough Council.
RHYMNEY VALLEY
A History of Caerphilly, H P Richards, D Brown and Sons.
A History of Rudry, John Guy, Starling Press.
RURAL MONMOUTHSHIRE
Stone & Steam in the Black Mountains, David Tipper, Blorenge Books.
Websites (existing at these addresses at the time of listing but may have moved or been renamed or whatever.....)
GENERAL
www.welshcoalmines.co.uk - information on most Welsh coalmines. (wcm)
www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/getamap - current online Ordnance Survey maps. (OS)
www.old-maps.co.uk - historical online Ordnance Survey maps. (OS)
www.mining-memorabilia.co.uk - various aspects of mining.
www.aditnow.co.uk - mines, levels and adits of the UK.
www.mindat.org.uk - A minerals database with details of many quarries.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cmhrc/ - a coalmining history resource centre.
www.penmorfa.com/bricks - Welsh brickworks and their products.
www.copsewood.org/aropeway - Aerial Ropeways in the UK.
www.coflein.gov.uk - The search facility of The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales.
EASTERN VALLEYS
www.cwmbran.info
www.blaenserchan.co.uk - link not working, Jan 2010
www.blaenbran.org.uk (Upper Cwmbran)
www.pontypool-and-blaenavon.co.uk
www.pontypool.bravepages.com
www.pontypoolglynpits.co.uk
www.garndiffaith.co.uk
www.dchopkins.co.uk
WESTERN VALLEYS
www.riscamuseum.org.uk
www.crosskeys.me.uk
www.bioeddie.co.uk/ebbw-vale/index.php
www.crumlinviaduct.co.uk
SIRHOWY VALLEY
www.sirhowy.com
RHYMNEY VALLEY
www.bedwascolliery.co.uk
NEWPORT
www.newportpast.com
Acknowledgements and thanks
To the authors and contributors to all of the books, magazines and websites above for details, ideas and particularly, the inspiration to create this site.
Also to those who have very kindly provided further information or pointers to other locations :-
Maggie Thomas, Rob Southall, Bernard Osment, Stan Edwards, Tom Chivers, Terry Wilkins, Brian Edwards, Colin Spencer, Mike Munro,
Stewart Campbell, Lawrence Skuse.
and those who have kindly commented and found the site useful :-
Janine Gulliford, Glenda Paterson, Giles Davies, Alasdair Mckie of the Great War Forum at http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/ and Gwyneth Roberts of the
Drill Hall Project at http://www.drillhalls.org/
