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Hafodlas Slate Quarry

Other Business Names:

  • Ancaster, Lord
  • Spooner, C E
  • Spooner, J S
  • Bettws y Coed Quarry Co
  • Bettws y Coed Slate & Slab Quarry Co Ltd
  • Bettws y Coed Slate Slab & Cistern Co Ltd
  • Bettws y Coed Slate Quarry Co Ltd
  • Bettws y Coed Slate & Slab Co

Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:

  • Bettwsy y Coed, Conwy, Gwynedd, Wales, Wales

Sectors:

  • Extraction Slate extraction

Notes:

Traced origins to 1855 when leased from local landowner, Lord Ancaster. Initially operated by C E Spooner and J S Spooner until 1860. From 1860 operated by Bettws y Coed Quarry Co; from 1866 by Bettws y Coed Slate & Slab Quarry Co Ltd; from 1883 by Bettws y Coed Slate Slab & Cistern Co Ltd; from 1895 by Bettws y Coed Slate Quarry Co Ltd; and from 1919 as Bettws y Coed Slate & Slab Co

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