Abergynolwyn Slate & Slab Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Pughe, John
- Aberdovey Slate Co Ltd
- McConnell, William
- McConnell, James
- Jones, Sir Henry H
- Abergynolwyn Slate & Slab Co Ltd
- Aberllefenni Slate Quarries Ltd
- Tal y Llyn Railway
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Abergynolwyn, Gwynedd, Gwynedd, Wales, Wales
Sectors:
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Extraction
Slate extraction
Notes:
Traced origins to 1847 when slate quarry established by John Pughe. Subsequently operated by Aberdovey Slate Co Ltd, formed by William and James McConnell, Manchester textile mill owners, who built the Tal y Llyn [Talyllyn] Railway to serve it. 1911 quarry acquired, along with associated railway and village, by (Sir) Henry Haydn Jones who formed Abergynolwyn Slate & Slab Co Ltd. In decline after 1918 and closed by 1947. ?Subsequently acquired by Aberllefenni Slate Quarries Ltd
Publications:
- Bryneglwys Slate Quarry, Abergynolwyn, Merionethshire by Holmes, Alan, & Sarah Eade
- Quarry Tracks, Village Ways. A descriptive history of Bryneglwys Slate Quarry and Abergynolwyn village by Holmes, Alan, & Dick Thomas
- Slates from Abergynolwyn. The story of Bryneglwys slate quarry by Holmes, Alan
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Pughe, John
- Aberdovey Slate Co Ltd
- McConnell, William
- McConnell, James
- Jones, Sir Henry H
- Abergynolwyn Slate & Slab Co Ltd
- Aberllefenni Slate Quarries Ltd
- Tal y Llyn Railway
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Abergynolwyn, Gwynedd, Gwynedd, Wales, Wales
Sectors:
- Extraction Slate extraction
Notes:
Traced origins to 1847 when slate quarry established by John Pughe. Subsequently operated by Aberdovey Slate Co Ltd, formed by William and James McConnell, Manchester textile mill owners, who built the Tal y Llyn [Talyllyn] Railway to serve it. 1911 quarry acquired, along with associated railway and village, by (Sir) Henry Haydn Jones who formed Abergynolwyn Slate & Slab Co Ltd. In decline after 1918 and closed by 1947. ?Subsequently acquired by Aberllefenni Slate Quarries LtdPublications:
- Bryneglwys Slate Quarry, Abergynolwyn, Merionethshire by Holmes, Alan, & Sarah Eade
- Quarry Tracks, Village Ways. A descriptive history of Bryneglwys Slate Quarry and Abergynolwyn village by Holmes, Alan, & Dick Thomas
- Slates from Abergynolwyn. The story of Bryneglwys slate quarry by Holmes, Alan