MineArchiveBailey Hill Colliery
| Also known as | Bedford Pits Colliery, Baily Hill Colliery |
|---|---|
| Location | Mold, Flintshire — 53.1722, -3.1429 (exact) |
| Commodity | Coal |
| Type | Coal |
| Worked | c.1873–1893 |
| Maximum depth | Unknown. |
| Operators | Bailey Hill Coal Company (1879–1893) |
Overview
A Mold colliery opened about 1873 as Bedford Pits, reformed under a new company in 1879, which came through a thirteen-week strike in 1889 and closed in 1893 after only twenty years.
History
Bailey Hill Colliery, at Mold, was opened around 1873 under the name of Bedford Pits Colliery. Its company went into liquidation in 1879 and was reformed as the Bailey Hill Coal Company, and the colliery was owned from Lancashire. Its site shows as an area of tips some 100 to 120 metres across with two shafts on the north-east side, and air photographs show traces of a spur line running north to the railway.
In March 1889 a tramp was sent to gaol for sleeping on the colliery's boilers in the small hours of a Sunday, and in September the Mold local board resolved to call on the manager of the Bailey Hill Colliery Company Limited about the deposit the colliery let into the brook, after a complaint on behalf of the owner of the neighbouring land. Late that year the men struck, and the strike ran for thirteen weeks before it was settled at the turn of 1890 with all the strikers taken back. The colliery closed in 1893.
Geology
North Wales (Flintshire) Coalfield.
Workings
Two shafts at the north-east edge of the tips, with a spur line north to the railway.
Closure
Closed in 1893.
What remains
The site shows as an area of tips with two shafts.
Tips about 100 to 120 metres across, with two shafts on their north-east fringe.
Redevelopment
Unknown.
Nearby mines
- Loggerheads — 2.7 miles (4.3 km) SW, Denbighshire
- Hendre Mine — 2.9 miles (4.6 km) NW
- Mountain Colliery, Buckley — 2.9 miles (4.6 km) E
- Elm Colliery — 3.3 miles (5.3 km) E
- Leeswood Main Colliery — 3.4 miles (5.5 km) SE
Straight-line distance, within 9 miles (15 km). Show on the map.
Recorded claims
Individual factual claims, each attached to the source(s) that support it below. Where sources disagree, both are kept.
- The colliery opened around 1873 as Bedford Pits Colliery; the company was reformed as the Bailey Hill Coal Company after liquidation in 1879. 1
- The site is an area of tips about 100-120 m across with two shafts on its north-east fringe and traces of a spur line north to the railway. 2
- In September 1889 the Mold local board resolved to see the manager of the Bailey Hill Colliery Company Limited about deposit flowing into the brook. 3
- In March 1889 a tramp was gaoled for sleeping on the boilers at Bailey Hill Colliery. 4
- A thirteen-week strike at Bailey Hill ended at the turn of 1890 with all the strikers taken back. 5
- The colliery closed in 1893. 1
Sources
- (secondary) Bailey Hill Colliery, Mold — Welsh Coal Mines
- (primary) Coflein: Baily Hill Colliery (NPRN 309592) — Coflein (RCAHMW)
- (primary) Flintshire Observer, 19 September 1889: Mold local board: nuisance — Flintshire Observer (Welsh Newspapers Online, National Library of Wales)
- (primary) Flintshire Observer, 14 March 1889: Vagrancy — Flintshire Observer (Welsh Newspapers Online, National Library of Wales)
- (primary) Llangollen Advertiser, 3 January 1890: Mold: end of the Bailey Hill strike — Llangollen Advertiser (Welsh Newspapers Online, National Library of Wales)
Record created: 18 October 2026 · Last researched: 18 October 2026