Burnyeat, Brown and Company

A coal company drawn largely from Liverpool and Whitehaven and headed by William Burnyeat of Whitehaven, whose directors included ironmasters, shipowners and a Member of Parliament. It bought Lletty Shenkin Colliery at Cwmbach in 1872 and sank Nine Mile Point Colliery in the Sirhowy valley from 1902.

Mines operated

MineRegionYears
Abergorki Colliery Rhondda Cynon Taf 1874–1900
Bute Colliery Rhondda Cynon Taf 1908–1908
Lletty Shenkin Colliery Rhondda Cynon Taf 1872–1900
Nine Mile Point Colliery Caerphilly 1902–1905

Record created: 26 August 2026 · Last researched: 26 August 2026

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