Evans and Bevan

The mine-owning partnership of the Evans and Bevan families, proprietors of collieries in the Dulais and Neath valleys. It sank Seven Sisters Colliery from 1872; the colliery, and then the village, took their name from the sisters present at the cutting of the first sod.

Mines operated

MineRegionYears
Seven Sisters Colliery Neath Port Talbot 1872–1947

Record created: 3 September 2026 · Last researched: 3 September 2026