Monmouthshire Iron and Coal Company

A speculative company backed from the Bath region, including Sir Thomas Lethbridge, that built the Victoria ironworks and pits below Ebbw Vale on land leased from Benjamin Hall, completed in 1838; it failed, and the works passed to the Ebbw Vale owners in 1848.

Mines operated

MineRegionYears
Victoria Colliery, Ebbw Vale Blaenau Gwent ?–1848

Record created: 6 October 2026 · Last researched: 6 October 2026

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