Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics : Coal, 1780-1975

UKDA study number:4097

Principal Investigators

Williams, J.
University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. Department of Economics
National Assembly for Wales. Statistical Directorate
University of Essex. History Data Service
Queen's University of Belfast. Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis

Sponsor

Higher Education Funding Councils. Joint Information Systems Committee

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UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.

July 2001

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Williams, J. et al. , Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics : Coal, 1780-1975 [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], July 2001. SN: 4097, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-4097-1

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4097 . Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics : Coal, 1780-1975

Depositor:

Swires-Hennessy, E. , National Assembly for Wales. Statistical Directorate

Principal Investigators:

Williams, J. , University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. Department of Economics

National Assembly for Wales. Statistical Directorate

University of Essex. History Data Service

Queen's University of Belfast. Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis

Sponsor:

Higher Education Funding Councils. Joint Information Systems Committee

Abstract:

This machine-readable version of John Williams' Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics is the result of a collaboration between the Statistical Directorate of the National Assembly for Wales, the History Data Service and the Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis at Queen's University Belfast.
John Williams' Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics is intended to provide a service for those working on the history of modern Wales. It arises from a belief that the quantitative element is a necessary and important part of the historical record; from an awareness that it was an aspect that was particularly inaccessible for scholars of Welsh history; and from a conviction that some encouragement in the use of quantitative material was necessary. It is modelled on the two volumes dedicated to British historical statistics: Mitchell, B.R. and Deane, P. (1962) Abstract of British historical statistics and Mitchell, B.R. and Jones, H.G. (1971) Second abstract of British historical statistics.

Main Topics:

The main tables are:

Output and number of collieries, North Wales and South Wales, 1854-1874
Output. Numbers employed and output per head, by region and county, 1874-1945
Output. Numbers employed and productivity, North Wales and South Wales, 1945-1974
Output of anthracite, South Wales and UK, 1854-1974
Output from government open-cast workings, South Wales, 1943-1972
Output and numbers employed, South Wales, as a percentage of UK, 1874-1974
Shipments (coastal and foreign) from South Wales ports, 1816-1974
Shipments. Exports of coal, coke and patent fuel from South Wales ports, 1854-1937
Shipments. Foreign and coastal shipments from each port (Cardiff, Swansea, Newport, Llanelli, Milford, Neath, Porthcawl), 1780-1974
Colliery deaths, number and rate, underground and total, South Wales, 1853-1974; and North Wales (number only), 1853 -1938
Mechanisation. Number, type and work done by mechanical coal cutters; number of coal conveyers; and amount of electricity used in mines, North Wales and South Wales, 1900-1945
Mechanisation. Percentage of coal output cut and conveyed by machinery (1937-1960); and percentage power-loaded (194 7-1975), South Wales, 1937-1975
Prices. Average pit head prices, North Wales and South Wales, 1878-1938; and f.o.b. prices for steam coal (large and small), South Wales, 1840-1934
Costs and proceeds. Average wage coal, total cost and proceeds, per ton, North Wales and South Wales, 1917-1974
The number and annual output of members of the Coal Owners' Association, 1863-1946
Output from Aberdare parish, 1844-1874; and coal carried by the Taff Vale Railway, 1841-1921
Output of coke and number of coke ovens, South Wales, 1905-1974

Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.

Coverage:

Time Period Covered: 1780 - 1974 The dataset consists of 18 tables which cover different periods: see Main Topics below.
Country: Wales
Spatial Units: (A)Countries; (B)Counties
Observation Units: Administrative units (geographical/political)
Kind of Data: Textual data; Numeric data

Universe Sampled:

Location of Units of Observation: National
Population: Administrative units in Wales

Methodology:

Time Dimensions: Time Series
Sampling Procedures: No sampling (total universe)
Method of Data Collection: Transcription of existing materials; Compilation or synthesis of existing material
Data Sources: Williams, J. (1985) Digest of Welsh historical statistics The Welsh Office (2 vols.)

Books and Theses:

; T. Boyns (1982) 'Labour productivity in the British coal industry, 1874-1913' PhD thesis, University of Wales
W.G. Dalziel (1895) The Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners' Association, Cardiff
F.A. Gibson A compilation of statistics of the coal mining industry
R. Meade (1882) Coal and iron industries of the United Kingdom
J.H. Morris and L.J. Williams (1958) The South Wales coal industry, 1841-1875, Cardiff
R.H. Walters (1975) 'Economic and business history of the South Wales steam coal industry, 1840-1914' PhD thesis, University of Oxford
C. Wilkins (1888) The South Wales coal trade, Cardiff

Articles:

D.A. Thomas (1903) 'The growth and direction of our foreign trade in coal' in J.R.S.S. lxvi

Government and Official Publications:

Royal Commission on coal supplies 1871, XVIII
Hunt, Mineral statistics
Mines Inspectors' Reports
Mines and Quarries General Reports
Annual Reports of H.M. Chief Inspector of Mines
Report of Select Committee on coal 1873, X
Ministry of Fuel and Power Statistical digest 1938-1955
National Coal Board Annual Reports and Accounts
Reports on Government action in Wales and Monmouthshire
Select Committee of the House of Lords on the state of the coal trade 1830
Royal Commission on the coal industry 1919, XI-XIII; 1926, XIV; 1905, XVI

Language(s) of Written Materials:

Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English and Welsh

Access:

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Availability: History Data Service, UK Data Archive
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Date of First Release:

31 July 2001

Copyright:

Crown copyright held jointly with the History Data Service. Crown copyright material reproduced by permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office

File last updated:

4 January 2012