Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics : Lead, Copper, Slate and Other Minerals, 1804-1974

UKDA study number:4099

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 : Lead, Copper, Slate and Other Minerals, 1804-1974 [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], July 2001. SN: 4099, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-4099-1

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4099 . Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics : Lead, Copper, Slate and Other Minerals, 1804-1974

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 of copper ore in tons, by main counties, 1855-1919
Copper ore sold at Swansea ticketings, 1804-1881; and imports of copper ore and unwrought copper to Swansea, 1832-1874, and Llanelli 1832-1898
Lead ore. Output and number of mines recording sales, by main counties, 1845-1948
Zinc ore. Ouput, by main counties, 1854-1938; Bluestone, output, Anglesey, 1863-1917
Slate and slate slabs. Output, main counties, 1882-1938; and Wales 1882-1974
Gold and silver, output, 1854-1920
Limestone, sandstone and igneous rocks, output, 1895-1974
Employment. Numbers employed in metalliferous mines, by county, 1872-1926
Employment. Numbers employed in slate mines and quarries, by county, 1884-1926
Employment. Deaths in metalliferous mines and quarries, North Wales and South Wales, 1873-1926
Price of lead, 1620-1765, and of lead ore, 1662-1809 and 1859-1882

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: 1662 - 1974 The dataset consists of 11 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:

; G. Grant-Francis (1881) The smelting of copper in the Swansea district, Swansea
J.R. Harris (1964) The copper king: a biography of Thomas Williams, Liverpool
R. Hunt (1884) British mining
W.J. Lewis (1967) Lead mining in Wales, Cardiff
J. Lindsay (1974) History of the North Wales slate industry, Newton Abbot
J.A. Phillips and J. Darlington (1857) Records of mining and metallergy
D.D. Pritchard (1946) The slate industry of North Wales, Denbigh
D.D. Pritchard (1935) 'The slate industry of North Wales: a study of changes in economic organisation from 1780 to the present day' MA thesis, University of Wales
J. Rowlands (1966) Copper mountain, Llangefni
T.M. Thomas (1961) The mineral wealth of Wales and its exploitation, Edinburgh

Articles:

R. Burt (1969) 'Lead production in England and Wales, 1700-1770' in Economic History Review XXII, 2
R.O. Roberts (1956) 'The development and decline of copper and other non-ferrous metal industries in South Wales' in Cymrod. Trans. 1956 session
D.D. Pritchard (1949) 'The Expansionist phase in the history of the Welsh slate industry' in Caernarvonshire Historical Society vol.X

Government and Official Publications:

Mineral statistics 1854-1896
Mines and quarries, General Reports 1897-1920
Annual Report of the Chief Inspector of Mines 1921-1938
Report of departmental committee of the Board of Trade on the Non-ferrous Mining Industry S.P. 1920, vol.xxi
Metalliferous mining and quarrying industry 1932, Mines Department
Report of the Home Office inquiry into mines and mineral statistics 1895, vol.XIII
Merionethshire slate mines: report of the Home Office committee with appendices, 1895, vol.XXXV
Records of the School of Mines 1853, vol.I part IV, H.M.S.O.
Memoirs of the Geological Survey 1848, vol.II part II
Welsh slate industry 1946, H.M.S.O.

Language(s) of Written Materials:

Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English and Welsh

Access:

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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