Ceremonial First Sod Cutting at Bryn Dulais Farm
- When
- 11 March 1872
- Where
- Bryn Dulais farm
Isabella Bevan cut the first sod on land at Bryn Dulais farm with a silver spade on Monday 11 March 1872, for the colliery David Evans wanted to name after her.
David Evans of the Evans-Bevan coal mining partnership had wanted to call the colliery after his daughter, Isabella Bevan. On Monday 11 March 1872, she cut the first sod on the land at Bryn Dulais farm with a silver spade. The farm lay in the heart of the South Wales Coalfield, once among the richest sources of coal in Britain. The source records the ceremony itself but does not explicitly equate it with the commencement of work on the colliery.
Sources
- Seven Sisters, Neath Port Talbot Wikipedia, revision of 2026-03-15
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