8 May 1866  to William Hawkins of Poolway, at or near a certain place called Poolgreen, near the incline, to get the coal from the Coleford High Delf.

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16 July 1856  William Hawkins of Poolgreen wished to have the gale granted.  The ground had been worked over, nothing but small coal and perhaps a few small pillars left.  The owner of the freehold land above had agreed to purchase the gale in order to secure himself against trespass.  Apparently Hawkins just wanted the gale to make the freeholder buy!

March 1866  Hawkins still applying for the gale stating that he now wished to work it.

25 January 1872  Letter:-  Gale granted 8 May 1866.  A portion was immediately sold to Mr. John Trotter Thomas, the freeholder; another portion was the subject of a dispute between Hawkins and Mr. George Atkinson of Coleford.  After litigation half to Atkinson.
Hawkins had opened up the gale by sinking a pit in his own garden.

1887-88 £19. 11s. 8d. owing on dead rents.  Hawkins was an old man with no property, Atkinson had no assets and John Trotter Thomas was bankrupt.

17 December 1888  Two pits on gale require to be fenced.

23 January 1889  Forfeited.

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23 February 1889  William Brown of Littledean Lane End applying.

27 May 1889  Re-granted.

7 February 1893  Owners intend driving a level from alongside the Parkend - Coleford road close to Whitehall Farm.  Land owned by Martin Trotter.  As there were already two pits and two levels on the gale he claimed that a level driven on his property was not necessary.

2 December 1898  ëDFGí  Sale of colliery gales Tuesday 13 December.
Vendors  Messrs. Brown & Elsmore.
Lot 1  New Hawkins Colliery  70 acres situate at Coleford
Lot 2  New Coalway Hill  40 acres  Whitehall near Coleford
Lot 3  Broominghold No 2   40 acres  at Berry Hill.
Plant:  8 h.p. portable engine, drums and ropes, two pit framings, two trims, 13 pit carts, about four tons of rails, strikers, scales and weights, catheadgear, 136 yards 6" air pipe and a quantity of pit timber, ropes, tools etc.
All in Coleford High Delf

January 1910  Messrs. John, Milsom, Amos and Hubert Smith & representatives of Edwin Smith deceased.  Not working gale.

23 July 1909  Transfer Milsom Smith jnr., John Smith jnr., Amos Smith and John Smith to Milsom Smith.

11 April 1907  By will Edwin Smith gave his share to sons Milsom and John.

February 1910  Gale to be re-opened from a pit on Gentlemen Colliers.

27 October 1911 ëDFGí  New Hawkins to be let or sold.

24 November 1911  Milson Smith to surrender 27 May 1912.  One open pit, requested galee to fill, gale of little value, no re-advert.

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Held by Amos Brown, deceased by 31 December 1932.  To be sold by executors Monday 31 July 1933.
Sale of Colliery Plant and Machinery at Wynols Hill Colliery and at New Hawkins adjoining.
Wynols Hill Colliery:- 80 yards 14lb. track 22" gauge, steam winch and bogey.  10 ton platform weighbridge by Pooley. 4' 6" fan driven by steam engine W.H. Allen & Co., 21' pitchpine headgear, 5' pulley & cage.  Compound boiler by Marshall & Sons.  Vertical cross tube boiler.
New Hawkins:- Two horizontal loco type boilers,  Ruston & Hornsby.  Steam haulage 9" cylinder, drum 30" by C.D. Phillips, Newport.
All plant sold for £320.