1841 John Knight, of the Woodside, Ruerdean, yeoman and Edmund
Hale, of the same place, yeoman, in equal undivided moieties (as claiming
through or under Free Miners).
Coal in the Hill Delf vein
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29 August 1857 Edmund Hale and John Knight arrears of rent
February 1863 Richard White and Charles Edward Ward
5 November 1880 Emily Margaret Ward, Charles Richard Ward & William Welsford Ward - forfeiture
1 March 1881 Forfeited
F3 1222 REDDINGS LEVEL No. 2
15 February 1911 Thomas Smith & Soloman Jones both applied
on 10 March 1881 and were the first applicants. Smith now dead.
Jones has had three grants but Engine Ditch No. 2 now exhausted.
Gale outside Forest. 'Soloman Jones is a troublesome man to deal
with'.
15 May 1911 Granted
31 December 1919 Conveyance G. H. Jones and another to Forest Syndicate
28 September 1920 Declaration of Trust. Forest Syndicate Ltd. to Premier Briquette Co. Ltd.
1 March 1923 Mortgage H. C. Morris to Lloyds Bank
6 April 1923 Dean Forest Mercury Part of True Blue Colliery, Premier Briquette Co. in liquidation.
2 February 1925 Conveyance Lloyds to Wigpool Coal & Iron Co. Ltd. (This gale plus Birchen Grove and True Blue & Newham Bottom still stood in the name of the Forest Syndicate)
3 February 1931 Wigpool Coal & Iron to Joseph Wheatstone
5 May 1938 Conveyance to True Blue Colliery Co. Ltd.