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Monastic coal mining - Neath Abbey Ironworks information panel, 2021

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Monastic coal mining: Coal was mined on the Neath Abbey estate. After the monastery’s suppression in 1539, a mine lately held by the last abbot, Leyshon Thomas, was rented for 20s. annually — equal to almost £16,740 today as an income share.

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Friends of Neath Abbey Iron Company
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Peter Richards
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