Description: 2014 marks the 150th anniversary of the tragic mining accident that claimed the lives of nine local miners in Madeley, Shropshire. This website is designed to help you make the most of a visit to the town, and to the points of interest surrounding the event.
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In remembrance of EDWARD WALLETT • JOHN TRANTER • BENJAMIN DAVIES • WILLIAM JARRATT • JOSEPH MAIDEN JOHN FARR • JOHN JONES • FRANCIS COOKSON • WILLIAM ONIONS
2014 marks the 150th anniversary of the tragic mining accident that claimed the lives of nine local miners in Madeley, Shropshire. This website is designed to help you make the most of a visit to the town, and to the points of interest surrounding the event.
Tuesday 27th September 1864, at 5.40pm - nine Madeley miners, most of them boys, began their ascent to the surface at the end of their shift in the Brick Kiln Leasow Crawstone Pit...