Deakins - Parkend (General)

by slowhands , Tuesday, April 05, 2005, 09:15 (7164 days ago) @ Sam Hale

In 1877 (?) Thomas Deakin arrived in to live at Parkend House on his appointment as colliery manager of the Parkend Mines. Deakin was born in Pontypool in 1850 and had worked in mining since he was thirteen. In 1885 The Parkend & New Fancy Collieries Co.Ltd purchased the mines. The company was part owned by Deakin who was chairman and managing director. There followed a period of prosperity and Deakin was appointed a JP and became the unofficial squire in the village People were expected to doff there caps or curtsey when they pass in the village. He died in 1935 and is buried in Parkend churchyard

in 1891
Moses Hale was the Manager at New Fancy Pit , Parkend

Deakin, Gertrude E 35 Pontypool, Mon Wife West Dean Gloucestershire
Deakin, Gladys 7 Pontypool, Mon Daughter West Dean Gloucestershire
Deakin, Howard V 2 Parkend, Gloucestershire Son West Dean Gloucestershire
Deakin, Jessie E 5 Parkend, Gloucestershire Daughter West Dean Gloucestershire
Deakin, Thomas C 10 Cinderford, Gloucestershire Son West Dean Gloucestershire
Deakin, Thomas H 41 Pontypool, Mon Head West Dean Gloucestershire

In 1901
Ada E M Deakin 9 Parkend, Gloucestershire, England Daughter West Dean Monmouthshire
Gertrude E Deakin 45 Pontypool, Monmouth, Wales Wife West Dean Monmouthshire
Kathleen E Deakin 5 Parkend, Gloucestershire, England Daughter West Dean Monmouthshire
Thomas C Deakin 20 Cinderford, Gloucestershire, England Son West Dean Monmouthshire
Thomas H Deakin 51 Pontypool, Monmouth, Wales Head West Dean Monmouthshire
Annie Frewin 22 Swindon, Wiltshire, England Servant West Dean Monmouthshire
Susan M Macey 22 Cleeve, Somerset, England Servant West Dean Monmouthshire
Elizabeth A Watkins 21 Bream, Gloucestershire, England Servant West Dean Monmouthshire

The Union Pit Disaster - 4th September 1902

http://www.theforestreunited.co.uk/forest4/unionpit_fullstory.html

http://www.users.waitrose.com/~iapope/Reg10Union.html