Company of Copper Miners in England
Other Business Names:
- Melincrythan Copper Works
- Taibach Copper Works
- Cwmavon Works
- Bank of England
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Aberavon, Neath Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, Wales, Wales
- Bristol, City of Bristol, Avon, South West, England
- Cornwall, Cornwall, South West, England
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Gwent, Wales, Wales
- Neath, Neath Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, Wales, Wales
- Pontypool, Torfaen, Gwent, Wales, Wales
- Redbrook, Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, South West, England
Sectors:
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Basic metals production
Copper & brass smelting
Notes:
Established 1691 and emerged as a leading copper smelting business. Early on developed works at Redbrook, near Monmouth, 1691-1790; Melincrythan Copper Works at Neath, 1742-63; and Taibach Copper Works at Aberavon, 1770-1838. 1841 reorganised when came under control of existing copper smelting businesses with multiple copper, iron, tinplate and chemical works throughout South Wales and in Cornwall. These included the very large Cwmavon Works, near Aberavon, developed in the 1820s and 30s by Vigurs, Batten, James & Co. By mid 1840s in severe difficulties when supported by Bank of England who in 1848 took charge of the Cwmavon plant, managing it for a short time before selling it to a reconstituted Company of Copper Miners in c1852
Publications:
- Bank of England, the Company of Copper Miners and the Cwmavon Works, 1847-52 by Roberts, R O
- Copper smelting in England. Revival at the end of the seventeenth century by Jenkins, Rhys
- Copper works at Redbrook and Bristol by Jenkins, Rhys
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Melincrythan Copper Works
- Taibach Copper Works
- Cwmavon Works
- Bank of England
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Aberavon, Neath Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, Wales, Wales
- Bristol, City of Bristol, Avon, South West, England
- Cornwall, Cornwall, South West, England
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Gwent, Wales, Wales
- Neath, Neath Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, Wales, Wales
- Pontypool, Torfaen, Gwent, Wales, Wales
- Redbrook, Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, South West, England
Sectors:
- Basic metals production Copper & brass smelting
Notes:
Established 1691 and emerged as a leading copper smelting business. Early on developed works at Redbrook, near Monmouth, 1691-1790; Melincrythan Copper Works at Neath, 1742-63; and Taibach Copper Works at Aberavon, 1770-1838. 1841 reorganised when came under control of existing copper smelting businesses with multiple copper, iron, tinplate and chemical works throughout South Wales and in Cornwall. These included the very large Cwmavon Works, near Aberavon, developed in the 1820s and 30s by Vigurs, Batten, James & Co. By mid 1840s in severe difficulties when supported by Bank of England who in 1848 took charge of the Cwmavon plant, managing it for a short time before selling it to a reconstituted Company of Copper Miners in c1852Publications:
- Bank of England, the Company of Copper Miners and the Cwmavon Works, 1847-52 by Roberts, R O
- Copper smelting in England. Revival at the end of the seventeenth century by Jenkins, Rhys
- Copper works at Redbrook and Bristol by Jenkins, Rhys