Davis, D, & Sons Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Davis, David
- Davis, Lewis
- Ferndale Colliery
- Barry Dock
- Taylor, A, & Co Ltd
- Cambrian Trust Ltd
- Welsh Associated Collieries Ltd
- Powell Duffryn Associated Collieries Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Ferndale, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Mid Glamorgan, Wales, Wales
Sectors:
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Extraction
Coal extraction
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Transport services
Port & harbour services
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Transport services
Railway transport services exc private & industrial railways
Notes:
Traced origins to David Davis, 1797-1866, who established a coal mining business in South Wales from c1830s, especially at Ferndale which was developed from 1857 and where two major disasters occurred in 1867 and 1869. Business known as D Davis & Sons in 1866 when joined by his sons David and Lewis, 1829-88, who, inter alia, promoted the construction of Barry Dock and its railway. Incorporated as D Davis & Sons Ltd in 1890. 1894 acquired local assets of A Taylor & Co Ltd. 1916 acquired by Cambrian Trust Ltd. 1927 part of Welsh Associated Collieries Ltd and in 1935 part of Powell Duffryn Associated Collieries Ltd [2023]
Publications:
- A Noble Life. Incidents in the career of Lewis Davis of Ferndale by Young, David
- 'D Davis & Sons Ltd, 1890-1914' in T J Baldwin et al, Cash Flow and Corporate Finance in Victorian Britain. Cases from the coal industry, 1860-1914 by Baldwin, T J, R H Berry & R A Church
- Ferndale Colliery Disasters, 1867 & 1869 by Harris, Gareth
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Davis, David
- Davis, Lewis
- Ferndale Colliery
- Barry Dock
- Taylor, A, & Co Ltd
- Cambrian Trust Ltd
- Welsh Associated Collieries Ltd
- Powell Duffryn Associated Collieries Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Ferndale, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Mid Glamorgan, Wales, Wales
Sectors:
- Extraction Coal extraction
- Transport services Port & harbour services
- Transport services Railway transport services exc private & industrial railways
Notes:
Traced origins to David Davis, 1797-1866, who established a coal mining business in South Wales from c1830s, especially at Ferndale which was developed from 1857 and where two major disasters occurred in 1867 and 1869. Business known as D Davis & Sons in 1866 when joined by his sons David and Lewis, 1829-88, who, inter alia, promoted the construction of Barry Dock and its railway. Incorporated as D Davis & Sons Ltd in 1890. 1894 acquired local assets of A Taylor & Co Ltd. 1916 acquired by Cambrian Trust Ltd. 1927 part of Welsh Associated Collieries Ltd and in 1935 part of Powell Duffryn Associated Collieries Ltd [2023]Publications:
- A Noble Life. Incidents in the career of Lewis Davis of Ferndale by Young, David
- 'D Davis & Sons Ltd, 1890-1914' in T J Baldwin et al, Cash Flow and Corporate Finance in Victorian Britain. Cases from the coal industry, 1860-1914 by Baldwin, T J, R H Berry & R A Church
- Ferndale Colliery Disasters, 1867 & 1869 by Harris, Gareth