Private Owner Wagons of the Forest of Dean

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION page 7

TRAMROAD DAYS page 9

THE BROAD GAUGE page 13

THE COLLIERIES: Part One: Housecoal page 17
Parkend page 18
New Fancy page 23
Speech House Hill page 25
Wimberry page 27
Trafalgar page 28
Crump Meadow page 30
Foxes Bridge page 32
Lightmoor page 34
Pluds page 39

Smaller Collieries page 41
Nags Head 41
Dean Forest Navigation Coal & Fuel Co. page 42
Forest Steam Coal Co. page 43
Coleford Red Ash page 43
Clement's Tump page 44
Darkhill & Ellwood page 44
Wallsend page 44
Woorgreens page 45

THE COLLIERIES: Part Two: The Deep Pitspage 47
Norchard page 48
Princess Royal page 52
Cannop page 56
Arthur & Edward page 60
Eastern United page 65
Northern United page 67

COAL FACTORS page 69
Dean Forest Coal Co. page 71
E. P. & R. L. Morgan page 76
Edgar Jarrett & Co. page 77
New Bowson Coal Co. page 79
I. W. Baldwin & Co. page 82
Phoenix Coal Co. page 83
Sully & Co. page 85
James Smith page 88
Read & Son page 92
Alfred J. Smith page 94
Thomas Silvey page 96
F. H. Silvey page 98
Lowell Baldwin page 99
Dunkerton Coal Factors page 101
Clutton page 101
Renwick, Wilton page 102
Barker & Lovering page 104
Baker & Kernick page 105
Trevor Powell page 105

COAL MERCHANTS: Forest of Dean page 107
The Lydney Coal Co. page 108
Mansfield Bros page 109
Terrett Taylor page 110
W. H. James page 110
Non-Forest: Gloucestershire
A. E. Moody page 111
H. J. Mabbett page 111
F. J. Holpin page 111
R. E. Aldridge page 111
H. Blandford page 112
Dickinson, Prosser & Cox page 113
Pates & Co. page 113
W. Sawyer & Co. page 114
Powell, Gwinnell & Co. Ltd page 114
Alexander Crane page 115
E. T. Ward page 115
Non-Forest: Somerset
G. Small & Son page 116
William Thomas page 117
Radstock Coal Co. page 117
Somerset Trading Co. page 117
Hartnell & Son page 117
Non-Forest: Bristol
Twining page 118
Mark Whitwill & Son page 118
S. Stone & Co. page 119
H. Pepler & Son page 119
Non-Forest: Wiltshire
William Duck page 119
G. Davis page 119
Mortimore page 120
Non-Forest: Others
C & G. Ayres page 121
Albert Usher page 121
Ralls & Son page 121
Spencer Abbott page 121
Wye Valley
Morgan Bros page 122
John Yates page 123
Samuel Llewellyn page 123
Webb, Hall & Webb page 123
John Hollins page 123
Welsh Traders
Wm Morris page 124
Victor Grey & Co. page 124
Leadbeter page 124
James & Emanuel page 125
Bedwas page 125
Graham Roberts & Co. page 125
Budd & Co. page 125

INDUSTRIAL USERS
Purified Flock & Bedding Co. Ltd page 126
Wm Playne page 126
Hillier's Bacon Curing Co. Ltd page 127
E. A. Chamberlain page 127
Stroud Gas Light page 127
Samuel Jefferies page 128
Stonehouse Brick & Tile Co. Ltd page 128
S. J. Moreland & Sons page 128
John Stephens, Son & Co. Ltd page 129
Gloucester Gaslight Company page 129
Gloucester Corporation page 130
Borough of Cheltenham Electricity Dept page 130
South Herefordshire Agricultural Co-op page 130
Monmouth Steam Saw Mills Co. Ltd page 131
Miscellaneous Wagons page 132

COAL HANDLING page 139
The Unknowns, Coal page 144

STONE page 149
E. R. Payne & Son page 150
David & Sant page 151
Forest of Dean Stone Firms page 151
E. Turner & Sons page 152
United Stone Firms page 153
Clee Hill Granite Co. page 154
Whitecliff Lime Co. page 155

METALLIFEROUS page 157
Easter Iron Mine page 157
Richard Watkins page 158
Forest of Dean Iron Co. page 159
Parkend Tinplate Co. page 159
Henry Crawshay & Co. page 160
Great Western Iron Co. page 161
Richard Thomas page 162
The Unknowns, Metalliferous page 163

TANK WAGONS page 165
Berry Wiggins page 165
Sharpness Chemical Co. page 168

MISCELLANEOUS page 169
Severn Ports Warehousing page 169
Spillers page 169

LOCAL WAGON BUILDERS page 170
Cheltenham page 170
Bullo Pill page 170
Gloucester page 171

APPENDIX ONE: Crawshay Orders page 172
INDEX page 182