Showing 39 results

Archival description
John Bedford Papers,
Print preview View:

Accounts,

Accounts, 1766-1778, including an account book recording Bedford's receipts and disbursements from 1766 (the time he was based at Trostrey); some fragmentary accounts that have been annotated by Iolo Morganwg; and a workman's account for labour at one of Bedford's collieries in 1778.

Iolo Morganwg, 1747-1826

Building works,

Papers relating to building works at Rogerstone and Cefn Cribwr, 1766-1788, comprising notes, sketches and plans for the building of various parts of both forges, and notes on alterations to estate infrastructure at Cefn Cribwr.

Correspondence,

Correspondence, 1766-1789, mainly comprising draft letters from John Bedford to various correspondents concerning both personal affairs and business matters. It is not clear how many of these letters were sent.

Correspondence,

Correspondence, 1779, including draft letters intended for various trading companies and the Board of Ordnance concerning Bedford's work, and a letter regarding the use of charcoal and various coals in the iron-making process.

Correspondence,

Correspondence, 1780-1781, including draft letters concerning the principles of iron ores and the science of forging, and Bedford's search for an agent in the South West of England.

Correspondence,

Correspondence, 1787, relating to Bedford's personal affairs, rent arrears and general business matters.

Correspondence,

Correspondence, 1788-1789, including letters concerning papers intended for the Board of Ordnance, a tenement in King's Norton, legal business, and the sale of a 28-acre farm.

Correspondence,

Correspondence, 1766-1778, including draft letters concerning the process of making cast and bar iron and its supply, and rights over tolls and land. The file also includes notes on subjects such as gun-making and an account of Aberavon forges.

Correspondence,

Correspondence, 1785, concerning Bedford's personal affairs and business, including a letter regarding the receipt and payment of bills.

Correspondence,

Correspondence, 1786, largely relating to business matters, including a petition on account of Evan Giles regarding money, letters concerning the drawing up of a settlement, and offers to various individuals of some chaises.

Correspondence, petitions and notes,

Papers relating to Bedford's business matters and personal affairs, 1766-1789, comprising outgoing letters to various individuals and organisations, 1766-1789, petitions to organisations on matters concerning premiums for his work, 1769-1786, and miscellaneous notes recording his thoughts on matters largely unrelated to the iron industry.

Estate infrastructure,

Papers relating to estate infrastructure at Cefn Cribwr, 1771-1785, including notes on the state of the roads at the forge; plans for two new canals at the forge and at a small colliery nearby; and some notes on stirring canals, improving meadows by mixing canal soils and lime, and on mending a broken dam. The file also contains pages from various booklets on water wheels and troughs; justifications for using one water wheel at Cefn Cribwr; and a printed plan of the canal from Coventry to Oxford, 1771.

Financial papers,

Papers relating to the financial aspects of Bedford's business, 1766-1787, comprising accounts, 1766-1778, and papers concerning workmen and their salaries, 1767-1787.

Furnace and forge,

Papers relating to the planning and building of a forge at Rogerstone and a blast air furnace at Cefn Cribwr, 1766-1788, including notes on the design and structure of the forge and furnace; records of the dimensions and materials agreed upon with the builders; papers concerning firebricks for the furnace; and notes on settling the forge hammer and on improving the forge bellows at Cefn Cribwr. The file also contains a drawing by John Bedford of furnace blowing cylinders at Ketley Furnace, Shropshire, in 1772.

General business,

Papers relating to general business matters, 1781-1787, including rules for trading wholesale materials with a coal yard, 1787; notes on the price of local materials; the cost of the forge at Cefn Cribwr standing still, 1787; and Bedford's thoughts on partnerships and transport.

John Bedford Papers,

  • GB 0210 BEDFORD
  • Fonds
  • 1762-1791

Papers of John Bedford, 1762-1791, largely relating to his time in South Wales, and deal with iron-making techniques, his interests in experimenting with and improving these techniques, and the state of his own business ventures in forging and quarrying. The papers include notes on iron-making techniques, 1763-1788; management and business papers, 1766-1791; correspondence, petitions and miscellaneous notes, 1766-1789; and quarry notes, 1762-1789.

Bedford, John, ca. 1725-1791

Journey notes and observations,

Journey notes and observations, 1766-1787, including notes from visits to London and Birmingham in 1766 concerning the manufacture of pig and bar iron. The notes contain the names and addresses of businessmen and details of their work, and notes on lead imports and exports in London. Also included are notes on forge processes at a foundry in Bristol, 1787, and observations on water wheels.

Land management,

Papers relating to land management, 1780-1791, including a land security plan, notes on forge shares, land transactions and plans for a new company that were drawn up in the last year of Bedford's life, presumably when his venture at Cefn Cribwr had failed to prove successful. The file also includes a fragment of a letter concerning land issues.

Management and business papers,

Material relating to the management of Bedford's estates at Rogerstone and Cefn Cribwr and his various other business concerns, 1766-1791, comprising papers concerning land management and general business, 1780-1791; financial papers, 1766-1787, including some fragmentary accounts from the Trostrey works; and papers recording his progress with building works, 1766-1788.

Results 1 to 20 of 39