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LevelSeries
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MS37/1
TitleDeeds and associated papers relating to collieries and iron works in Monmouthshire and Staffordshire
Extent5 sub-series comprising 26 files
Date1826-1894
DescriptionTitle deeds, correspondence, financial papers, press cuttings and associated papers relating to the affairs of clients of the solicitors Benbow, Tucker and Saltwell, of Lincoln's Inn, London.

Businesses represented in the papers include the Pontypool Iron Co, Parkfield Coal and Iron Works, Somerford Colliery, Bradley Iron Works, and Coalbrook Vale Iron Works.

Papers relating to the Pontypool Iron Co also include case papers relating to the compensation claim levied by the company against the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway Co for extensions to the line at Taff Vale and Hereford, 1852-1853.

Associated solicitors whose papers are represented include Dunn and Gawthorpe, Grays Inn, London, and Cope and Miller.
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