John Bedford and the Ironworks at Cefn Cribwr
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- Author(s) Riden, Philip
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1992
- Pages 148pp; illus
- Publisher The author
- Place Published Cardiff
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Scholarly work providing an account of his life and most notably of the ironworks he established, most notably Cefn Cribwr whose history is given until its closure several decades after Bedford's death. Has chapters: 'John Bedford's origins and early life'; 'Cefn Cribwr in the 1770s'; 'Cefn Cribwr in the 1780s'; 'Cefn Cribwr after John Bedford's death'. Includes family tree descending from John Bedford, d1777, and sale particulars / valuation of the Works, 1836