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Wales / Re: Glass Industry in Wales?
« on: Tuesday 26 June 12 10:23 BST (UK) »
Hi
The glassworks in Cardiff was in the area around what is now Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff Bay and was situated, I think, on the bank of the canal which ran to the east of the Taff. The works themselves were owned by Guest & Co (John Josiah Guest) and the land they were situated on was leased from the Bute Estate. Around the time the construction began on the docks in Cardiff, Bute apparently wanted to buy Guest out of the lease so he could use the land but, so the story goes, there had been some sort of falling out between the two, so Guest carried on running the glassworks even though they weren't thought to be particularly profitable. He died in 1852 and the lease either reverted to Bute or was sold back to him and he went on to build Mount Stuart Square. I have seen a couple of early postcards which show the cones of the glassworks.
Hope this is of some use to you.
Mandi
The glassworks in Cardiff was in the area around what is now Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff Bay and was situated, I think, on the bank of the canal which ran to the east of the Taff. The works themselves were owned by Guest & Co (John Josiah Guest) and the land they were situated on was leased from the Bute Estate. Around the time the construction began on the docks in Cardiff, Bute apparently wanted to buy Guest out of the lease so he could use the land but, so the story goes, there had been some sort of falling out between the two, so Guest carried on running the glassworks even though they weren't thought to be particularly profitable. He died in 1852 and the lease either reverted to Bute or was sold back to him and he went on to build Mount Stuart Square. I have seen a couple of early postcards which show the cones of the glassworks.
Hope this is of some use to you.
Mandi