>One of the major problems in researching the history of the coal mines in the
>Bristol area (as distinct from those over the border in Somerset) is that
>hardly any of the business records of the owners seem to have survived.
The same applies to the Forest of Dean coalfield. The records of Henry
Crawshay & Co have just been deposited in the Gloucester Records Office and
I have a transcription of most of them on disk but does anybody know of the
whereabouts of any of the other company records.
The Crawshay one's give output figures, details of orders etc.
Ian
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Ian Pope
Cartographer
Oxford Centre for Cartography & Geographical Information Sciences
School of Planning
Oxford Brookes University
Gipsy Lane
Oxford
01865-483368
Chairman, Forest of Dean Local History Society
http://www.forestofdeanhistory.co.uk
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