Amendments to 'Tinplate in Wales'

p 10 Apologies to Col Christopher Miers, it is he rather than Mr. Charles Miers' who should be acknowledged

p 26 DELETE from 'Around 1770' to 'seven years war.'

SUBSTITUTE 'Around 1745 John Miers a London importer of German tinplate appeared on the scene doing business with Pytt and Lewis. Soon after Pytt's death in 1753 he joined the partnership, now called Coles, Lewis & Company. In about 1770 he became the sole owner of Ynyspenllwech in the Swansea valley and other works in the Vale of Neath and the Afan Valley. Presumably this was to try to safeguard supplies in the wake of the interruptions of the Seven Years War.'

p27 DELETE from 'He however' to 'Church of England'

p 27 DELETE 'Wire & Tinplate workers'

SUBSITUTE 'of Tinplate workers alias Wireworkers of the City of London.'

p27 DELETE from 'John Miers does not' to 'Fothergill Lettersom'

SUBSTITUTE 'John Miers died in London in1780, having maintained a residence there despite , it is believed, having taken a lease on Brtion Ferry House in around 1760 . His elder son Nathanthiel who had been "disowned" by the Quakers for marrying in Church, ran the family's works in south Wales as an ironmaster at Neath until his early death in 1782. The younger son, John, who had been running the London end of the business took over in south Wales. He died in 1787. In his will he left the Miers works jointly to his nephews John Nathaniel Miers and Samuel Fothergill Lettsom but both were under age and therefore did not fully inherit the works until 1799.
John Nathaniel Miers, grandson of the orginal John Miers married into the great Hill family of the Plymouth Iron works at Merthyr Tydfil. When capital was needed in order to expand the business, John Nathaniel Miers advanced £5000 (A quarter of the new total) and became a partner. Soon aferwards, in 1803, the Plymouth company agreed with the Dowlais and Penydarren Iron companies to build a tramroad for their joint use. In 1804 one of Richard Trevethick's high pressure locomotives was constructed at Penydarren and made several trips along the the tramroad before being converted to stainonary use. It is acknowledged to have been the world's first steam locomotive.
John Nathaniel Miers continued to run the Miers family works in partnership with his cousin Samuel Fothergill Lettsom. He served as High Sheriff of Glamorgan in 1808'.

p 28 DELETE 1771 SUBSTITUTE 1754

p28 After' New Forge' INSERT 'built by John Miers the younger'

p 28 Lettsom NOT Letterson

p28 DELETE from 'thus further' to 'dynasties'.

SUBSTITUTE (new sentence) 'There was already a connection between the two families, a cousin of her grandfather John Miers having married an earlier Capel Hanbury in 1750.'

P 29 DELETE' Lettsom trading' SUBSTITUTE' Lettsom traded', INSERT 'and' between 'Co' and 'ran'

p 30 DELETE 'By the mid' to 'hands of''

SUBSTITUTE 'William Llewellyn had begun working for John Miers and Co as a young man. In due course his family owned almost all the works previously owned by the Miers. On the death of his son Llewellyn in 1859 the Yynypenlwych works passed to Herny Strick, a son in law of William Llewellyn.'

p 30 after 'ex-Pytt forge/ INSERT new sentence
/The Aberdulais site was taken over by William Llewellyn & Co and a new Timplte works built in 1830. The runis of these works, partially restored are now the property of the National Trust.'

p 30 NOTE Lettsom NOT Letterson

I am most grateful for these corrections and addtional information so kndly supplied by Col. Christopher Miers

05/09

Reynolds and Smith advertised the Carmarthen works plus '2 powerful forges' for sale in 1830. Described as capable of producing 500 boxes per week. It re-opened in 1832 as Dawnham & Co

06/09

p115 The Grovesend steel & Tinplate Co also owned the Omastele Company manufacturer of 2' x 2' squares of sheet embossed as Anaglypta. This material found some success in public buildings (eg Swansea Metal Exchange) but little for domestic applications. ( Mr K Morgan)

11/09