Goldney Family. A Bristol merchant dynasty
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- Author(s) Stembridge, Peggy K
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1998
- Pages 173pp; illus
- Publisher Bristol Record Society
- Place Published Bristol
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Publishes transcriptions of documents relating to Thomsd Goldney I, 1620-96; Thomas Goldney II, 1664-1731; and Thomas Goldney III, 1696-1768. Part one comprises introductory chapter [pp1-83] describing the life of each one in turn, with little on I and most on III. Focuses on their business interests with information on Coalbrookdale for II and for III on Coalbrookdale, the Willey and Bersham Furnances, 1731-45; on the Warmley Co, 1747-69; on 'mining adventures', 1750-68; on shipping, 1751-68; on the bank Goldney, Smith & Co, 1752-68; on the 'great expansion of Coalbrookdale; and on his Clifton estate and garden. The transcriptions cover a miscellany of documents - wills, accounts, journals, etc, - with some touching on Coalbrookdale, shipping, the bank, etc