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1805
- 1809
1805 Cambrian The property known as the "Mayors Plot" has been purchased by Sir Robert Salisbury from Newport Town Council for the sum of £75. We are given to understand, by persons that know, that they consider the value has been grossly undervalued.
The new prison in Mill Street Newport has now been completed at a cost of £40 and has already received the sobriquet of the "Clock House" due, no doubt, to its circular shape as it boasts no clock. The area is already known as Pentonville.
Sir Charles died in 1806 at the age of eighty. His family name was Gould but on marrying Jane Morgan in 1758 he adopted his wife's name. He pursued a legal career until he inherited from his wife large estates in Monmouthshire, Glamorgan and Breconshire. Being a very shrewd man he used this fortune to invest in the new industries which were starting in South Wales. It was he who was the motivating, force in the construction of the Sirhowy to Newport tram-road which by chance happened to pass through Tredegar Park for a distance of one mile over his property and was known as the "Golden Mile." Tolls were levied on every ton of coal passing this way to the weighing machine at Courtybella. Thus, apart from his already massive income from rents, he now had another source of income to add to the family fortune. His son, also Sir Charles Morgan, inherited the title and estate on his death.
In 1807, Sir Charles Morgan Gould granted a lease for
99 years of some 200 acres of land adjoining the then small town of Newport
to Messrs Samuel Homfray, Rowley Lascelles, and Richard Fothergill, in
trust for himself and themselves, and they entered into partnership under
the style of the Tredegar Wharf Co., with a capital of £160,000
for the development of that property.
Mr. Peter Napper begs leave to inform the public that he has opened the above establishment for the sale of Pastries, Pies and Muffins of the Highest Quality. He hopes by paying strict attention to orders he will merit a share of Public Favour.
The granting two years ago of a lease for 99 years of 200 acres of land to the Tredegar Wharf Company by Sir Charles Morgan has resulted in the construction of a road, one mile in length and fifty feet wide, from the Westgate to Pillgwenlly. If runs in a straight line - one half being known as Commercial Street and the remainder which runs from the Salutation Inn to Pill as Commercial Road. Note: This was no gift to Newport by Sir Charles, but a very shrewd and profitable investment as all the ground rents from the Westgate to Pill went to the Tredegar Wharf Co. in which he had a controlling interest and at the end of the 99 year lease all the land and buildings thereon reverted to the Tredegar Estate and the Morgan family.
For many years the ships which plied back and forth to
Bristol charged exorbitant fares for the journey. A Mr. Kemeys decided
to capture this market by placing on station a boat which he named the
"Moderator," moderate prices being charged. The wharf from which
this boat sailed was henceforth known as the Moderator Wharf. [ Back ] |
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