The pages that know no Boundaries
There are some things that turn up in all the wrong places so don't particularly fit the geographical layout of the rest of the pages.
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Two Prolific Newport Foundries
Local foundries and ironworks are largely gone now. They produced a wide range of items, generally marked with their name.
This page has examples of all manner of drain and manholes, builder plates and signs, gate and fence posts plus other castings with their inscriptions.
W A Baker & Co Ltd, Westgate Foundry, East Dock Road, Newport, Monmouthshire
'W A Baker & Co Ltd' were established in 1880 Business established and was re-constituted as 'W A Baker & Co 1910 Ltd' in 1910, They became part of the 'Whitehead Iron and Steel Co Ltd' in 1938. A new foundry was built during WW2 followed by a major expansion and refurbishment. In 1957 Bakers became part of the US firm, 'Black Clawson', and the works was demolished in 2006.

'W A Baker & Co Ld Newport Mon'
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'W A Baker & Co 1910 Ltd No 3032 Newport Mon'
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'Bakers Newport'
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'Bakers Newport no 3349L'
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'Bakers NCW Newport'
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'Newport Sewers W A Baker & Co 1910 Ld'
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'Bakers Newport'
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'W A Baker & Co Ld Newport Sewers Newport Mon'
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'NMGC W A Baker'
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Broads Foundry, Pontymister, Monmouthshire
Pontymister ironworks were established in 1801, being connected to the canal and Sirhowy Tramroad by a branch tramroad across the River Ebbw. Unfortunately the works appear to have seriously unsuccessful, going from bankrupcy to bankrupcy. It became much more successful as a tinplate works from 1845 and the tramway became a railway in 1850 with the mainline. Another bankrupcy hit the works in 1896 after an acrimonious strike, a merger with the adjacent Pontymister foundry and more changes to ownership followed. The building of the Llanwern steelworks ended steel production in 1962.
Birds Commercial Motors demolished the works in 1962 then carried on using the site as a scrapyard, scrapping over 200 steam locomotives, until 1969 after which they used part of the area as a plant depot.
Broads of London were successful builders merchants founded in 1882 at Paddington Dock, with their foundry at Hanwell, West London. The West London site was valuable housing land and not the best place for an iron foundry, so they built a new foundry on part of Birds site in Pontymister, opening in 1970. Over 30 years later Broads Foundry closed in 2004. I don't know if there is any way of telling the two foundries work apart, some articles include 'London' in the casting, others of an identical pattern don't. Broads seem to be connected to 'Brickhouse Dudley Ltd' in later years as similar patterns exist.

'Broads 16D Broads'
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'Broad & Co Ltd London 42A'
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'Brickhouse Dudley 42E'
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'Broads No 70B WVSB Sewers Patent no 932719'
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'Broads 78B Broads'
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'Broads 117 D2' drain cover
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'Broads 129B Broads'
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'Broads 182 Broads'
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'Broads 7821 UK'
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'Broads London'
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'Broad & Co Ltd London'
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'Broad & Co Ltd London'
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'Broads PO Patent no 932719'
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'Broads PO PO'
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'Broads Telephone' and 'PO'
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The 'Ner-Roc' range

'Broads London Ner Roc'
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'Broad & Co Ltd London 38A Ner Roc'
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'Broads London 38A Ner Roc'
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The 'Silent Knight' range

'Broads 5011 Silent Knight'
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'Broads 70B Silent Knight'
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'Broads 70C Silent Knight'
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'73E/D Broads Silent.Knight'
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'Broads FOUL Silent Knight'
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'Broads PO Silent Knight'
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'Broads SW Silent Knight'
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'Broads WVSB Silent Knight'
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Manhole Covers
A to Z of Welsh Makers, Councils or Companies

'Barry D C'
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'BUDC Sewer'
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'EVUDC Storm Water'
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'Glyn Eng Works Pontypool'
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'Ham Baker & Co Ltd Keymac WVS Westminster SW'
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'Hayes Maesteg'
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'Herbert & Young CRDC Meter Coleford Glos'
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'Howell & Son Aberayron'
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'HW & Co PM'
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'Jordans Ltd Newport Mon'
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'Lawrence & Co Taffs Well'
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'Lewis & Co Merthyr'
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'Lewis & David Port Talbot'
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'J Lloyd Stephens Talybont-on-Usk'
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'J M Morris Welshpool'
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'J M Morris Welshpool'
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'MUDC Brown Blackwood'
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'MUDC Rock Pattern'
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'J E Nott Co Ltd Brecon'
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'NRDC Tondu Eng Works'
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'Pontypool Foundry & Eng Co Ld'
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'Pontypool Foundry & Eng Co Ld'
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'RDC ...YTE & Co', Trehafod
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'R T & B Stormwater', Ebbw Vale
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'RUDC Sewer'
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'Sandbrook & Dawe Ltd'
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'T Spittle Ld Newport Mon'
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'T Spittle Ltd Newport Mon'
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'Titan Foundry Limited Cardiff'
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'TF' from Treforest Foundry
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'Tondu Eng Works Surface Water MAUDC'
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'Victoria Foundry Ebbw Vale'
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'Henry Ward Williams'
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'Henry Ward Williams 1913'
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'WVSB'
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'WVSB'
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'P T Woodruff Machen Foundry'
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The UK and Everywhere Else
Builders Plates

'Joseph Adamson & Co Ltd'
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'Brown Marshalls & Co Builder'
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'Griffin Foundry Co Makers Birmingham'
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'Horsehay Co Ltd Shropshire 1914'
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'The Horsehay Co Ld 1925'
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Horsehay Co plate at Trehafod
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Horsehay Co plate at Trehafod
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'Lysaght Ld Engineers Bristol'
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'J Mowle & Co Chester 1863'
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'Ransomes & Rapier'
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'Stothert & Pitt Engineers'
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'James Watt & Co'
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Manhole Covers

'Adams Ltd York'
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'Adams Patent York & London'
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'G W Allen & Son Makers Stroud'
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'W T Burden Ltd Birmingham'
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'Charlton Sheffield'
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'J W Cunningham & Co 196 Blackfriars Road SE'
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'W E Farrer Ltd Birmingham'
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'William E Farrer Ltd London & Birmingham'
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'Glenfield & Kennedy Limited FH BRDC Kilmarnock'
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'GWR sewer'
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'Ham Baker & Co Westminster'
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'Ham Baker & Co Ltd Keymac WVS Westminster SW'
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'Hayward Bros Union Street Borough'
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'Hepworth Ductile 35 Kn'
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'Herbert & Young Cinderford Glos'
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'Herbert & Young CRDC Meter Coleford Glos'
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'Hillman & Son Ironfounders Weston-S-Mare'
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'J C Hulse & Co Ltd Telford Salop'
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'G H Laud & Sons'
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'Stanton and Staveley 600 Circular'
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'J Stone & Co Ltd Deptford'
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Unidentified manhole with wooden blocks
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And a couple from Taiwan

Alishan Forest, Taiwan
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Tainan decorative cover, Taiwan
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Stop Cocks, Valves and Hydrants

'BRDC SV'
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'BWW' Bath Water Works
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'Guest Chrimes Rotherham'
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'Ham Baker & Co Ltd'
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'Ham Baker & Co Ltd Westminster'
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'Ham Baker & Co Ltd Patent NCW Westminster'
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'Herbert & Young NSMWB Meter Coleford Glos'
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'NDWB', North Devon Water Board
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'Monitoring Well www.StuartWells.co.uk'
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'STW Water', Severn Trent Water
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'STWA Water', Severn Trent Water Authority
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'Thames Water'
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''J Tylor Waste Not Valve Box'
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'Willey NDWB Meter London Exeter'
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Drain Covers and Gratings

'Cinderford Teague & Chew Ltd'
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'Dudley & Dowell Ltd Bradley Heath Staffs'
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'Herbert & Young Cinderford Glos'
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'Herbert & Young Cinderford Glos'
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'Willey & Co Ltd Exeter'
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'Wilson & Co Engineers Frome'
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Railway, Canal and Road Signs

ANDR boundary post
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BMR lift notice
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BTC gate notice
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Cork and Bandon Railway sign
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'Greenwood & Batley No 1445'
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GS & WR notice board, Llanelly Hill
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GWR bridge restriction plate
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GWR bridge warning notice
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GWR boundary post from 1886
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GWR signal box notice
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GWR milepost, Cefn Cribbwr
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GWR marker post, Cefn Cribbwr
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LMSR sign at Govilon
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LMSR sign at Govilon
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LNWR sign at Govilon
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LNWR milepost at Llanfoist
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LNWR boundary post
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LYR sign at Abertwsswg
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'Roads Act-1920' prohibited notice
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Other Ironmongery, particularly with names and makers

'Acramans Bristol', Limpley Stoke
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'Alexandra Roller' at Cefn Ila
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'Joseph J Armfield Ringwood'
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'Cables' at Trinant, Monmouthshire
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'Jeffery Blackstone Stamford No 3'
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'G Lewis & Son Kettering'
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'Pillatt Stapleford Nottingham'
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'R R & W Miles Leominster'
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Gatepost at Gilwern Station
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Gatepost at Cefn Ila
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Cast-iron stove at Cefn Ila
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'Winwood Bristol' at Paulton, Som
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