Cinderford St Johns & Henry Crawshay(1812-1879) (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Thursday, April 10, 2014, 19:39 (3675 days ago) @ Jefff

Hi Christoper,
Regarding the excellent Way-Mark website discussing the link between mine owners and their chosen Churches. When spotting the Crawshay memorial photo I then had a quick look at that site, sadly I was too quick. The site does, of course, mention Henry Crawshay in some depth stating

"Henry Crawshay was one of the few 'Masters' to be a member of the established church. When in residence at Abbotswood House the Crawshays regularly worshipped at St Johns Church. This was considered to be the church of the Lightmoor Colliery because many of the miners from that pit worshipped there and were buried there.
The Crawshays lived at Abbotswood House in Ruspidge and also Oaklands Park near Newnham and also built Blaisdon Hall."

Please see more here
http://way-mark.co.uk/foresthaven/historic/hstrus0a.htm
http://way-mark.co.uk/foresthaven/livnhist/photo077.htm#

Roger Griffiths posted on this forum, sorry Roger for not finding it earlier...
"Founder of Crawshay fortunes was Richard, 1739-1810, originally from Yorkshire. He dealt in iron in London and then was a director or partner at the Cyfarthfa Ironworks at Merthyr Tydfil, eventually taking it over. It cast cannon for the army and or the navy during the American War of Independence.
There's plenty on the Crawshay family in Wikipaedia, also see William I and William II Crawshay. I think they came to FoD in 1830's or 1840's and to Oaklands Park. They had the capital to invest in deep mining, coal and iron. Winding engines etc. The family grave is in Awre churchyard, deteriorated and overgrown with grass and weeds. They may have been around until the 1920's. They were not popular employers with miners. I remember reading an ex-miner saying that no one shed any tears when they left the FoD."
http://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=23425

Searching this site's PRs shows the Crawshays usually at St Johns, Cinderford or St Andrew, Awre.

Record_ID: 75417
Entry_Number: 311
Year: 1879
Month: Nov
Day: 29
Surname: CRAWSHAY
Forenames: Henry
Residence: Awre
Age_at_death: 67
Officiating_Minister: WR Savage Vicar
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference:
Page_No: 39
Parish_Chapel: Awre
Soundex: C620

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This site gives a detailed history of the various mines of Henry Crawshay & Co Ltd, including names of managers;
http://www.dmm.org.uk/company/c1005.htm

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