Hi everyone!
I've just subscribed to this list in the hope that somebody might be
able to shed a little light on something for me. I am in the middle of
some research into the alum industry of north-east Yorkshire (I know,
that's a long way from Glamorganshire!). Last week I came across a
published source that was new to me. The author was writing about the
Scottish alum works at Hurlet and Campsie but went on to explain that
alum making " ...had been attempted, at other times, in different parts
of the kingdom; particularly a few years ago at Neath, in
Glamorganshire." The book was originally published in 1812 and so this
Welsh alum works would have been around in the 1790s or the early 1800s.
Can anyone shed any further light on this for me or point me to other
sources that might be of interest to me? If it actually got into full
production it would have been a competitor to the Yorkshire works, hence
my interest.
kindest regards,
Peter Appleton
Yorkshire, England.