Fishguard Harbour Improvement Company Records,

Records of the Fishguard Harbour Improvement Company comprising minutes, 1857-1864; other administrative papers (notices, reports, bye-laws, specifications and estimates), 1857-1897; financial papers (account books, receipts and vouchers), 1857-1897; and correspondence with the Admiralty, the Board of Trade, firms of lawyers and others, 1857-1897. There are no records relating to the later history of the Company.

Abortive attempts were made to improve the harbour at Lower Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, from the late 18th century onwards. However in 1859 the Fishguard Harbour Improvement Company was formed by Act of Parliament in order to build a pier and quay at Lower Fishguard Harbour. The building work was carried out between March 1860 and July 1862. The Company charged tolls on ships entering the harbour. From the late 19th century the port went into decline, and the Company eventually became insolvent, being wound up in April 1949. The separate Port of Fishguard Harbour was developed in the early 20th century.

Arranged into the following: documents relating to the formation and running of the Company, documents relating to finance, and correspondence.

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Donated by Mr R. S. L. Scott, BA, Goodwick, Pembrokeshire, 1962.

Abortive attempts were made to improve the harbour at Lower Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, from the late 18th century onwards. However in 1859 the Fishguard Harbour Improvement Company was formed by Act of Parliament in order to build a pier and quay at Lower Fishguard Harbour. The building work was carried out between March 1860 and July 1862. The Company charged tolls on ships entering the harbour. From the late 19th century the port went into decline, and the Company eventually became insolvent, being wound up in April 1949. The separate Port of Fishguard Harbour was developed in the early 20th century.

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February 2003

Compiled by Rhys Jones for the ANW project. The following sources were used to compile this description: NLW, Schedule of Fishguard Harbour Improvement Company Records; Scott, Richard S. L., 'The Port of Fishguard', Journal of the Pembrokeshire Historical Society 2 (1986-87), pp. 58-67.

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Further papers are in National Library of Wales, Williams and Williams Records, and Pembrokeshire Record Office, (1969 accessions).

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