Editing Tredegar (section)

===Tredegar Ironworks===
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In 1797, [[Samuel Homfray]], with partners [[Richard Fothergill (ironmaster)|Richard Fothergill]] and Matthew Monkhouse, built a new furnace, leasing the land from the [[Tredegar Estate]] in [[Newport, Wales|Newport]].<ref name="web">[http://web.ukonline.co.uk/b.gardner/tredegar/tredpage.html B. Gardner's History of Tredegar and other information] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050219091738/http://web.ukonline.co.uk/b.gardner/tredegar/tredpage.html |date=2005-02-19 }}</ref> This created the new [[Sirhowy Ironworks]], that were in 1800 to become the [[Tredegar Iron Company]], named in honour of the Tredegar Estate at [[Tredegar House]] and [[Tredegar Park]] in [[Newport, Wales|Newport]] in the south of the county. Before 1800, Tredegar 'contained only three houses'.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lewis |first1=Samuel |title=A topographical dictionary of England Volume IV |date=1842 |publisher=S. Lewis & Co |location=London |page=368 |edition= 5th}}</ref>

In 1891, the company ceased production of iron, but continued to develop coal mines and produce coal. The former Tredegar Ironworks were effectively abandoned, with Whiteheads taking over the southern section of the site from 1907. In 1931, they also closed down their operations, moving everything to their Newport works. TICC continued to develop coal mines and work pits, until it was nationalised in 1946, becoming part of the [[National Coal Board]].

The [[Tredegar Iron Works]] in [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]], [[Virginia]], [[United States]] was named in honour of the town.