Aberthaw and Rhoose Portland Cement and Lime Co. Limited
Other names: Aberthaw and Bristol Channel Portland Cement Co. Ltd.
Active: 1914 - 1949
Function: Cement manufacturer
Policy: The Company was formed to carry on the business of Manufacturers of Portland Cement, and to erect works for this purpose at Aberthaw in the County of Glamorgan.
The uses of Cement are now universal, it has taken the place of stone and brick for building purposes, and it is very largely used in Constructional Engineering works of every description.
Locations
Built offices at Medical College The Parade Cardiff | View on map
1926 (Presumed)
'Aberthaw' provided all the cement for the building
Built offices at National Provincial Bank Cardiff Docks Cardiff | View on map
Cement supplied by 'Aberthaw'
Located at 54 St. Mary Street Cardiff | View on map
1914
Located at Porthkerry and Works Rhoose Cardiff | View on map
1914 - 1926
Located at Merthyr House Docks James Street Cardiff | View on map
1932
Office located at Empire House Mount Stewart Square Cardiff | View on map
1949
Works located at Aberthaw Cardiff | View on map
1926
Institutional and Business Connections
Associated with T. Beynon and Co.
1949
Listed as Agent
Worked with E. Turner and Sons Limited, Cardiff
1926 (Presumed)
Worked on the Medical College, The Parade, Cardiff and the National Provincial Bank, Cardiff Docks.
Descriptions of Business or Institution
Listed in Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire and South Wales 1914
1914
Listed as Cement Manufacturer
Listed in Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire and South Wales, 1920
1920
Listed as Cement Manufacturer
Listed in Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire and South Wales, 1926
1926
Listed as Cement Manufacturer
Listed in Cardiff Directory including Penarth, Llandaff, Whitchurch, Ely and Villages Adjacent to Cardiff. 1932
1932
Listed as Cement and Fire Clay Manufacturers and Sand Merchant
Listed in Kelly's 'Western Mail' Directory of Cardiff, 1949
1949
Listed as Cement Manufacturer
Sources
Aberthaw and Bristol Channel Portland Cement Company Limited
Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire and South Wales 1914
1914
South Wales p.1164
Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire and South Wales, 1920
1920
South Wales p.1128
Kelly's 'Western Mail' Directory of Cardiff, 1949
1949
p.688
Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire and South Wales, 1926
1926
South Wales p.1299
Works of the Aberthaw and Bristol Channel Portland Cement Co., Ltd, 1915
23 April 1915
Citing this record
'Aberthaw and Rhoose Portland Cement and Lime Co. Limited', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/organization.php?id=msib1_1212139258, accessed 01 Oct 2023]
