John Cashmore Ltd

[1] The company was founded in 1872 by a member of the Cashmore family in Horseley Heath, Staffordshire.

[3][4] Scrapping of steam locomotives from the LMR, ER and WR, also took place at Gold's Hill, Great Bridge.

[3] It ran a ship breaking business on the banks of the River Usk, which had a very high tide enabling large vessels to be moved upstream.

71000 Duke of Gloucester, which was the only member of its class built and was eventually preserved years later, was towed to this area in 1967 and due to be scrapped here.

However, a man named Maurice Sheppard, who was a former fireman for British Railways, realised that this locomotive was delivered to the wrong scrapyard.