20 August - Thomas Sheasby resigns as engineer of the Aberdare Canal,[27] to be replaced by George Overton.[28] As part of the canal works, a free-standing metal rail bridge is built at Robertstown, Aberdare - the first of its kind in the world.[29]
At Hereford Assizes, Samuel Homfray and his partners in the Penydarren ironworks sue the Dowlais Company for fouling the Morlais brook with cinders and slag.[31]
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^The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
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