Cresswell Quay
Cresswell Quay became a place of activity because of the coal trade and was particularly important in the eighteenth century, when there were in fact 3 quays and a coal fold of over an acre.
Cresswell Quay
Organisation of the out-shipment of coal changed with the introduction of larger vessels which anchored at Lawrenny and received some of their coal by lighter or barge from Cresswell Quay. Of 40 vessels which were registered in 1795 as plying on the Cleddau, 21 were associated with Cresswell Quay. They included 18 lighters and 2 sloops. M.R.C. Price suggests that the export of coal via Cresswell Quay had come to an end before 1840, but general traffic continued to use the 'Quay' into the 20th century.
