Pike Ward and Teignmouth. The story of the Ward family.

This exhibition focuses on the Ward family, and in particular Pike Ward, Icelandic Adventurer.
Pike Ward became Founder Director of the Teignmouth Quay Company in 1886 and the Pike Ward Company traded successfully on fish from Newfoundland until about 1893 when this supply stopped.
In the early 19th century the Icelandic fish industry became dominant in salt-fish production and Pike Ward decided to explore the possibilities of trading with Iceland. He travelled to Iceland in 1895 to buy supplies of salted cod, and this trade continued until the outbreak of the First World War.
Like his father, he had a finger in most of the maritime pies and his skill as a shipbroker enabled the company to flourish.
His reputation extended throughout the West of England as a seafarer, adventurer and a trader in high altitudes. The coast of Newfoundland knew him and in Iceland he was a legend in the fishing industries.