Pickwick's grandfather, Moses, was a
foundling who was discovered in an area of
Corsham known as Pickwick. This Pickwick was baptised Feb 2, 1748 in Freshford, Bath, UK. He started a coaching business that came to be based at
The White Hart inn opposite the iconic
Pump Room. Pickwick's nephew, Moses Pickwick, managed the inn. In 1794 Pickwick was on the board of the company that was created by the
Somerset Coal Canal. Pickwick invested tens of thousands of pounds in the canal business after its bankers refused to lend any more capital. Pickwick bought Bathford Manor House in 1798. Pickwick died in
Bath in 1837 and was buried in
Bathford. ==Legacy==