Samuel J. Moreland, son of a sawyer from
Stroud,
Gloucestershire was born in 1828. In 1867, he moved to
Gloucester, and opened the Moreland Trade Factory (which still stands today, on Bristol Road) to manufacture those matches. In 2010, there was a campaign to relight the celebrated "England's Glory" sign (unlit since the 1970s) on the factory, some residents even offering to pay. The
electoral ward of
Moreland, Gloucester is named after the factory. == References ==