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A Gazetteer of the British Iron Industry, 1490–1815, Volumes I and II
Peter King
A new process of making iron, using a blast furnace and a forge, both powered by water, was introduced into the Weald in the 1490s, and spread to other parts of England and Wales from the 1550s. This book provides a history of every ironworks of the charcoal blast furnace period, except the Weald. It also covers early coke ironworks (built before 1815) and water-powered bloomeries (of the previous technology). After introductory material on the industry generally, each chapter deals with the ironworks of one district, including also other water-powered mills processing iron, steel furnaces, early ironworks powered by steam engines, and a few other works. Blade mills (and cutlers wheels), which provided the initial cutting edge for tools are not included in those areas where they are ubiquitous. The period covered is an era in the technology of an important industry in Great Britain.
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Front Cover: Volume I
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Title Page
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Copyright
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Acknowledgements
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Contents
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Key Maps
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List of Maps
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List of Tables
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List of Family Trees
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Note on Weights and Measures
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Abbreviations
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Abstract
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1 Introduction
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Part I. Southeast
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2 Weald
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3 The Thames Valley
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4 Hampshire
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Part II. Northeast
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5 Northeast England
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6 North Yorkshire Moors
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7 Northern West Riding
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8 The Pennine Dales of West Yorkshire
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9 Sheffield District
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10 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
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Part III. Northern Midlands
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11 The Trent Valley
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12 North Staffordshire
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13 Cheshire
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14 Wrexham and Flintshire
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15 Montgomeryshire and the Border
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16 Shropshire West of the Severn Gorge
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17 North Shropshire
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18 Coalbrookdale and the Shropshire Coalfi eld
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19 Broseley and below the Gorge
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20 The Worfe Valley
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Front Cover: Volume II
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Title Page
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Copyright
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Contents
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List of Maps
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List of Family Trees
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Part IV. Southern Midlands
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21 Penk Valley
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22 Cannock Chase
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23 The Tame Valley and the Northeast Black Country
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24 The Stour Valley and Southwest Black Country
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25 The Clee Hills
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26 The South Midlands
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Part V. Southwest and Wales
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27 Around the Severn Estuary
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28 The Forest of Dean
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29 Tintern and the Lower Wye Valley
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30 The Middle Wye Valley
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31 Upper Wye and Upper Usk Valleys
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32 North Monmouthshire
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33 Northern Glamorgan
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34 The Cardiff and Newport Area
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35 The Bristol Area
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36 The Southwestern Penninsula
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37 Western Glamorgan
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38 Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire
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39 The Coasts of West and North Wales
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Part VI. Northwest England
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40 South Lancashire
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41 Furness and North Lancashire
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42 West Cumberland and Beyond
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Part VII. Scotland
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43 The Scottish Highlands
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44 The Scottish Lowlands
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45 Conclusion
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Bibliography
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Appendix. Patents of Invention
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Index
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Published: 2020
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781407354019 (ebook)
- 9781407315126 (paperback)
BAR Number: B652