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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… producers of mineral alkali and soda in England. Large ironworks are carried on; also mills for crushing seeds, an …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 1806 a railway was built from the canal to a new colliery, ironworks, and brickworks at Birchills. 64 There were 6 … of the newer ones were in Bloxwich. Three had attached ironworks with blast-furnaces, and Green Lanes Colliery had a … area) in 1576-7. 94 Fulke Greville, who took over Paget's ironworks in 1589, also obtained ore from Walsall. 95 In 1571 …
A History of the County of Stafford
… by 1843. 73 The extension of mining and the building of ironworks from c. 1850 led to a great increase in the … there were works along both sides of the canal, mainly ironworks and tube works; Henry Boys's Waterloo Colliery and … the 20th century, by 1850 it was surrounded by pits and ironworks and much of it had then recently been demolished. 8 …