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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… holds an object on an anvil with tongs, while his right forges it with a hammer. In the spandrels of the arch are …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… there were mines of ironstone, smelting-furnaces, and forges in the neighbourhood. But the most extraordinary …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… its source, gives motion to no less than nine mills and forges, several of which have overshot water-wheels of large … neighbourhood, and contain powerful furnaces, and several forges driven by the water of the river Stour. The Cradley forges are now chiefly for converting pig-iron into bars and …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Melksham'. 439 The king also had the profits of itinerant forges for the smelting of iron in these forests. 440 In 1294 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… and Ironworks. Robert of Aumale had one or more itinerant forges working in woodland within the Forest by the late 12th century. 47 Up to five such forges operated in or near Ruardean at any time in the mid … worked in the area later that century. 49 Smiths and forges were frequently recorded in the later Middle Ages 50 …
A History of the County of Stafford
… an annual rent of 211 10 s. two iron-furnaces and two iron-forges on the Chase with all the waters appurtenant; all … removed and to work 'one onlie furnace' with the two forges, using the timber only for the iron-work. 398 He was … son of Thomas Lord Paget, recovered two furnaces and two forges on the Chase along with other of his father's …
Rural Parishes: Rotherfield Greys
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 16, Henley-on-Thames and Environs