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A History of the County of Shropshire
… from the start. 19 Wrockwardine Wood 1847 Two sprawling industrial settlements developed either side of Cockshutt … housing demand occasionally caused the conversion of industrial buildings to tenements. Wrockwardine Wood furnaces closed in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… orders. The works closed in 1931. From 1937 the buildings began to be let out in sections to other companies, … R. Broadridge, 'Jos. Banks and W. Midlands Ind.' Staffs. Industrial Arch. Jnl. ii. 6. S.P.L., MS. 4072, p. 651; …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… in 1909. 50 The school closed in 1933. 51 Thereafter the buildings were used by the adjoining C.E. school. 52 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… and beet pickers by bus from 'the works', as the Telford industrial area was known. 99 The main mill in the parish was …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… As ever, most of the poor lived in Wrockwardine Wood, the industrial part of the parish, which, however, contributed …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the short 18th-century wings. There are extensive kitchen buildings and outbuildings along the north-east side of the house and beyond them farm buildings and stables, including a stable and coach-house …