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A History of the County of Shropshire
… in Brewood, sent pig iron to many of their other iron-making concerns in the Stour Valley area. Thomas Foley … closed soon after 1670. 52 Not until c. 1780 was iron making reestablished in the Oakengates area. In that year … subsequent history is not known. 57 A major new iron-making enterprise began in 1818 when James Foster, the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… with a deep cut thread so that they hold fast. Screw making was a difficult job and far more complex than making NAILS. Although wood screws was introduced into FURNITURE making in the late seventeenth century, their use was …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… 0d. Syn. and prox. null. Lib. Dooms. Test. de Nev. Autog. pen. Car. Lacock, Gen. Aut. Ib. Pen. eund. C I Ibid. Ib. Ib. Ib. Ib. Ib. pen. eund. C. L. Autog: pen: eund: C: L: Ib. Ib: pen: C: L: …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the river Nene; about half the population is employed in making shoes. The Peterborough railway, and the road from …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… least 1879. 18 In 1885 the mill was occupied by the cloth-making firm of Ellis & Apperly 19 but clothproduction ceased … recorded from 1879, 32 and wood-turning and tent-peg making, recorded c. 1940. 33 A large timber firm founded by …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… before selling the park to a consortium which employed Fountain Forestry Ltd. as a managing company in 1972. 84 The …