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A History of the County of Shropshire
… of industrial workers' cottages as mining and, later, iron making engulfed the parish. In Great Dawley, probably …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 29 Both had rails of oak or ash in the 1760s, replaced by iron rails from the 1770s. 30 In 1788-9 the … capital was raised principally from the local coal and iron masters, over 30 per cent being subscribed by the … The canal became the main artery for the coal and iron industries, linking Coalbrookdale and Horsehay to Old …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… From the later 18th century the growth of mining and the iron industry removed a large acreage from agricultural use. … collieries' stock, and farm horses were used for hauling iron. 39 Grassland predominated: in 1801 only 601 a. (21 per … 1843) were rolled at Horsehay 36 and the Albert Edward Bridge (built across the Severn near Buildwas in 1863) was …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… was formed by the rows of cottages put up by the coal and iron masters on their own property. The earliest were at … developed in the 1870s. 99 Stagnation followed when the iron and coal industries declined in the 1870s and 1880s. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Malinslee and Stirchley estates in 1886 to the Haybridge Iron Co. 47 Most of the Malinslee estate was divided and sold … ironworks managers and housed the offices of the Old Park Iron Co. 51 The house was demolished c. 1971 when Telford … Co. and the Botfield family, the major coal and iron masters in Dawley, acquired extensive estates in the …
Survey of London
… the proprietor of Astley's Amphitheatre in Westminster Bridge Road, and put up quickly in the spring of 1851 to … slated timber roof (fig. 44). (Taylor briefly contemplated iron construction, and a corrugated iron roof over the seats.) Externally it measured 360 by 260 …
Survey of London
… and decorated with a wave-scroll in wrought iron. The front door opened to the north-east room, a hall …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in a picturesque valley on the river, over which is a good bridge, and consists chiefly of one street: it had formerly …