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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… brass dish, the standard for those used for measuring the ore, which must be brought to be corrected by it, at least … person has the privilege of digging and searching for lead-ore in any part of the king's field, which, with a few …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… blast-furnaces have been established for smelting iron-ore, by Thomas Kinnersly, Esq. The Grand Trunk canal passes …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… which was apparently used for the shipment of iron ore in the Middle Ages. 21 At the mouth of the Cone brook … industry is afforded by the discovery of medieval iron ore nodules on the shore near Woolaston Grange, from where … have been shipped, and by references to the export of iron ore in the late 17th century from Brockweir and Cone Pill; 44 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is 1668 feet above the level of the sea, is a mine of iron-ore in active operation; there are also quarries in the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… rich in mineral produce. At Sirail beach is a mine of lead-ore, which has been profitably worked for more than forty …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… resources were exploited in the Middle Ages; an iron ore mine was noted in 1324. Regular extraction, however, … Wood, on his own account. Thereafter most of the ore was sent to Ketley where Reynolds held larger interests … the township's minerals. Rathbone and Reynolds sent the ore to be smelted in their Donnington Wood furnaces, blown in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… assistance to young and other poor persons. 97 Thomas Ore (d. 1798) left a 40 s. rent charge. The vicar was to have … charities were combined in one group, Pemberton's, Ore's, Gilpin's, and the bread charity in another. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… whinstone, and some rocks of the micaceous class. Bog-iron ore has been found; and in several places, layers of rich …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and one of the seams of coal is crossed by a vein of lead-ore, a circumstance of very rare occurrence; there are also …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… in the lower grounds is fertile: in the hilly parts copper-ore is found in various places, but none of the mines are … every farm; and the parish contains some mines of lead-ore, affording employment to part of the population: calamine … wealth, and in the parish are valuable strata of iron-ore, stone-coal, and limestone, which, combining with other …