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THE IRON INDUSTRY OF THE WEALD

by Henry Cleere; David Crossley

Published by Merton Priory Press. 2nd. 1995

Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper. Second Edition, revised, edited by Jeremy Hodgkinson. The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex was the leading ironmaking centre of Great Britain. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations.

Initials and date in ink to front endpaper else a lovely copy. Red dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and lightly faded to spine.

ISBN: 1898937044
Stock no. 1828301

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Contents

  • 1 The geology of Wealden iron. Bernard Worssam
  • 2 The bloomery process
  • 3 Prehistoric ironmaking in the Weald
  • 4 Roman ironmaking in the Weald
  • 5 Iron in the Weald in the Middle Ages
  • 6 The introduction of the blast furnace
  • 7 The mature industry
  • 8 The beginnings of decline: from 1574 to the First Dutch War
  • 9 Ordnance production after the Dutch Wars: specialization and its consequences
  • 10 The archaeology and technology of the Wealden industry in the blast-furnace period
  • Appendices
  • 1 The Wealden Iron Research Group
  • 2 Wealden bloomery iron-smelting furnaces. C. D. Tebbutt
  • 3 Development of prices and yields between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries
  • Gazetteer
  • A Checklist of bloomeries
  • B Roman bloomeries
  • C Water-powered sites
  • Bibliography

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