The Darbys of CoalbrookdaleThe Darbys of Coalbrookdale, Shropshire descended from John Darby who settled in the small town in the early eighteenth century. The Darby family became involved in the iron industry in Shropshire and eventually owned several ironworks in the vicinity. |
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1817 LIBRARIES 18th century Abraham Darby III Abraham Darby III's accounts began bellows Benthall blast furnaces Bristol brookdale Broseley brother Samuel building Buildwas built cast iron CHIGAN coal Coalbrook Coalbrookdale Company Coalbrookdale ironworks Coalbrookdale partners Coalport coke Company's concerns craftsmen Dale House Darby family Darby's Dawley Castle district Donnington Wood early east Shropshire erected Exhibition Farm foundry Gorge Museum Trust Grange Horsehay innovation Iron Bridge iron industry iron trade iron-making Ironbridge Gorge Museum ironmasters ironworks John Darby Kemberton Ketley land leased Lightmoor limestone Madeley Madeley Wood meeting house MICHIGAN mill mines Old Furnace operation parish partnership period Photo pig iron pits plateway pool pots probably Quaker Quaker meeting railway Richard Reynolds river road Shrewsbury Shropshire Canal Shropshire coalfield slitting-mill smelted steam engines Sunniside supply surviving Tern Thomas Goldney Trevithick turnpike UNIV Upper Forge Watt Wenlock West Midlands William Reynolds workmen wrought iron