Charcoal Iron Industry of Powys Land
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- Author(s) Davies, A Stanley
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1939
- Pages 36pp
- Publisher David Rowlands
- Place Published Welshpool
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- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Reprinted from 'Collections Historical & Archaeological Relating to Montgomeryshire' ['Montgomeryshire Collections'], 46, 1939, pp31-66. Deals with early iron production in Powys with coverage, inter alia, of Pool Quay Forge, c1674-1839 and Adrian Duvall, later succeeded by John Roberts; Parc Mathrafal Old Forge , 1651-1780, and Sir Charles Lloyd; Afridd Mathrafal New Forge, 1719-1808, aka Dolobran Forge, also owned by the Lloyd family, which includes substantial extracts from the diary of John Kelsall, Clerk to the Forge, 1719-27. Also has a short note on John Thomas, 1690-1760, of Welshpool and Bristol, inventor and ironmaster