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Wichnor Forge

Hob Uid: 921749
Location :
Staffordshire
East Staffordshire
Wychnor
Grid Ref : SK1891015730
Summary : 18th century iron works and forge; the mill pond was converted into a canal basin for the Trent and Mersey Canal.
More information : Wychnor Forge. (1)

In the east of the of the region, Wichnor Forge was operating by 1721
and in 1755 it was in the possession of the Lloyd family of
Birmingham. (2)

Dr Erasmus Darwin and John Barker of Lichfield were the driving force
in getting the Wychnor Ironworks started. By 1770 the ironworks were
connected to the Trent and Mersey Canal. The ironworks were in
operation for some 80 years. (3)

(SK 18911573) Wichnor Forge (NAT) (4)

Building depicted (not named), above marshy area (disused mill pond?)
centred at SK 18851580 fed by a water channel from the Trent and
Mersey Canal. (5)

Building depicted (not named); pond cleared out and named as
Basin (NAT). (6-7)

Building not depicted; basin (not named) shown as marshy. (8)

No building. Basin is closed off from Trent and Mersey canal. (9)
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Source details : Tithe Map of Wychnor 1846
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Source details : Hist Metallurgy 2 No 1 1977 7 (P Lead)
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Source details : Trans S Staffordshire Archaeol Hist Soc 23 1981-2 109-117 (J Gould)
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Source details : OS 1 inch 1st ed, sheet 62 issued 1834. David and Charles reprint, sheet 42
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Source details : OS County Series 1:10560, sheet Derbys LIX SW/Staffs XLVII SW. Surveyed 1880-1, published 1891
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Source details : OS County Series 1:10560, sheet Derbys LIX SW/Staffs XLVII SW. Second edition 1902, revised 1899-1900
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Source details : OS County Series 1:10560, sheet Derbys LIX SW/Staffs XLVII SW. Edition of 1925, revised 1920-1
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Source details : OS 1:10000 1977
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Source Number : 9
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Source details : Steve Malone/07-JAN-1994/RCHME: National Forest Project.
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Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Post Medieval
Monument End Date : 1901
Monument Start Date : 1540
Monument Type : Forge, Watermill, Canal Basin
Evidence : Documentary Evidence
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Related Records from other datasets:
External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SK 11 NE 39
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Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1992-08-19
End Date : 1995-03-31