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Businesses (47)
- AF Chester & Son, grocers, ironmongers, boot retailers Westbury, Shropshire
- Barber & Son, auctioneers, surveyors and estate agents Wellington, Shropshire
- Bates & Hunt, chemists Wellington, Shropshire
- Benjamin Wright, surgeon Coalbrookdale, Shropshire
- BP Dorsett, butchers Coalbrookdale, Shropshire
- Coalbrookdale Co Ltd, ironfounders and engineers Coalbrookdale, Shropshire
- Craven Dunnill, tile manufacturers Jackfield, Shropshire
- Darby & Co, steel processing agents Birmingham, Warwickshire
- Dorset Metals Ltd, metal stockholders Poole, Dorset
- Electric Construction Co Ltd, electrical engineers Wolverhampton, Staffordshire;Bushbury, Staffordshire
- F Parkin & Sons Ltd, iron and brass founders and iron and steel merchants Exeter, Devon
- FG Beddoes, ironmongers Ironbridge, Shropshire
- Frederick Newman & Co, general iron founders Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
- Grassington lead mines Grassington, Yorkshire
- Great Western Railway Co London
- Greenwood & Ball, toy soldier manufacturers Horsehay, Shropshire
- Hathernware Ltd, chemical stoneware manufacturers Loughborough, Leicestershire
- Hebden lead mines Hebden, Yorkshire
- Highley Mining Co Ltd Highley, Shropshire
- Horsehay Co Ltd, ironfounders, bridge builders andconstructional engineers Horsehay, Shropshire
- Hygienic Dairy Ironbridge, Shropshire
- Ibstock Bricks Lightmoor, Shropshire
- Ironbridge District Gas Co Ironbridge, Shropshire
- J Stone & Co (Deptford) Ltd, electrical and mechanical engineers Deptford, Kent
- James Thomson, civil engineer
- JO Pointon & Sons, decorators and plumbers Wellington, Shropshire
- John Mudford Trickett, steel merchants Sheffield, Yorkshire
- JW Steward, chemist Bridgnorth, Shropshire
- Lilleshall Co Ltd (formerly Earl Gower & Co), engineers, iron and steel manufacturers and colliery proprietors Priors Lee, Shropshire;Lilleshall, Shropshire
- Lilleshall Coal Distillation Co Ltd Lilleshall, Shropshire
- Marshall Osborne & Co Ltd, bronze processors Jackfield, Shropshire
- Maw & Co Ltd, tile manufacturers Jackfield, Shropshire
- Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co Ltd, manufacturers of electrical goods and equipment London;Manchester, Lancashire
- Musgrave (Liverpool) Ltd, sanitary fittings manufacturers Liverpool, Lancashire
- RC Evans, drapers Dawley, Shropshire
- Rowland Smitheman & Co, clay pipe manufacturers Broseley, Shropshire
- S Corbett & Son, agricultural engineers Wellington, Shropshire
- Snedshill Iron Co Ltd, wrought iron manufacturers Snedshill, Shropshire
- Spencer family of Cannon Hall, ironmasters Cannon Hall, Yorkshire
- Steel Company of Shropshire
- Thomas Griffiths, timber merchant Coalport, Shropshire
- W & T Avery Ltd, scale, weight and weighing machine mfrs Smethwick, Staffordshire
- W Cross & Son, chemists Shrewsbury, Shropshire
- WA Cripps, engineering wholesalers London
- William Roberts & Son, ironmongers Broseley, Shropshire
- William Southorn & Co, clay pipe manufacturers Broseley, Shropshire
- Wrekin Brewery Co Wrekin, Shropshire
Organisations (11)
- Ancient Order of Foresters: Grassington Grassington, Yorkshire
- Coalbrookdale Archives Association Coalbrookdale, Shropshire
- Coalport Bridge Coalport, Shropshire
- Conistone barmote court Conistone, Yorkshire
- Gargrave land tax Gargrave, Yorkshire
- Halton Gill parish Halton Gill, Yorkshire
- Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust Ironbridge, Shropshire
- Liston Hospital Charity
- Oddfellows: Sharon Lodge, Broseley Broseley, Shropshire
- Settle parish Settle, Yorkshire
- Windmill Lane, Benthall Public Enquiry Benthall, Shropshire
Persons (9)
- Bradburn, John Windsor, (fl 1870-1940), Designer
- Chaloner, William Henry, (1914-1987), industrial historian
- Darby, Abraham, (1750-1791), Ironmaster
- Elton, Sir Arthur Hallam Rice, (1906-1973), 10th Baronet Director Canadian Film Institute
- Fletcher, John William, (1729-1785), Vicar of Madeley Methodist Switzerland;United Kingdom;United States of America
- Raistrick, Arthur, (1896-1991), historian and industrial archaeologist
- Reynolds, Richard, (1735-1816), Quaker Ironmaster and Philanthropist
- Rickman, John, (1771-1840), Statistician
- Telford, Thomas, (1757-1834), civil engineer
Diaries (1)
- Wright, Benjamin, Surgeon Coalbrookdale, Shropshire
Families (3)
- Anstice family of Madeley Madeley, Shropshire
- Darby family of Coalbrookdale Coalbrookdale, Shropshire
- Kenyon-Slaney family of Hatton Grange Hatton Grange, Shropshire
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (7)
- NRA 36642 Coalbrookdale Co Ltd, ironfounders and engineers
- NRA 35856 Richard Ford of Coalbrookdale, ironmaster: letters to Thomas Goldney of Bristol
- NRA 34679 Horsehay Co Ltd, ironfounders, bridge builders and constructional engineers, Horsehay
- NRA 40420 Ironbridge Gorge Museum: MS collection
- NRA 14065 Dr A Raistrick: Yorkshire local history collection
- NRA 35857 Rathbone family of Liverpool: corresp rel to the Darby and Reynolds families
- NRA 22554 Thomas Telford: corresp and papers
Accessions
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