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The Wealden Iron Industry
by Jeremy Hodgkinson
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From the sleeve notes:
For two periods of British History - the first part of the Roman occupation and the Tudor and early Stuart periods - the Weald of south-east England was the most productive iron-producing region in the country. Looking across the tranquil Wealden countryside, it is hard to identify anything that hints at its industrial past. Yet 400 years ago, nearly 100 furnaces and forges roared and hammered there, the smoke form charcoal-making curling up from the surrounding woods and the roads bustling with wagons laden with ore and iron sows. Many British naval campaigns, including the Spanish Armada, the wars against the Dutch, and the Seven Years' War, relied on Wealden iron cannon; the pressures of conflict driving forward the development of iron-producing technology. For a time the economy of the whole area was dominated by the production of iron and its raw materials, providing employment, generating prosperity, and shaping the landscape irrevocably. Drawing on a wealth of local evidence, this book explores the archæology and history of an area whose iron industry was of international importance.
Available from The History Press ISBN 9 780752 445731 - Price £15.99
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The Iron Industry of the Weald
From the dust jacket:
The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex form the site of the major concentration of ironmaking in Britain during two distinct periods of the island's history; during the Roman occupation of AD43-400 and in the 16th and 17th centuries. This book surveys the evidence derived from excavation, fieldwork, documentary studies and experimental archæology carried out by the Wealden Iron Research Group. It includes chapters on geology and topography of the region, the iron industry during the successive periods of operation, and the technology of the direct and indirect ironmaking processes, together with a detailed gazeteer of sites.
SORRY, but this book is now OUT OF PRINT. All good libraries should have a copy. |
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WEALDEN IRON
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WIRG also publishes an annual Bulletin of research, entitled Wealden Iron. The contents of these volumes are listed on a separate page
Series I (1969 - 1980): The contents of these volumes are HERE and the volumes can be downloaded as pdf files.
Series II (1981 to date): The contents of these volumes are HERE and may be purchased as follows:
Volumes 1 to 11 (1981 to 1991) £1.00 (+ 50p p&p)
Volumes 12 to 21 (1992 to 2001) £1.50 (+ 50p p&p)
Note :- Vols. 5, 10, 15 & 20 have indexes.
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An index for Series I and Volumes 1-20 of Series II of the WIRG Bulletin is available for £2.00 (+ 50p p&p). Series 1 is now out of print but a few copies of Volumes 1 - 9 in the Second Series may still be available.
For details please contact the Publications Officer, Brian Herbert
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WIRG publishes a twice-yearly Newsletter for its members.
Here are some PDFs of recent issues:
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Other Publications (as at 04/04/08)
| Title, etc | Price by post (UK) | At meetings |
| Excavations of a Late 16th./Early 17th. C. Gun Casting Furnace at Maynards's Gate, Crowborough, Sussex, 1975-1976, 0. Bedwin | £1.90 | £1.50 |
| A Middle-Saxon Iron Smelting Furnace Site at Millbrook, Ashdown Forest, Sussex, C.F. Tebbutt | £1.60 | £1.20 |
| The Fieldwalker's Guide and an Introduction to the Iron Industries of the Weald, B.K. Herbert | £4.00 | £3.50 |
| Guns Carried on East Indiamen, 1600 - 1800 Ruth Rhynas Brown | £1.50 | £1.00 |
| Identifying 18th. Century Trunnion Marks on British Iron Guns; a discussion, Ruth Rhynas Brown | £2.00 | £1.50 |
| Parson Levett and English Cannon Founding, Brian G. Awty | £2.50 | £2.00 |
| Metallurgical Analysis of Ferrous Alloy Produced in a Primitive Furnace. R. C. D. Sampson & B. K. Herbert | £5.00 | £4.00 |
| Fernhurst Furnace. Chichester District Archaeology No. 2, J. Magilton (ed.) | £13:70 | £12:00 |
| The Fernhurst to Ashburnham Leat, a first foray + map. B. K. Herbert | £2.00 | £1.50 |
| The Fernhurst to Ashburnham Leat, a second foray + maps. B. K. Herbert | £2.50 | £2.00 |
| The Fernhurst to Ashburnham Leat, the flow rate + graphs + map. B. K. Herbert | £2.50 | £2.00 |
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| Wealden Iron, Bulletin of the Wealden Iron Research Group |
| CD of Series 1 Wealden Iron Bulletins, Vols. 1 to 17 (1969 - 1980), with searchable index | £6.00 | £5.00 |
| Series 2 Bulletins: - Volumes 1 to 10 12 to 16 (1981 to 1994) | £1.50 | £1.00 |
| Volumes 17 to 27 (1997 to 2007) | £2.00 | £1.50 |
| Note: Vols. 5, 10, 15, 20 & 25 have 5-volume cumulative indexes. Vols 21 onwards are separately indexed |
| Full Index for Wealden Iron, 1st ser. Vols 1-17 and 2nd ser. 1-20 | £2.50 | £2.00 |
Publications are available from the Publications Officer, Brian Herbert (email link above)
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