Ironworks and Steelworks in England - Corby, British Iron Company, Coalbrookdale, Firth Brown Steels, Darkhill Ironworks, Stewarts & Lloyds, Sowley Pon (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 46. Chapters: Corby, British Iron Company, Coalbrookdale, Firth Brown Steels, Darkhill Ironworks, Stewarts & Lloyds, Sowley Pond, The iron industry of Ashdown Forest, Wilden Ironworks, Steel, Peech and Tozer, Edgar Allen and Company, Moira Furnace, Whitecliff Ironworks, Brown Bayley Steels, Butchers Wheel, Horseley Ironworks, Millwall Iron Works, Jessop Saville & Company, Parkend Ironworks, Park Gate Iron and Steel Company, Bedlington Ironworks, Markham & Co., Cinderford Ironworks, Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet, Stocksbridge and Upper Don, Wortley Top Forge, Samuel Osborn & Company, Eagle Ironworks, Oxford, Madeley Wood Company, Round Oak Steelworks, Greensforge, Shelton Bar, Staveley Coal and Iron Company, Bringewood Ironworks, Newton, Chambers & Company, United Steel Companies, Appleby-Frodingham Steel Company, Samuel Fox and Company, Duddon furnace, Hadfields Limited, Consett Iron Company, Teesside Steelworks, Elsecar Ironworks, Milton Ironworks, Derwentcote Steel Furnace. Excerpt: Corby is a town and borough located in the county of Northamptonshire. Corby is 23 miles north-east of the county town, Northampton. The borough had a population of 53,174 at the 2001 Census; the town on its own accounted for 49,222 of this figure. Figures released in March 2010 revealed that Corby has the fastest growing population in both Northamptonshire and the whole of England. The Borough of Corby borders onto the Borough of Kettering, the District of East Northamptonshire, the District of Harborough and the unitary authority county of Rutland. The town was at one time known locally as "Little Scotland" due to the large number of Scottish migrant workers who came to Corby for its steelworks. The Borough of Corby consists of the town of Corby and the following villages: Weldon, Rockingham, Gretton, Cottingham, Middleton, East Carlton, Stanion, ...