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The gates to Wilsontown
by M J Richardson
for square NS9554
An entrance to the historic site between the buttresses of the bridge that... (more)
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The way out from Wilsontown
by M J Richardson
geograph for square NS9554
The modern settlement is beyond. It passes between the buttresses of the bridge... (more)
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Quality Row, Wilsontown
by M J Richardson
geograph for square NS9554
All that remains of the long terrace of houses for the ironworkers of Wilsontown.
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Historic Wilsontown
by M J Richardson
for square NS9554
A display of photographs of the old village of Wilsontown when it was a... (more)
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Wilsontown - the bell pit area
by M J Richardson
for square NS9555
Looking across an area that was largely bell pits, from which ironstone was... (more)
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Information board at Wilsontown
by M J Richardson
for square NS9554
Describing the changes that took place in the landscape when the ironworks were developed.
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Wilsontown history board
by M J Richardson
for square NS9554
Describing the change in the landscape that occurred when the ironworks were... (more)
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The site of Wilsontown
by M J Richardson
geograph for square NS9554
The valley of the Mouse Water, which would have had houses on both sides and the... (more)
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Ironstone mining area at Wilsontown
by M J Richardson
geograph for square NS9555
This whole area was covered with bell pits for mining ironstone, for processing... (more)
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Bell pit at Wilsontown
by M J Richardson
geograph for square NS9555
One of many in the area, where pits were sunk into ironstone, and miners went... (more)
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Wilsontown Inn ruin from the east
by M J Richardson
geograph for square NS9555
With rushes, reeds and grasses, and Heathland Forest beyond.
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A sorry tale!
by M J Richardson
for square NS9555
A comment by William Wilson Jnr, a nephew of Robert Wilson who founded the... (more)
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Footbridge over the Mouse Water
by M J Richardson
geograph for square NS9555
At Wilsontown, at the northern end of the historic ironworks site.
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The Wilsontown Inn
by M J Richardson
geograph for square NS9555
The ruins of one of the essential facilities at the historic ironworks site. It... (more)
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Information board about the Wilsontown Inn
by M J Richardson
for square NS9555
Now a ruin, it once served a population of around 2000 ironworkers.
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The Wilsontown Inn
by M J Richardson
geograph for square NS9555
The ruins of the building, built in 1808, that has been a store, shop, masonic... (more)
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Houses across the valley of the Mouse Water
by M J Richardson
geograph for square NS9555
On the edge of the historic Wilsontown Ironworks site.
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The valley of The Mouse at Wilsontown
by M J Richardson
geograph for square NS9555
This valley was the centre of the historic ironworks, with the furnaces, rolling... (more)
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What Wilsontown gave the world
by M J Richardson
for square NS9555
The story of the discovery in 1828 that the use of hot air in blast furnaces... (more)
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The lost village of Wilsontown
by M J Richardson
for square NS9554
Detail from an information board at the site of the historic ironworks.
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Wilsontown. An Iron Community 1779-1842
by M J Richardson
for square NS9554
A description of the historic ironworks.
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Wilsontown - an information point
by M J Richardson
geograph for square NS9554
Looking over the site, most of which here was bell-pits from which ironstone was mined.
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The Wilsontown village story
by M J Richardson
for square NS9554
Information plaque at Quality Row, a now demolished terrace of workers'... (more)
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Wilsontown Ironworks
by M J Richardson
for square NS9554
An impression of what it was like in 1808, as seen on a Forestry Commission... (more)
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The entrance to Wilsontown
by M J Richardson
for square NS9554
Dated 2012, a fine entrance to this historic site.
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A letter to Robert Wilson
by M J Richardson
for square NS9554
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The thoughts of a bell pit miner
by M J Richardson
for square NS9554
It was hard work climbing up a rickety ladder with a basket of stone on one's back.
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Wilsontown Road
by M J Richardson
geograph for square NS9554
The main street of the current village of Wilsontown, which seems also to be... (more)
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Wilsontown Inn from the north
by M J Richardson
geograph for square NS9555
The gable, and an adjoining range of lower buildings. With rushes and hair-grass.
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