'Broseley
and Its Surroundings by John
Randall.
Steve Dewhirst, 9 Maypole Road, Broseley
TF12 5QH.
Price: 6.00 plus 2.00
post and packing.
Available from David Lake, Stocking Lane, Nordley WV16 4SY.
Tel: 01746 762813
Price:
6.95
P&p: 1.50 (free
within a 10 km radius of Broseley).
Cheques should be made payable to the Broseley Local History Society
Shropshire History Publications: by A.J. Mugridge
These publications are no longer available for
sale.
Some Mines in the Madeley Area Part
1. First of a three-part set covering this district's mining history. This
volume concerns the Madeley Wood Company's mines on Madeley Hill and the mines
of the Madeley Court Company.
The Site of the Dunge Brickworks:
A historical study of an early 19th century Broseley brickyard, how bricks and tiles were
made there and descriptions of the surviving features (2nd Edition)
A Short History - William Exley & Sons: The story of the old Jackfield firm and their involvement in the mechanisation of the British roofing tile industry. Photographs inside their "Coalport Tileries" compliment this book. Price 2.00
The Clay Tobacco Pipe: An illustrated account of clay pipe making in the 1890's and a brief history of the Broseley clay pipe trade.
Maw & Company: A brief history of this long established decorative tile manufacturer, with descriptions and illustrations of their factories at Benthall & Jackfield. (4th Edition)
Twelve Mines in the Broseley Area: Mining in Broseley and its districts can be traced back to monastic times. Open cast quarrying has now replaced the traditional mining methods thus gradually the last surface traces of old mines are being lost forever. This book contains details of some of the more celebrated pits and a gazetteer of more than 130 named mines and their locations.
The Village of Jackfield, Shropshire: An introduction to the history of "...most industrialised village in the Severn Gorge," and its links with the economic development of Britain.
Coracles, Miners and other Memories! Memories and anecdotes of life in Broseley, Jackfield, Coalport and Madeley from the turn of the 20th century.
Those Dreadful Bandsmen and other memories. More memories and anecdotes of life in Broseley, Jackfield, Coalport and Madeley from the turn of the 20th century.