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English ironmasters

  • Abraham Darby IIAbraham Darby II entered the world on the 12th of May 1711 within the valley of Coalbrookdale, Shropshire. His parents were Abraham and Mary Sergeant…
  • Abraham Darby IIIAbraham Darby III entered the world on the 24th of April 1750 within the iron-rich valley of Coalbrookdale. He was the eldest son of Abraham Darby the…
  • Abraham Darby IAbraham Darby was born on the 14th of April 1677 at a place called Wren's Nest in Woodsetton. This location now sits within Dudley, West Midlands.
  • Henry CortHenry Cort lived in an office on Crutched Friars near Aldgate in London during 1765. He served as a Royal Navy pay agent collecting half pay and widows'…
  • John Wilkinson (industrialist)John Wilkinson entered the world in Little Clifton, Cumberland, during 1728. His father Isaac worked as a potfounder at the local blast furnace.