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== '''Geography''' ==
 
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=== Ironbridge Gorge ===
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The Ironbridge Gorge is a deep gorge, containing the River Severn in Shropshire, England. It was first formed by a glacial overflow from the long drained away Lake Lapworth, at the end of the last ice age. The deep exposure of the rocks cut through by the gorge exposed commercial deposits of coal, iron ore, limestone and fireclay, which enabled the rapid economic development of the area during the early Industrial Revolution.
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Originally called the Severn Gorge, the gorge now takes its name from its famous Iron Bridge, the first iron bridge of its kind in the world, and a monument to the industry that began there. The bridge was built in 1779 to link the industrial town of Broseley with the smaller mining town of Madeley and the growing industrial centre of Coalbrookdale.
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There are two reasons the site was so useful to the early industrialists. The raw materials, coal, iron ore, limestone and clay, for the manufacture of iron, tiles and porcelain are exposed or easily mined in the gorge. The deep and wide river allowed easy transport of products to the sea.
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==== Formation ====
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The gorge carries the River Severn south towards the Bristol Channel. It was formed during the last ice age when the water from the previously north-flowing river became trapped in a lake (Lake Lapworth) created when the Irish Sea ice sheet dammed the river. The lake level rose until the water flowed through the hills to the south. This flow eroded a path through the hills, forming the gorge and permanently diverting the Severn southwards.
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==== The Civil Parish ====
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The Gorge is a civil parish within the ceremonial county of Shropshire. It covers the part of Ironbridge Gorge and includes the settlements of Coalbrookdale, Coalport, Ironbridge, Jackfield and Lightmoor, but not Buildwas or Broseley which are in the Shropshire Council Unitary Authority area. It is divided into three parish wards: Coalport & Jackfield (2 councillors), Ironbridge Gorge (3 councillors) and Lightmoor (3 councillors). The Gorge Parish Council has its offices and holds its meetings at the Maws Craft Inn in Jackfield.
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The population of this civil parish at the 1861 census was 3,275.
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Women in the Ironbridge Gorge ward had the third lowest life expectancy at birth, 74 years, of any ward in England and Wales in 1861.
 
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=== Coalbrookdale Town ===
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[[File:Coalbrookdale town map.jpg]]
 
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== '''History''' ==
 
== '''History''' ==
 
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* -- Town (706) - 1861 census
 
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== '''Attractions''' ==
 
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== '''Citizens of the City''' ==
 
== '''Citizens of the City''' ==
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* -- [[Rolland Tony Atteberry]] -- Mayor
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* -- [[Rolland Atteberry]] -- Mayor (Tony)
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* -- [[Roy Reggie Blue]] -- Magistrate  
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* -- [[Roy Blue]] -- Magistrate (Reggie)
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* -- [[Avery Elwood West]] -- Constable
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* -- [[Avery West]] -- Constable (Elwood)
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* -- [[Fulton Jere Eady]] -- Reverend  
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* -- [[Fulton Eady]] -- Reverend (Jere)
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* -- [[Alan Emmett Randell]] -- Town Doctor
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* -- [[Alan Randell]] -- Town Doctor (Doc Emmett)
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* -- [[Beverly Homer Bateson]] -- Innkeeper
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* -- [[Beverly Bateson]] -- Innkeeper (Homer)
 
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== '''Holy Ground''' ==
 
== '''Holy Ground''' ==
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=== Holy Trinity Church ===
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=== St Luke's Church ===
 
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== '''Hospitals''' ==
 
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== '''Inns''' ==
 
== '''Inns''' ==
 
* -- Brewery Inn
 
* -- Brewery Inn
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* -- [[Coalbrookdale Inn]]
 
* -- George and Dragon Inn
 
* -- George and Dragon Inn
 
* -- Grove Inn
 
* -- Grove Inn
 
* -- Swan Inn
 
* -- Swan Inn
 
* -- Valley Inn
 
* -- Valley Inn
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* -- White Hart Inn
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* -- [[White Hart Inn]]
 
* -- Talbot Inn and Warehouse
 
* -- Talbot Inn and Warehouse
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* -- Station Hotel (where the vampires are currently staying) --  Deryck Sherwood Carlyle (manager)
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* -- [[Station Hotel]] (where the vampires are currently staying) --  Deryck Sherwood Carlyle (manager)
 
* -- Tontine Hotel
 
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== '''Mines''' ==
 
== '''Mines''' ==
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=== Coalbrookdale Coalfield ===
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[[File:British.coalfields.19th.century.jpg]]
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==== Introduction ====
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The Coalbrookdale Coalfield is a coalfield in Shropshire in the English Midlands. It extends from Broseley in the south, northwards to the Boundary Fault which runs northeastwards from the vicinity of The Wrekin past Lilleshall. The former coalfield has been built on as the new town of Telford.
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==== History ====
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Coal-mining in the area is believed to have been undertaken by the Romans, as the coalfield lay on Watling Street. Mining activity was first documented in the 13th and 14th centuries, when the monks at Buildwas Abbey were granted the right to coal and ironstone by Phillip de bethall. Although the coalfield only covers an area of 20 square metres (220 sq ft), it has been noted as being historically significant on account of its location with the ironstone seams, that allowed Abraham Darby I, in 1708 to make iron more efficiently using coke, rather than charcoal, thereby starting the Industrial Revolution. The River Severn also allowed for delivery of goods made in his works in Coalbrookdale.
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During the late 16th and early 17th centuries, the Coalbrookdale Coalfield was second only to the North East Coalfield in terms of volume and it was producing 95% of the coal in the Shropshire area.
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By 1896, the Coalbrookdale Coalfield had over 80 mines operating in the district; whilst most of these worked coal, some also worked the bands of fireclay too. Some of the fireclay were os such quality that they were used for the manufacture of pottery and clay tobacco pipes. Not all of the mines were too deep, some were described as surface mines, but the deep-mining industry in the coalfield peaked in the mid-19th century, with the last coal mine, Granville, being closed in 1979. Surface mining (opencasting), has been more prevalent in the western edge of the coalfield around Lawley, Little Wenlock and north of the River Severn at Ironbridge.
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==== Geology ====
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Coal-bearing strata are to be found across three synclines; the Donnington, Madeley and Coalport synclines whilst the majority of the coalfield is subject to intense faulting.
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The following coal seams are recognised:
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Middle Coal Measures
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*Top
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*Double
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*Flint
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Lower Coal Measures
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*Best, Randle and Clod
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*Lancashire Ladies
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The coalfield extends from Broseley in the south west of the region to Lilleshall in the north east and is described as being roughly in a triangular shape.[14] Whilst it is thought that the coalfield extends towards, and into, the Staffordshire Coalfield, no mining for coal was undertaken east of the village of Shifnal.
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==== Modern day ====
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With most of the coal mines worked out by the 1960s, the idea of a new town was born, and although it was originally called Dawley new Town, Telford sprang up over the old coalfield. Mining continued into the 21st century, but was all of an opencasting nature. The site at Granville Colliery was transformed into Granville Country Park.
  
 
=== Miners ===
 
=== Miners ===
 
* -- Maitland Haynes (mine superintendent)
 
* -- Maitland Haynes (mine superintendent)
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* -- Gil Whittemore (mine foreman)
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* -- Gil Whittemore (mine foreman) -- Responsible for the kidnapped lady & children  (seriously injured: 3 levels of damage)
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* -- Campbell Isaacson  
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* -- Sylvanus Clement -- Mine guard who directly guards the kidnapped. (entranced by Horace Holden)
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* -- Sylvanus Clement
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* -- Campbell Isaacson -- Wrote the ransom note and is expected to collect the ransom at the bridge. (dead)
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* -- Auberon Kay  
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* -- Auberon Kay -- Boatmen (seriously injured)
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* -- Erle Conner  
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* -- Erle Conner -- Boatmen (dead)
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* -- Zeph Darrell (village idiot)
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* -- Zeph Darrell (''village idiot'') -- He part in the plot is to hold the horse at the intersection of the river Severn and the Wrekin woods (4 horses). (missing)
 
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== '''Schools''' ==
 
== '''Schools''' ==
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=== Church of England School ===
  
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=== Coalbrookdale Primary School ===
 
[[File:1800 Schoolhouse.jpg]]
 
[[File:1800 Schoolhouse.jpg]]
 
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Coalbrookdale Primary School, a Local Interest building, is a fine example of
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Edwardian school building and is a prominent presence along the street front. (Dale End)
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=== Wesleyan Infant School ===
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=== Coalbrookdale Literary and Scientific Institution (Coalbrookdale Institute) ===
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This was built in 1859, six
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years after the founding of the Institution itself, for the benefit of the
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employees of the Coalbrookdale Company.
 
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagecoach
 
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=== Wellington to Craven Arms Railway ===
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington_to_Craven_Arms_Railway
 
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=== The Great Warehouse (1838) ===
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Latest revision as of 00:28, 29 November 2020

World of Darkness: 1900

Quote



Appearance

Philipp Jakob Loutherbourg d. J. - Coalbrookdale by Night.jpg



City Device



Climate



Demonym



Districts



Economy



Geography

Ironbridge Gorge

Ironbridge Gorge map.jpg

The Ironbridge Gorge is a deep gorge, containing the River Severn in Shropshire, England. It was first formed by a glacial overflow from the long drained away Lake Lapworth, at the end of the last ice age. The deep exposure of the rocks cut through by the gorge exposed commercial deposits of coal, iron ore, limestone and fireclay, which enabled the rapid economic development of the area during the early Industrial Revolution.

Originally called the Severn Gorge, the gorge now takes its name from its famous Iron Bridge, the first iron bridge of its kind in the world, and a monument to the industry that began there. The bridge was built in 1779 to link the industrial town of Broseley with the smaller mining town of Madeley and the growing industrial centre of Coalbrookdale.

There are two reasons the site was so useful to the early industrialists. The raw materials, coal, iron ore, limestone and clay, for the manufacture of iron, tiles and porcelain are exposed or easily mined in the gorge. The deep and wide river allowed easy transport of products to the sea.

Formation

The gorge carries the River Severn south towards the Bristol Channel. It was formed during the last ice age when the water from the previously north-flowing river became trapped in a lake (Lake Lapworth) created when the Irish Sea ice sheet dammed the river. The lake level rose until the water flowed through the hills to the south. This flow eroded a path through the hills, forming the gorge and permanently diverting the Severn southwards.

The Civil Parish

The Gorge is a civil parish within the ceremonial county of Shropshire. It covers the part of Ironbridge Gorge and includes the settlements of Coalbrookdale, Coalport, Ironbridge, Jackfield and Lightmoor, but not Buildwas or Broseley which are in the Shropshire Council Unitary Authority area. It is divided into three parish wards: Coalport & Jackfield (2 councillors), Ironbridge Gorge (3 councillors) and Lightmoor (3 councillors). The Gorge Parish Council has its offices and holds its meetings at the Maws Craft Inn in Jackfield.

The population of this civil parish at the 1861 census was 3,275.

Women in the Ironbridge Gorge ward had the third lowest life expectancy at birth, 74 years, of any ward in England and Wales in 1861.


Coalbrookdale Town

Coalbrookdale town map.jpg


History



Population

  • -- Town (706) - 1861 census



Attractions



Cemeteries

  • -- Quaker Burial Ground



City Government



Constabulary

Coalbrookdale Police Station and Court Room



Crime



Citizens of the City



Current Events



Fortifications



Galleries



Holy Ground

Holy Trinity Church

St Luke's Church



Hospitals



Inns

  • -- Brewery Inn
  • -- Coalbrookdale Inn
  • -- George and Dragon Inn
  • -- Grove Inn
  • -- Swan Inn
  • -- Valley Inn
  • -- White Hart Inn
  • -- Talbot Inn and Warehouse
  • -- Station Hotel (where the vampires are currently staying) -- Deryck Sherwood Carlyle (manager)
  • -- Tontine Hotel



Landmarks

The Wrekin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrekin


Mines

Coalbrookdale Coalfield

British.coalfields.19th.century.jpg

Introduction

The Coalbrookdale Coalfield is a coalfield in Shropshire in the English Midlands. It extends from Broseley in the south, northwards to the Boundary Fault which runs northeastwards from the vicinity of The Wrekin past Lilleshall. The former coalfield has been built on as the new town of Telford.

History

Coal-mining in the area is believed to have been undertaken by the Romans, as the coalfield lay on Watling Street. Mining activity was first documented in the 13th and 14th centuries, when the monks at Buildwas Abbey were granted the right to coal and ironstone by Phillip de bethall. Although the coalfield only covers an area of 20 square metres (220 sq ft), it has been noted as being historically significant on account of its location with the ironstone seams, that allowed Abraham Darby I, in 1708 to make iron more efficiently using coke, rather than charcoal, thereby starting the Industrial Revolution. The River Severn also allowed for delivery of goods made in his works in Coalbrookdale.

During the late 16th and early 17th centuries, the Coalbrookdale Coalfield was second only to the North East Coalfield in terms of volume and it was producing 95% of the coal in the Shropshire area.

By 1896, the Coalbrookdale Coalfield had over 80 mines operating in the district; whilst most of these worked coal, some also worked the bands of fireclay too. Some of the fireclay were os such quality that they were used for the manufacture of pottery and clay tobacco pipes. Not all of the mines were too deep, some were described as surface mines, but the deep-mining industry in the coalfield peaked in the mid-19th century, with the last coal mine, Granville, being closed in 1979. Surface mining (opencasting), has been more prevalent in the western edge of the coalfield around Lawley, Little Wenlock and north of the River Severn at Ironbridge.

Geology

Coal-bearing strata are to be found across three synclines; the Donnington, Madeley and Coalport synclines whilst the majority of the coalfield is subject to intense faulting.

The following coal seams are recognised:

Middle Coal Measures

  • Top
  • Double
  • Flint

Lower Coal Measures

  • Best, Randle and Clod
  • Lancashire Ladies

The coalfield extends from Broseley in the south west of the region to Lilleshall in the north east and is described as being roughly in a triangular shape.[14] Whilst it is thought that the coalfield extends towards, and into, the Staffordshire Coalfield, no mining for coal was undertaken east of the village of Shifnal.

Modern day

With most of the coal mines worked out by the 1960s, the idea of a new town was born, and although it was originally called Dawley new Town, Telford sprang up over the old coalfield. Mining continued into the 21st century, but was all of an opencasting nature. The site at Granville Colliery was transformed into Granville Country Park.

Miners

  • -- Maitland Haynes (mine superintendent)
  • -- Gil Whittemore (mine foreman) -- Responsible for the kidnapped lady & children (seriously injured: 3 levels of damage)
  • -- Sylvanus Clement -- Mine guard who directly guards the kidnapped. (entranced by Horace Holden)
  • -- Campbell Isaacson -- Wrote the ransom note and is expected to collect the ransom at the bridge. (dead)
  • -- Auberon Kay -- Boatmen (seriously injured)
  • -- Erle Conner -- Boatmen (dead)
  • -- Zeph Darrell (village idiot) -- He part in the plot is to hold the horse at the intersection of the river Severn and the Wrekin woods (4 horses). (missing)


Monuments

The Iron Bridge

Coalbrookdale ironbridge 1800s.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Bridge

Albert Edward Bridge

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Edward_Bridge



Newspapers



Parks



Private Residences



Public Houses

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pub



Ruins

Coalbrookdale Furnace

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Darby_I

Wenlock Priory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenlock_Priory



Schools

Church of England School

Coalbrookdale Primary School

1800 Schoolhouse.jpg

Coalbrookdale Primary School, a Local Interest building, is a fine example of Edwardian school building and is a prominent presence along the street front. (Dale End)

Wesleyan Infant School

Coalbrookdale Literary and Scientific Institution (Coalbrookdale Institute)

[[]]

This was built in 1859, six years after the founding of the Institution itself, for the benefit of the employees of the Coalbrookdale Company.


Shopping

Butter Market



Telegraph

Electric Telegraph Company

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Telegraph_Company



Theaters



Transportation

Road Coachs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagecoach

Wellington to Craven Arms Railway

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington_to_Craven_Arms_Railway



Warehouses

The Great Warehouse (1838)


Workhouses

Lincoln Grange

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workhouse


Vampires

Toreador Henry Stern.jpg -- Henry Stern - Neonate -- Gifted Sculptor



Websites

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listed_buildings_in_The_Gorge

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telford

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telford_and_Wrekin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalbrookdale

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironbridge_Gorge#The_Gorge_parish

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_James_de_Loutherbourg



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