Coalbrookdale
Contents
- 1 Quote
- 2 Appearance
- 3 City Device
- 4 Climate
- 5 Demonym
- 6 Districts
- 7 Economy
- 8 Geography
- 9 History
- 10 Population
- 11 Attractions
- 12 Cemeteries
- 13 City Government
- 14 Constabulary
- 15 Crime
- 16 Citizens of the City
- 17 Current Events
- 18 Fortifications
- 19 Galleries
- 20 Holy Ground
- 21 Hospitals
- 22 Inns
- 23 Landmarks
- 24 Mines
- 25 Monuments
- 26 Newspapers
- 27 Parks
- 28 Private Residences
- 29 Public Houses
- 30 Ruins
- 31 Schools
- 32 Shopping
- 33 Telegraph
- 34 Theaters
- 35 Transportation
- 36 Warehouses
- 37 Workhouses
- 38 Vampires
- 39 Websites
Quote
Appearance
City Device
Climate
Demonym
Districts
Economy
Geography
Ironbridge Gorge
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
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
- -- Rolland Atteberry -- Mayor (Tony)
- -- Roy Blue -- Magistrate (Reggie)
- -- Avery West -- Constable (Elwood)
- -- Fulton Eady -- Reverend (Jere)
- -- Alan Randell -- Town Doctor (Doc Emmett)
- -- Beverly Bateson -- Innkeeper (Homer)
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
Miners
- -- Maitland Haynes (mine superintendent)
- -- Gil Whittemore (mine foreman)
- -- Campbell Isaacson
- -- Sylvanus Clement
- -- Auberon Kay
- -- Erle Conner
- -- Zeph Darrell (village idiot)
Monuments
The Iron Bridge
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
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)
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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
-- Horace Holden (''neonate'') -- Ambitious Climber
-- 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
