Site of Post Medieval Ironworks at Middleton
Description of this historic site
The site of an iron works where iron was smelted or iron goods were made. It was Post Medieval in date. The exact location is unknown.
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Notes about this historic site
1 There were ironworks in Middleton around the end of the the 16th century.
2 Documentary evidence indicates that the industry was essentially Medieval in character (bloomeries). Sir Francis Willoughby established a water-powered hammer mill which was operating in 1577. In 1590 there was a blast furnace, forge operated by water-power. Ironstone was taken from Walsall and charcoal from Middleton. The exact location of the ironworks is not known.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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